I have the Premium Deluxe version which has around 100 aircraft included in the sim, and I have around 30 in my Community folder, a total of around 130 aircraft that should show up in the Aircraft Selection list in Free Flight.

But I am only able to see around 100, one time I counted 104, another time I counted 98.  The alphabetical list stops around P, so aircraft like the Textron C152 just don't appear.  If I use the Search function I can get the missing aircraft to appear (one at a time) but that's not really good when I'm scrolling through looking for an aircraft that catches my eye for a particular flight.

So... I'm wondering if any of the community who have the Premium Deluxe edition and several add on aircraft in the Community folder could check to see if they are able to see all aircraft or just a limited number like me?  

And anyone who understands the MSFS 2024 files structures etc might be able to suggest if trhere are any caches, indexes I can clear to see if the problem lies in my setup?

 

In MSFS 2024, go to the Marketplace, then click on "Library". Scroll through and you may see some of your missing planes marked as "disabled". Select the item and at the bottom click "enable" and it will be available in the library when you restart the sim. Additionally, you can select "download" for the aircraft so that it resides on your local disk instead of being streamed. This takes up disk space and is your choice. 

Similar problem in this thread 

 

1 hour ago, FrankSalo said:

In MSFS 2024, go to the Marketplace, then click on "Library". Scroll through and you may see some of your missing planes marked as "disabled". Select the item and at the bottom click "enable" and it will be available in the library when you restart the sim. Additionally, you can select "download" for the aircraft so that it resides on your local disk instead of being streamed. This takes up disk space and is your choice. 

No thanks for the suggestion but I've been through that step and many others.  It's not to the level of a sim uninstalling problem because I can access any of the aircraft by searching, rather it's an annoying problem that didn't exist before and has never existed in MSFS.

@nojwod - I haven't had time to update my thread above, but I think a member over on the FS forum has sussed it.

He posted last night on the FS forum that it seems to be related to windowed mode.  I have verified his results and this is worth a try:

- I realised that in VR the Free Flight list is complete.  He has verified that.

- He has realised that in 2D, if he is in windowed mode and the window is small, then the list is truncated to quite a large degree.  I have verified that.

- He has also noted that the larger the window is on his screen, the more aircraft show on the list.  I have verified that.

- He has noted that if he switches from Windowed Mode to Full Screen mode, then the complete list shows.  I have verified that.

Edited September 8, 2025Sep 8 by AJZip2

I wonder if the "Fixed an issue where some lists were not fully displayed resolutions small than 1080p" entry in the patch notes for SU4 beta is about this phenomenon