# Flight Simulator Advanced

> Feel what it's like piloting a real aircraft.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.panosDrak.FlightSimFree](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.panosDrak.FlightSimFree)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.panosDrak.FlightSimFree`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Panagiotis Drakopoulos
- **Category:** GAME\_SIMULATION
- **Downloads:** 1,230,398
- **Rating:** 3.48 / 5 (13,336 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.6.4b
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-17
- **First published:** 2018-08-18
- **Publisher country:** GR
- **Size:** 937 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.panosDrak.FlightSimFree)
- **Website:** [http://fsadvanced.rf.gd/](http://fsadvanced.rf.gd/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://fsa.panosdrak.online/privacy-policy.html](https://fsa.panosdrak.online/privacy-policy.html)

## Description

**Flight Simulator Advanced** offers an immersive experience for aviation enthusiasts seeking to feel what it's like piloting real aircraft. Compatible with high-end smartphones, the extension simulates authentic cockpits of various aircraft including A320, B737, A380, B777, and more, each featuring realistic physics and aerodynamics.

Users can interact directly with cockpit controls such as engines, flaps, landing gear, and autopilot settings, while managing ground operations like pushback and taxiing. The simulator includes features like day/night cycles, diverse weather conditions, satellite terrain imagery, and realistic airports with moving jetways. Enhanced sound effects including ATC chatter and GPWS callouts add to the immersive experience. Multiple camera angles, including external, wing, and tower views, provide comprehensive visualization during flight.

## Rankings

- #60,739 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.MANAGE_DOCUMENTS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.google.android.apps.photos.permission.GOOGLE_PHOTOS`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.panosDrak.FlightSimFree.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users praise Flight Simulator Advanced for realism, graphics, and offline play, with XP-based aircraft unlocks. However, recurring issues across reviews include lag and poor optimization on various devices, frequent bugs/crashes (and install problems), and control usability concerns (cockpit-mode dependence and unreliable gear) alongside requests for more aircraft and airports. Overall, strong potential and quality exist, but performance instability and usability gaps hinder smooth gameplay.

### Pros

- Realistic flight simulation feel with high-quality graphics and physics.
- XP-based aircraft unlocks (no pay-to-unlock) and a sense of progression.
- Strong offline support and overall high-quality presentation.
- Notable attention to detail and realism in aircraft and environments.

### Cons

- Widespread lag and poor optimization on multiple devices, with FPS drops during critical phases like takeoff/landing and heating issues.
- Frequent bugs, crashes, and installation/launch problems reported by users.
- Control and UX usability issues, including reliance on cockpit mode and unreliable landing gear, with little or no tutorials.
- Requests for more aircraft, airports, and features indicate ongoing feature gaps and unmet expectations.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.panosDrak.FlightSimFree)