How do you change an aircraft livery in MSFS 2024?

In Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, open Free Flight, select the aircraft tile, choose the exact aircraft and variant, then open its livery or paint-scheme selector. Pick a thumbnail, confirm the selection, and start the flight. You normally cannot swap the livery on an aircraft that is already loaded.

How to change a livery in MSFS 2024 Free Flight

1. Open Free Flight. Change the livery before launching or loading the flight.
2. Open the aircraft selector. Select the aircraft tile or preview shown in the flight setup screen.
3. Choose the exact aircraft and variant. Liveries are linked to specific models, so an A320 livery made for one package or engine variant will not necessarily appear for another.
4. Open the livery selection. Look for the livery option or paint thumbnails on the aircraft details or configuration screen. The label and position can move between interface updates.
5. Select and confirm the paint scheme. Return to Free Flight setup and check that the aircraft preview shows the intended colours.
6. Load the flight. MSFS 2024 should spawn the aircraft with the selected livery.

If you selected the wrong model rather than the wrong paint scheme, our guide to choosing an aircraft and variant in Free Flight covers the wider aircraft-selection process.

Can you change the livery after loading a flight?

The normal Free Flight interface does not repaint an active aircraft in place. Return to flight setup, choose the new livery, and reload the flight. Restarting without changing the setup may retain the previous selection.

Why is my MSFS 2024 livery not listed?

A livery appears only under the aircraft package and variant for which it was built. A repaint for a similarly named aircraft from another developer, an older MSFS 2020 package, or a different engine or fuselage variant may not be offered.

• Wrong variant: Check the precise aircraft, developer and variant named by the livery.
• Package not installed: Confirm that both the base aircraft and livery content are installed and enabled.
• Nested Community folder: On PC, the package files may be buried one folder too deep after extraction.
• Simulator still running: Close and reopen MSFS after adding a Community package.
• Incompatible package: An MSFS 2020 repaint is not automatically compatible with MSFS 2024.

For a systematic diagnosis, follow our checks for liveries that do not appear in Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Does the same livery selection work in Career Mode?

No. Career Mode does not always expose the same livery choices as Free Flight, and ordinary Community repaints may not be available for career aircraft. Aircraft ownership and career-specific restrictions also affect what can be changed; see our explanation of Career Mode livery limits.

Can you add more liveries to MSFS 2024?

PC users can install compatible third-party livery packages in the active MSFS 2024 Community folder. Follow our PC livery installation steps and folder guidance, then restart the simulator and select the paint through Free Flight.

Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 users cannot place downloaded files in a Community folder. On consoles, livery choices are limited to content supplied with the aircraft or distributed through the simulator's supported in-sim system.