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Prepar3D Professional
Professional flight simulation platform
As of 30 August 2026, Prepar3D Professional starts at $9.95/month. Prepar3D is a professional flight training platform based on advanced simulation engine technology. Softwr lists it under Aviation. Prepar3D Professional is made by Lockheed Martin / Prepar3D, launched in 2008, available on Windows.
Overview
What Prepar3D Professional does
Prepar3D is a professional flight training platform based on advanced simulation engine technology. Used by military, commercial airlines, and training organizations for pilot training and research. It provides high-fidelity aircraft systems, realistic environments, and extensive training capabilities.
What people use it for
- Running procedural and flight training in a commercial or military simulation facility
- Building multi-channel visual systems across several synchronised displays
- Developing custom aircraft, scenery and scenarios against the Prepar3D SDK
- Delivering STEM and K-12 classroom flight simulation on the Personal licence
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Prepar3D Professional.
- The Personal licence at $59.95 is restricted to home use, personal training and K-12 classrooms, so any business, military or university use requires the Professional licence at $350.00
- Weapons and sensors, AI behaviors in scenarios, DIS and CIGI packet support, the SimOperator instructor station and multi-channel concurrent operation are confined to Professional Plus at $2,750.00
- The Personal licence requires an internet connection during use, while only Professional and above run in disconnected environments
- Developer subscriptions at $9.95 and $50.00 per month watermark the image and are forbidden from delivering training
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Pricing
What Prepar3D Professional costs
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Professional License
$350 /one-time
- Proven simulation framework application
- Rich and interactive environment
Professional Developer License
$9.95 /mo
- Development, testing, and marketing activities
Capabilities
Features
Flight physics
Aircraft systems
Scenery
ATC
Training
Add-ons
Integration with Add-ons
VR
Integration with VR
Hardware
Integration with Hardware
Training devices
Integration with Training devices
APIs
Integration with APIs
License activation
License activation security feature
Account protection
Account protection security feature
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
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Behind it
Who makes Prepar3D Professional
- Company
- Lockheed Martin / Prepar3D
- Based in
- Orlando, FL
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