How do I get Microsoft Flight Simulator on the mac without downloading windows?

t's designed for Windows based computers.

The Windows operating system cannot be downloaded. To use with BootCamp, you would have to purchase a retail disc.

Alternatives ...

Run Windows on Mac -Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac - Parallels

Or VMware. Both are costly to just run one Windows based app.

Virtualbox is free, and I'm unsure how much better it would work:

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2741

A favorite Mac OS X compatible flight simulator similar to Microsoft's is X-Plane:

http://www.x-plane.com/platform/desktop/mac/

Not sure if it will work with 10.9, though http://roaringapps.com/app/xplane does have it working on 10.8 and 10.7.

Just an FYI,

There was a Microsoft Flight Simulator that ran on Mac OS 7.6 back in 1997. Too bad we don't have Classic anymore unless you have a G5 or earlier Mac. It might work in that environment, then again might not.