🧭 FR24 → SimBrief · Version: 4.3 · Developer: aguyfromZRH and Claude

✈️ Description

FR24 to SimBrief is a desktop tool for flight simulator pilots. Paste a FlightRadar24 flight link or type an ICAO callsign — the app fetches all real-world data and opens SimBrief with everything pre-filled. One click. Done.

🆕 New in v4.3

• 🛬 Arrivals board — new sidebar entry below the departures board: the next arrivals of any airport with origin, aircraft, arrival gate and status (landed, delayed …). Origin filter, top origins and the dice work just like on the departures board.
• 🚪 Gates — the boarding pass shows terminal and gate at departure and arrival (for flown, live and soon departing flights).
• 🔤 ICAO sorting — the destination / origin filter list is now sorted by ICAO code.

📆 New in v4.2

• 📆 Other days — lists the same flight number from 3 days ago to 3 days ahead and opens the latest flown one with all its details — also from the departures board.
• 🛬 Aircraft from last flight — a scheduled flight without registration gets registration and aircraft type of the latest flown flight with the same flight number.

📅 New in v4.1

• 📅 ±3 days — search a flight and get every flight of that flight number from 3 days ago to 3 days ahead — flown, in the air and scheduled. Today’s flight is selected automatically.
• 🔢 Flight numbers — type the flight number from your ticket (LX8, LH400) or the callsign (SWR8T) — both work now.
• 🧭 Destination & airline filters — on the departures board, next to the aircraft type filter: tick destinations and airlines, with search and flight counts. The filters work together and the random flight uses them too.
• 🔧 Fixed — the search only found flights in the air, because FlightRadar24 changed its flight list.

🎨 New in v4.0 — “Terminal Lounge” design

• 🏙 Destination photo — the city you are flying to, large on top of the flight — with callsign, airline, weather and the “Open in SimBrief” button right on the photo.
• 🎫 Boarding pass — route with city names, times (UTC) and gate, distance and flight time, plus flight number, type, status (e.g. delayed) and VATSIM ATC at a glance.
• 🛫 Departures board — the next departures of any airport, like the board in the terminal: destination photos, airline logos, gate and coloured status. Click a flight to load it.
• ✈️ Aircraft type filter — show only the aircraft you fly — type ICAO codes (A320, B78*), click the type chips or tick them in the “Select types” list.
• 🎲 Random flight — can’t decide where to fly? Roll a real departure from your home airport in the next three hours that matches your type filter.
• 📖 Logbook — log flights as flown and collect your destinations as photo “stamps”, with flights, kilometres, block time, top airlines — by month, year or all time.
• 🛠 SimBrief airframes — save your SimBrief airframes once (Internal ID) — the matching one is used automatically, with your weights and fuel factor.
• 🔔 Update hint — the app tells you when a new version is on flightsim.to (once a day, can be switched off).
• 🖱 Drag & drop — drag FR24 CSV / KML exports into the window to import them.
• 🪟 Window — opens centred instead of full screen and remembers its size and position.

✨ Also included since v3.0

• 📂 FR24 CSV / KML import — load flights you exported from FlightRadar24, with the flown track on the map.
• ⭐ Favourites & history — keep flights and find your recent searches again with one click.
• 📡 VATSIM — online ATC with frequencies and ATIS, VATSIM traffic on your route and a callsign check.
• 📸 Aircraft photos — a real photo of the exact aircraft by registration (planespotters.net, photographer credited).
• 🌍 German / English — switch the whole app instantly. Light and dark mode.

💻 Features

• Live, flown and scheduled flights (±3 days) by callsign or flight number
• Departures board for any airport with aircraft type, destination and airline filters
• Random flight from your home airport
• Destination photos, boarding pass and interactive map
• Logbook with statistics
• Import FR24 CSV / KML exports
• SimBrief airframes
• Live VATSIM ATC, traffic and callsign check
• METAR & TAF weather, colour-coded VMC / MVFR / IFR / LIFR
• 993 airline logos included in the installer
• Every value editable before sending to SimBrief
• German & English · Light & Dark mode
• No Python, no dependencies, no admin rights

⚙️ Installation Run FR24toSimBrief_v4.2.1_Setup.msi · choose a folder · click Install · done. Older versions are replaced automatically. The ZIP also contains the user manual (PDF) and a readme.

🧠 Usage Enter a callsign (SWR8T) or flight number (LX8), paste a FR24 URL or open the departures board → select the flight → check the details → Open in SimBrief.

💡 Search by ICAO callsign (SWR8T) or flight number (LX8) — or paste a FR24 URL.

💬 Credits Developer: Ralf (aguyfromZRH) · Code: Claude (Anthropic) · Thanks: Daveblackuk 🙏 Logos: sexym0nk3y/airline-logos · Maps: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Weather: aviationweather.gov · Aircraft photos: © their photographers via planespotters.net · City photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer shown on each photo) · Places: Wikidata · ATC data: VATSIM · Typeface: Inter (SIL OFL) · Icons: Lucide (ISC)

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