For VATSIM · with SimBrief & MSFS

Flight Deck VATSIM

Live VATSIM ATC for the flight you're flying. See who's online at your departure and arrival, who you're tuned to, who's next, and whether your filed flight plan matches.

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ATC onlineTop-down coverageNext handoffFlight plan check

Flight Deck VATSIM is in beta and still being tested on live VATSIM. Feedback is very welcome.

ATC Position keys

Every position at your airports

Each key watches one position at your departure, your arrival or a fixed airport you choose: ATIS, Delivery, Ground, Tower, Approach or Centre. Departure and arrival come from your latest SimBrief flight plan.

Online

The frequency in green and how long the controller has been online.

Top-down

When a position is offline, the key shows who covers it from above, with their frequency.

ATIS

The information letter, big, with runway and QNH. Turns amber when the letter changes; press to acknowledge.

The key for the controller you're tuned to on COM1 gets a COM1 tag.

Stream Deck + dials

Your whole route, on four dials

  1. Tuned (COM1): who you're with right now. Turn to scroll the ATC on your route; press to post it to chat.
  2. Next Handoff: who's next. Turn to look further ahead.
  3. Route Coverage: the FIRs on your route and whether they're staffed. Press to post a summary like "London ✓ · Brest ✗ · Bordeaux ✓".
  4. Flight Plan Check: does your filed VATSIM plan match SimBrief? Squawk, callsign, route, level and aircraft. Press to re-check.

For streamers

Tell chat who you're with

  • Chat posts: presses post to a webhook you set. A Discord webhook works as-is.
  • OBS overlay: the plugin keeps a text file updated with "Now with: London Control 127.830". Add it in OBS as a Text source reading from file.

Stream Deck + layout

DEP ATISDEP GNDDEP TWRDEP APP ARR ATISARR GNDARR TWRARR APP TunedNextRouteFlight plan

ATC Position on all 8 keys (top row departure, bottom row arrival) · the four dials left to right.

Setup

  1. Double-click the plugin file to install it.
  2. Drag ATC Position onto your keys and set each one's airport and position.
  3. On a Stream Deck +, drag Tuned, Next Handoff, Route Coverage and Flight Plan Check onto the dials.
  4. In any key's settings, enter your SimBrief username, and your VATSIM CID for the flight plan check.
  5. Generate your SimBrief flight. Press the Flight Plan Check dial to pull it in straight away.

Download

Flight Deck VATSIM Beta

VATSIM data refreshes every 15 seconds while the page is on screen; your SimBrief plan every 5 minutes. MSFS can start before or after.

SystemWindows 10 or 11
Stream DeckApp 7.1 or newer · dials need a Stream Deck +
NeedsSimBrief account; VATSIM CID for the plan check
SimulatorMSFS, for the COM1 frequency
Download beta View on flightsim.to View on Elgato Marketplace

Screenshots

See it in action

Good to know

Current limits

Can it file my flight plan?

No. VATSIM flight plans are filed through VATSIM; the plugin only reads them to check they match SimBrief.

An approach position shows as covered by Centre

Approach units with a different prefix from the airport (London TMA, for example) show as covered by the area controller rather than on their own key.

Next Handoff starts from the beginning of my route

The plugin doesn't track sector boundaries, so if you're tuned to UNICOM it starts from the top of your route.

Unofficial add-on. Not affiliated with, or endorsed by, VATSIM, SimBrief or Elgato.