Description
🧭 FR24 → SimBrief · Version: 3.0.0 · 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 v3.0 — complete redesign
- 🎨 macOS-style design — sidebar with your flights, large title, a Flighty-style route card and an iOS-style settings form. Inter typeface and clean line icons.
- 🗂 Map · Weather · VATSIM as tabs — everything at a glance, no more scrolling.
- 🔍 Sharp on every screen — scales itself up on 4K monitors. Ctrl + / Ctrl − to zoom, Ctrl 0 to reset.
- ✅ Fixed: real-world STD — the departure time is now really sent to SimBrief (it was ignored in all earlier versions).
- 🌦 Readable weather — visibility shown as “≥ 10 km” instead of “9999”, correct variable wind.
✨ Also new since v2.2
- 📡 VATSIM integration — online ATC with frequencies and ATIS at departure and arrival, VATSIM traffic on your route, and a warning if your callsign is already in use.
- 📸 Aircraft photos — a real photo of the exact aircraft, looked up by registration on planespotters.net (photographer credited).
- 🌍 German / English — switch the whole app instantly. Light and dark mode, both remembered.
💻 Features
- Live & historic FR24 flights (last 7 days)
- Interactive map with great-circle route
- Live VATSIM ATC, traffic and callsign check
- Real aircraft photos by registration
- METAR & TAF weather for both airports, 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_v3.0_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 an ICAO callsign (e.g. SWR8T) or paste a FR24 URL → select the flight → check the details → Open in SimBrief.
⚠️ Use ICAO callsigns — IATA codes (LX, KL) are not supported.
💬 Credits Developer: Ralf (aguyfromZRH) · Code: Claude (Anthropic) · Thanks: Daveblackuk 🙏 Logos: sexym0nk3y/airline-logos · Maps: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Weather: aviationweather.gov · Photos: © their photographers via planespotters.net · ATC data: VATSIM · Typeface: Inter (SIL OFL) · Icons: Lucide (ISC)
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FR24 to SimBrief
Turn any real-world flight into a ready-to-go SimBrief flight plan. Paste a FlightRadar24 link or an ICAO callsign — the app fetches airline, aircraft, registration, route and departure time and opens SimBrief with everything pre-filled. Version 3.0 is a complete macOS-style redesign and adds live VATSIM ATC & traffic, real aircraft photos, METAR/TAF weather, 993 airline logos and full German/English support. No Python, no setup — install and fly.
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Version History
📋 **Changelog — v2.2 → v3.0** Released: 2026-09-26 --- 🎨 **v3.0 — Complete redesign (macOS style)** - New layout like a Mac app: sidebar with your flights, large-title header, Flighty-style route card - Details & Overrides as an iOS-style settings form, with a real on/off switch for the STD - Map, Weather and VATSIM are now tabs — no more scrolling - Inter typeface (close to Apple's SF Pro) and Lucide line icons - Empty start screen, status bar and a collapsible log - Auto-scaling for big screens (e.g. 4K at 100 %) — Ctrl + / Ctrl − to zoom, Ctrl 0 to reset - Starts maximised, freely resizable - Map now fits the whole route automatically 🔧 **Fixes** - **Use real-world STD now actually works:** SimBrief never received the departure time (wrong parameter). It is now sent as deph/depm (UTC). Switch off = SimBrief default time. - Visibility shown as "≥ 10 km" / "6 km" instead of "9999" / "6000" - CAVOK now shows the correct visibility - Variable wind shown as "VRB/2 kt" instead of "VRB°" - Airline logos stay sharp at every zoom level --- 🌍 **v2.5 — German / English & dark mode rework** - Language switch DE | EN — the whole app changes instantly, no restart - First start follows your Windows language; language and light/dark are remembered - Dark mode reworked: dark everywhere, white text, no more white flight list 📡 **v2.4 — VATSIM integration** - Online ATC at departure and arrival: ATIS, DEL, GND, TWR, DEP, APP with frequencies - VATSIM traffic: pilots on the ground / airborne / inbound, and pilots online on your exact route - Callsign check: warns if your callsign is already online or prefiled - Auto-refresh every minute + Refresh button 📸 **v2.3 — Aircraft photos** - Real photo of the exact aircraft, looked up by registration on planespotters.net - Photographer credited, click the photo to open it on planespotters.net - Photo updates when you change the registration --- 📦 **Installer** - FR24toSimBrief_v3.0_Setup.msi replaces v2.2 – v2.5 automatically - ZIP includes the updated user manual (PDF) and readme
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thank you
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edit:
the mistake was on my site. uploaded new file
5 months ago
9 months ago
ev. gibts da ja in Zukunft eine möglichkeit.
GUI ist eigentlich gut, bisschen Farbe wäre noch eine Idee für zukünftige Releases...
Super Idee!
9 months ago
9 months ago
C:\Program Files (x86)\FR24toSimBriefGUI\
9 months ago
9 months ago
can you try it wit an live flight?
10 months ago
Possible in the next update you could pass the flight departure time (EOBT) from FR24 into Simbrief? This would make the tool 110% complete for me (as it is it's about 97%)
Thanks again for putting this out!!
10 months ago
10 months ago
...update...
i wrote an email to FR24 to clarify. expecting the answer in about 5 days.
11 months ago