Getting Started
Getting Started
Fly, track, analyze, improve.
Step-by-step onboarding
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Step 1: Create/Login account
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Step 2: Get your ACARS API key in My Profile
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Step 3: Download and install ACARS client
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Step 4: Choose simulator: X-Plane or MSFS
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Step 5: Start flight and verify connection
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Step 6: Finish flight and open report
Client setup
Current stable version
v2.4.47
acars_v2_2.4.47.zip
Current early-access validation build: 2.4.41
Unsigned validation build: verify source and integrity before install.
Get API key
API key is private. Public pages never show API keys.
Generate/manage API key only in your private account flow.
Simulator setup
X-Plane
- Run ACARS client.
- Select X-Plane mode/profile.
- Check connection status before takeoff.
MSFS
- Run ACARS client.
- Verify connector requirements from your current setup docs.
- Confirm connection status before flight.
First flight checklist
- SimBrief attached (if used).
- Correct pilot and callsign.
- ACARS connected.
- Start tracking before flight.
- Finish/auto-finish after landing.
- Check /profile and open flight report.
Troubleshooting
- ACARS not connecting.
- API key copy/paste issue.
- Why is my flight unrated?
- Telemetry confidence warnings.
- MSFS connector issue.
- X-Plane data issue.
- Share flight ID and log/bundle in support channels; engine warm-up/cooldown false positives need a flight bundle.
What you get after flight
Flight Report
Landing Analysis
Stable Approach
Flight Coaching
Approach X-Ray
Replay
Pilot Skill Matrix
Challenges / Season / Hall of Fame