FSTRaK

FSTrAk is a modern flight tracker and logbook for MSFS (and possibly FSX/P3D, although not tested). It aims to be a no frills, install and let it run experience - as it requires no manual intervention. FSTrAk monitors your simulator silently, and will detect when a flight is started, track it on a map, and persist it to a local database when it is complete.

Features

• Automatic silent start-up.
• Automatic flight tracking (hands-free experience).
• Option (default) to save only complete flights - i.e. flight ended in parking state, with engines off and parking brake set, after having flown.
• Multiple map providers including FAA ArcGIS charts, OpenAIP, OpenTopoMap, Bing, MapTiler, and more.
• Flight analysis and scoring.
• Live flight tracking with a moving map.
• MSFS 2024 in-sim moving map — an MSFS Community addon panel that mirrors your FSTrAk map selection, showing chart overlays, live ATC coverage, and your aircraft position inside the simulator.
• VATSIM and IVAO live network support — view pilots and ATC on the live map.
• Statistics (most used aircraft, most used airlines, average and max payload, distance, etc.)
• Dark mode.

Installation

FSTrAk Desktop App

1. Download the latest release zip from GitHub Releases.
2. Run the FSTrAk installer included in the zip.
3. Launch FSTrAk — it will connect to MSFS automatically when the simulator is running.

MSFS In-Sim Moving Map Panel (optional)

The zip also contains a fstrak-ingame-panel/ folder. To enable the in-sim moving map tablet panel:

1. Copy the fstrak-ingame-panel/ folder into your MSFS Community folder:
   • Microsoft Store / Xbox App: %LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community
   • Steam: %AppData%\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Community
2. Restart MSFS 2024.
3. The FSTrAk Moving Map icon will appear in the in-sim toolbar. Click it to open the panel.
4. FSTrAk must be running on the same PC for the panel to display map tiles and aircraft position.

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API Keys

Some features require optional API keys, configured in the Settings view.

StatSim API Key (VATSIM flight track history)

StatSim provides historical VATSIM flight tracks. When configured, clicking a VATSIM pilot on the live map shows their full flight path since departure instead of a simple geodesic line.

1. Go to https://statsim.net/about
2. Click Login with VATSIM to get API Key and authenticate with your VATSIM account
3. Create an API key in your account page
4. Paste the key into Settings → StatSim API Key

IVAO API Key (IVAO flight track history & enriched details)

The IVAO API key enables full flight track history for IVAO pilots, plus enriched details for pilots and ATC (controller name, rating, ATIS, route, remarks) when clicking on them in the live map.

1. Go to https://developer.ivao.aero and log in with your IVAO account
2. Create a new application to obtain an API key
3. Paste the key into Settings → IVAO API Key

Without an API key, IVAO pilots show a geodesic line from departure to their current position, and ATC details are limited to what the public feed provides.

Other API Keys

Key	Feature	Where to get it
MapTiler	MapTiler map tiles	https://cloud.maptiler.com — free tier available
OpenAIP	Aviation chart overlay	https://www.openaip.net — free registration
Azure Maps	Azure Maps tile layers	https://portal.azure.com — free tier available

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Roadmap

• Simbrief integration (fetch passengers, planned vs actual fuel and time, planned vs actual route).
• More statistics.
• Display bearing/distance to a designated point on the map.
• VATSIM integration (display live traffic and ATC on the map).
• IVAO integration (display live traffic and ATC on the map).
• MSFS 2024 in-sim moving map tablet panel.

Flight Analysis

Live Tracking, with OpenTopoMaps

Scoring events in flight analysis, with Bing Hybrid map

Live map with VATSIM ATC coverage

MSFS in-sim moving map tablet panel