Feed your data to FlightDeck

ACARS or ADS-B. Each is one toggle now, and FlightDeck Pro is free while you feed.

ACARS

One toggle in the ADSB.im beta.

  1. 1On the new ADSB.im beta, open Data Sharing.
  2. 2Turn on FlightDeck under ACARS. That covers plain ACARS and VDL Mode 2.

Not on the beta yet?

The environment variables still work. Open Expert Setup, find the Add environment variables to containers box, and add one line per thing you decode.

Plain ACARS (acarsdec, VHF)

AR_SEND_UDP_ACARS=acarshub:5550;acars.tryflightdeck.com:5550

VDL Mode 2 (dumpvdl2)

AR_SEND_UDP_VDLM2=acarshub:5555;acars.tryflightdeck.com:5555

Decode both? Add both lines. Only one? Add only that line. Not sure what you run? Ask in the Discord and I will tell you which line you need.

ADS-B

One toggle in ADSB.im.

  1. 1In ADSB.im, open Data Sharing.
  2. 2Turn on FlightDeck in the aggregator list.
  3. 3To earn Pro, paste your feeder ID into its UUID box. Get your ID below.

Same as adding any other aggregator. Nothing else changes.

Airports

We ship you a free receiver.

At an airport? You buy nothing. We send a complete receiver and antenna at our cost. Plug it in, give it a window. It only listens.

Request a receiver

Get Pro free

Sign in and get your feeder ID. After a week of steady data that passes our checks, Pro turns on. It stays on while your receiver feeds. This works with ADS-B receivers today, and ACARS stations are coming soon.

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