The ACARS client
your virtual airline
actually deserves.
Stratos connects your simulator directly to your virtual airline. SimBrief dispatch, second-by-second tracking, a landing score on every touchdown, and an automatic PIREP — across MSFS, X-Plane, FSX, and Prepar3D.
What's actually
in the app.
Stratos sits between your simulator and your VA. It reads telemetry directly from MSFS via SimConnect and from X-Plane via native data refs, pulls your flight plan from SimBrief, streams position from pushback to engine-off, and submits a complete PIREP the moment you touch down. Around that core sits a landing analyser, a pilot logbook, and a dashboard your VA can brand as its own.
Request AccessDirect SimConnect and X-Plane data-ref reads. Position, altitude, heading, and vertical speed streamed to your VA every second. No XPUIPC, no FSUIPC.
A 0–100 score calculated from raw touchdown data: descent rate, G-force, bounces, approach stability, rollout. Runway diagram and wind at touchdown included.
Every flight saved with route, aircraft, distance, duration, and landing rate. Searchable, filterable, and submitted to your VA's PIREP system on touchdown.
An ACARS client your pilots install once. Pulls SimBrief flight plans, reads telemetry directly from MSFS, X-Plane, FSX, and Prepar3D, scores every landing, and posts the PIREP to your VA on touchdown. Native builds for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Stratos imports your Operational Flight Plan directly from SimBrief before you push back. Fuel figures, routing, alternate airports, and performance data are loaded into your dispatch panel automatically — no double-entry, no copy-pasting between windows. Your VA receives the same OFP data so dispatchers and pilots are always looking at the same plan.
Stratos reads telemetry directly from your simulator via SimConnect or native X-Plane data refs — position, altitude, ground speed, heading, and vertical speed are streamed to your virtual airline in real time. This is actual simulator data, not an approximation from interpolated position reports. Your VA and its pilots see every flight as it happens on a live map.
When Stratos detects a landing, it automatically calculates your touchdown rate, records block times, fuel burn, and flight duration, then generates a complete PIREP ready to submit to your virtual airline. Pilots review the report and press submit — the entire process takes seconds instead of minutes of manual data entry.
Virtual airlines connect to Stratos over a documented REST API with OAuth 2.0. Bookings, PIREPs, and fleet data move between your crew system and Stratos directly — pilot verification, dispatch assignment, and PIREP submission are all handled by named endpoints. Reference implementations are published, so plugging Stratos into an existing backend doesn't require rewriting it.
Panels move, themes switch, and pilots can hide anything that isn't relevant to their current flight phase. VAs can apply their own colours, logo, and terminology to the dashboard — so when a pilot opens Stratos they land in their VA's environment, not a third-party tool.
Stratos ships native builds for Windows, macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), and Linux. It supports seven simulator platforms: MSFS 2024, MSFS 2020, X-Plane 11, X-Plane 12, Prepar3D v4/v5/v6, and FSX. Stratos detects your running simulator automatically and connects without configuration — just launch and fly.
Every flight, automatically recorded
Telemetry is captured from the moment you push back. Routes, hours, distance, and landing rates are logged without manual entry — searchable, filterable, and submitted to your VA on touchdown.
Branded for your VA
The dashboard inherits your airline's colours, logo, and terminology. Pilots see their rank, hours, and average landing rate next to your VA's announcements and team messages — same software, your identity.
What flight simulators
does Stratos support?
Stratos supports six simulator platforms across Windows, macOS, and Linux. It connects via SimConnect for Microsoft simulators and natively for X-Plane, detecting your running simulator automatically without any configuration.
We're taking
this one VA
at a time.
Stratos needs to be wired into your VA's backend before pilots can fly with it, so this form is for VA owners and admins. Flying for a VA that should be on Stratos? Forward this page to your admin — we'll take it from there. We onboard each VA personally before go-live.
