X-Dispatch

Flight dispatch and airport visualization for X-Plane 12

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X-Plane ships with detailed airport data but no way to see it on a map. X-Dispatch puts all 35,000+ airports on a 3D globe. Click one to get runway diagrams, taxiways, gates, and markings. You can pull your flight plan from SimBrief, pick a starting gate, and launch X-Plane from the app.

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macOS Users (Sequoia/Tahoe): The app is unsigned. After installing, go to System Settings > Privacy & Security and click "Open Anyway", or run:

xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/X-Dispatch.app

Screenshots

SimBrief Integration

Addon Manager

Airport Detail View

SID/STAR Procedures

Starting Position

Flight Setup

Fuel & Payload

Weather Setup

Live Flight Tracking

Flight Plan

Settings

Features

Map & Visualization

• 3D globe with starfield background, terrain elevation, hillshade, and contour lines
• 6 basemap styles (OpenFreeMap, CARTO dark/light variants)
• Airport dots for 35,000+ airports with custom scenery support
• Airport filters by type, runway surface, and country
• Day/night terminator overlay
• Weather radar overlay (RainViewer) with playback controls
• Interactive drag-to-resize range rings with category presets
• Idle orbit camera for selected airports

Airport Details

• Runways with surface types, dimensions, lighting, and markings
• Taxiways, aprons, and pavement areas with signs
• Gates and parking positions with heading indicators
• Helipads, windsocks, and beacons

Navigation Data

• VOR, NDB, DME, TACAN, and ILS/LOC with course visualization
• High and low altitude airways
• Controlled airspace boundaries and FIR regions
• SID, STAR, and approach procedures with route overlay
• Range rings showing aircraft reach by category (jet, turboprop, GA)
• X-Plane native data or Navigraph with AIRAC cycle detection

SimBrief Integration

• One-click OFP import with route visualization on the map
• Fuel breakdown, weight summary, flight times, and nav log
• Waypoint-by-waypoint navigation with map highlighting

Live Traffic

• VATSIM and IVAO network overlays with pilot callsigns and aircraft types
• Controller and ATIS positions
• Live METAR with decoded weather and flight category display (VFR/MVFR/IFR/LIFR)

Flight Launcher

• Aircraft browser with search, filters, and favorites
• Livery selection with per-aircraft memory
• Fuel and payload configuration with weight & balance
• Time of day, weather presets, and cold & dark start
• Start from any gate, runway, helipad, or custom pin drop with coordinates
• Air start, carrier catapult, and frigate deck launch modes
• Runway approach start with configurable distance and glider tow
• Direct X-Plane launch or mid-flight relocation via REST API
• Logbook of last 10 flights

Live Flight Tracking

• Real-time aircraft position via X-Plane WebSocket API
• Flight strip with IAS, GS, altitude, VS, heading, wind, and temperature
• Follow mode to keep the aircraft centered on the map

Multiple Installations

• Named X-Plane installations with quick switching
• Full data reload on installation change
• Symlink and junction support for addons on external drives
• Version and Steam detection per installation

Addon Manager

• Browse installed aircraft, plugins, liveries, and Lua scripts
• Scenery priority manager with drag-to-reorder and auto-sort
• One-click install with automatic extraction (ZIP, RAR, 7z)
• Delete scenery from disk with confirmation
• Detects manually added scenery and new addons on rescan

General

• xdispatch:// deep link protocol for airport navigation
• Available in 10 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Japanese, Chinese
• Light, dark, and system theme
• Configurable interface zoom and font size
• Keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+F for search)

Development

npm install      # install dependencies
npm start        # dev mode with hot reload
npm run make     # build distributables

npm run typecheck   # TypeScript strict checks
npm run lint        # ESLint
npm run lint:fix    # auto-fix lint issues
npm run format      # Prettier

Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Framework	Electron + React 18 + TypeScript
Build	Vite + Electron Forge
UI	Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui
State	Zustand (persisted stores)
Data Fetching	TanStack Query
Map	MapLibre GL JS
Database	SQLite (sql.js)

Requires Node.js 20+ and X-Plane 12.4+.

Support

• Discord - help, feedback, discussion
• Issues - bugs and feature requests
• Ko-fi - if you want to support the project

License

GPL-3.0 - see LICENSE for details.