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FLIGHTWIRE LOGBOOK

Logbook features.

Flight records, operational debriefs and career management in one Windows application.

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Free to use · public beta

Flight library

  • Local flight history

    Keep your career on your computer and add flights manually.

  • FlightWire imports

    Import FlightWire JSON, compressed recordings or flight ZIP bundles; watch folders for completed flights.

  • Edit & remove flights

    Correct flight details and remarks; remove entries with confirmation and prevent automatic re-import.

  • Search & organise

    Filter by airport, aircraft, operator, route, status or tags, then open the related flight, report or profile.

  • Review & validation

    Check missing fields and recording integrity, mark flights reviewed and explain recorded events.

  • Recovery & original data

    Recover partial flights from retained recordings, with original source data, duplicate detection and edit history.

Reports & debriefs

  • Detailed flight reports

    Review flight identity, out/off/on/in times, taxi, day/night, manual/autopilot and away time, fuel, payload, landing, runway and approach details.

  • Events & conditions

    Inspect recorded EICAS, defects, contacts, cockpit presence, approach outcomes and turbulence indications.

  • Performance graphs

    Explore full-flight altitude and groundspeed profiles, with dedicated departure and approach graphs.

  • Scores & debrief findings

    See the score and supporting data, then jump directly to the relevant moment in replay.

  • SimBrief Plan vs Actual

    Compare recorded time, route, altitude, fuel and load with your retained plan.

Maps & replay

  • 2D route maps

    Browse individual flights or world routes, search airports and distinguish recorded tracks from gaps and estimates.

  • 3D routes & aircraft

    View altitude, shadows and height curtains, adjust route colours and use matching aircraft models where available.

  • Interactive replay

    Play, pause, scrub, change speed and jump to any recorded time.

  • Event & flight overlays

    Locate cockpit actions, EICAS, OPS messages, contacts, away time, fuel dumps, turbulence, visibility, manual flight and the flight plan.

  • Recorded traffic, weather & ATC

    Replay nearby aircraft, SIGMET encounters and ATC facilities or sectors captured during the flight.

  • Live map layers

    Show available VATSIM coverage, sector boundaries, airport weather, SIGMETs, pilot reports and precipitation radar.

Live flights & network connection

  • Live aircraft tracking

    Follow FlightWire on the same PC or over a paired private local network.

  • Pairing & recovery tools

    Import/export pairing information, check connection status and retain live journals for interrupted-flight recovery.

Trips & duty references

  • Trip management

    Automatically group connecting flights or create, edit, reorder, split and merge trips yourself, with routes and totals.

  • Sectors, notes & documents

    Assign operating, positioning or jumpseat roles; organise notes, documents and planned or unassigned sectors.

  • Duty timelines

    Review report/release times, turnarounds, seven- and 28-day totals, night flying and duty/rest references for simulation.

  • Trip review

    Lock completed trips and acknowledge operational findings.

Aircraft & technical logs

  • Aircraft profiles

    Organise airframes and fleets, edit details, link SimBrief aircraft and add photos, notes and airline logos.

  • History & utilisation

    Explore aircraft hours, landings, routes, payload, fuel and events, with online airframe details where available.

  • Technical logs & reliability

    Record defects, MEL/CDL references and rectifications; review recurring faults, deferred items, dispatch reliability and fuel-dump history.

Airports & briefings

  • Airport directory

    Search airports and geographic areas, review your visits, and keep personal notes and ratings.

  • Runways & airport details

    View diagrams, frequencies, navaids, ILS and approach information using available AirportDB or installed X-Plane 12 data.

  • Weather & briefings

    Read METAR/TAF, recent observations and seasonal references, with wind, runway, approach and network information together.

  • Airport activity

    See VATSIM traffic, ATC and ATIS, available ADS-B surface traffic, and real-world departure schedules through your own AirLabs account.

Career statistics

  • Career overview

    Explore flight, hour, distance and landing totals; activity, day/night, taxi, fuel and payload charts; filter by period, aircraft or operator.

  • Performance & rankings

    Compare landing trends, scores, findings, efficiency, aircraft, operators, routes and utilisation.

  • Coverage & network experience

    Review continents, flown airspace, ATC contacts, transmissions, controllers and recording completeness; rank your own flights by retained VATSIM time.

Currency & practice

  • Practice goals & recurrent checks

    Set editable practice programs, track progress and due dates, and record completed sessions.

  • Targets & evidence

    Choose rolling targets, aircraft and operator scopes, recorded or self-reported credit, and import or export your setup.

Planning & dispatch

  • SimBrief planning

    Use the embedded planner, reuse or reverse routes, and retain the latest plan or an imported JSON snapshot.

  • Dispatch & load notes

    Prepare flight drafts, passenger/cargo and fuel figures, restrictions, weather, runway and load checklists.

  • Planning documents

    Attach your OFP, charts and briefings.

  • xPilot prefill

    Prepare supported xPilot flight-plan fields from your dispatch information.

Screenshots, documents & simulator files

  • Flight documents

    Keep attachments in per-flight packages and add, replace or read OFP PDFs in the report.

  • Screenshots & annotations

    Discover Windows, Steam and X-Plane screenshots automatically; match them to flights, add notes and browse them on the map.

  • Simulator logs & replays

    Retain supported simulator/plugin logs and automatically save, compress and associate native X-Plane replay files after completed exports.

Exports & backups

  • Flight & route exports

    Export flights to CSV/JSON and routes to KML or timestamped GPX.

  • Portable career archives

    Create and verify a career archive with PDF reports, printable HTML and ForeFlight field mappings.

  • Local backups

    Back up and restore your database, with automatic backups on exit and configurable retention.

  • Cloud & NAS backups

    Create and restore snapshots through supported OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox or custom/NAS destinations, with validation and recovery history.

Preferences & maintenance

  • Workspace & help

    Adjust layout, startup and shortcuts; explore removable sample flights; open guides, abbreviations, diagnostics and bug reporting.

  • Updates & add-ons

    Manage available Logbook/plugin updates, FlightWire settings, compatible add-ons and installed language packs.

Availability & requirements

  • Windows desktop. Requires WebView2 for maps, SimBrief and PDFs. FlightWire records X-Plane 12 flights.
  • Recording matters. Replay and analysis depend on captured data. Manual entries cannot supply missing telemetry.
  • Connected features need data. Maps, weather, traffic and SimBrief need internet access. AirLabs schedules need your own account; provider charges may apply.
  • Backups are snapshots. Cloud backups need a configured provider account. They do not offer live sync or shared logbooks.
  • References for simulation. Practice goals, duty references and scores are for simulation, not certified flying records.

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Feature list reviewed 16 September 2026.