Airline dispatch for flight simulation. Real schedules, operational flight plans, a technical log, loadsheets and PIREPs: every sector is planned, loaded and reported as an airline would.
VirtualDispatch runs each flight in Microsoft Flight Simulator as an airline operation. The pilot selects a scheduled sector flown by a real carrier and receives what a dispatcher would issue: current weather at both ends, an aircraft and its load, delays and deferred defects, and a loadsheet to sign before departure.
Every sector starts with operational decisions, as on the line.
Thousands of scheduled sectors, filtered by time, airline, domestic or international, and single or multi-leg trips
METARs and SIGMETs on the route map
Passenger figures from real airline load factors applied to the actual seat count, full flights included; bags, cargo and cost index generated to match
Aircraft assigned from the carrier’s fleet and the aircraft installed in the simulator
Aircraft-specific MEL and CDL items based on master MEL relief: cruise level limits, extra fuel, an empty hold, ground power or air start, carried into the SimBrief plan
Delays based on IATA delay codes and European delay statistics, linked to the conditions: de-icing in cold weather, ramp closures with thunderstorms, knock-on delays on later sectors
ATC slots, night curfews and EASA flight duty limits
Every type of event can be switched off or given its own probability
The plan is prepared on SimBrief with the dispatch remarks, defect limits, extra fuel and the runways in use on VATSIM, IVAO or SayIntentions
The OFP returns to the briefing automatically: route, fuel, weights and NOTAMs, which also feed the logbook
No-shows, late passengers, oversold flights, extra bags and dangerous goods, each with a decision for the commander
No two sectors are the same
The commander signs the loadsheet once fuel and weights are within limits, and can send it to the aircraft over ACARS (Hoppie or SayIntentions)
The PIREP records actual times, fuel and delay codes, and builds the on-time record in the logbook
Every flight, PIREP and OFP figure in one logbook
Statistics by period, airline, aircraft, airport and route, with filters on every view
The logbook can be exported as CSV at any time, and flights deleted from it
Simplified parts of VirtualDispatch, with sample data
The search filters on a sample timetable. The map updates with each change
– itineraries to – airports
Each briefing opens with four status indicators. Select one for its details
Accept or decline: the loadsheet is updated
LMC
A sample pilot’s flights, with the filters of the statistics page
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Milestones and goals across the virtual career
In developmentAdditional carriers and fleets
In developmentSchedules refreshed every season, starting with winter
In developmentFlight tracking from the simulator through a Windows companion app
In developmentIntegration with installed aircraft and airport add-ons
In development