Track your VATSIM flight, see who is controlling, and get a push notification the moment a controller sends you a contact me - even when you have stepped away.
VATRadar brings the VATSIM network to your iPhone and iPad. Follow your own flight, see which controllers are online, browse the traffic connected right now, and keep track of the events you do not want to miss.
MY FLIGHT
Sign in with your VATSIM account and VATRadar picks up your flight automatically whenever you are connected.
• Altitude, heading, ground speed and vertical speed
• Your transponder code and the code ATC assigned you
• Departure, arrival and alternate airports
• Filed route, filed altitude and remaining distance
• Aircraft type and current phase of flight
CONTROLLERS AND AIRPORTS
Browse the airports with ATC online, or work through FIRs and UIRs to see who is covering a region.
Open any airport for:
• The controllers and ATIS stations currently online
• Live ATIS information
• The current METAR for the field
• Runways with headings, lengths, widths, surfaces and elevations
• Published frequencies
PILOTS
Every pilot connected to the network, searchable by callsign, VATSIM CID or name. Open any flight to see the same detail you get for your own.
EVENTS
Browse upcoming VATSIM events, read the full briefing, and mark the ones you plan to fly as favorites.
PUSH NOTIFICATIONS
• Reminders for your favorited events, at the lead times you choose
• VATSIM private messages, including a controller's contact me
• SELCAL alerts
Private message and SELCAL notifications need the free vPilot Push Notification Plugin, installed on the Windows PC you fly from. You can download it from inside the app, or at vatradar.io/vpilot-plugin.
NETWORK STATS
Connected clients and unique users, pilots online, controllers broken down by position, ATIS stations and prefiled flight plans.
ACCESSIBLE BY DESIGN
VATRadar is built by a blind developer and sim pilot, so VoiceOver is not an afterthought here - it is how the app gets used every day. Every screen, list and control is designed to be navigated comfortably without sight.
The same care extends to the rest of Apple's accessibility features. VATRadar uses standard iOS controls throughout, so it works with Larger Text, Bold Text, increased contrast and Voice Control, and follows your Dark Mode setting. If something does not work with the accessibility features you rely on, that is a bug to be fixed, not a limitation to live with.
FREE
VATRadar is free. There are no ads, no in-app purchases and no subscriptions. Signing in requires a VATSIM account, which is also free.
VATRadar is intended for flight simulation on the VATSIM network. The airport, runway, frequency, weather and ATIS information it shows must not be used for real-world flight planning or navigation.
VATRadar is an independent project, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by VATSIM.
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Airports now have live departures and arrivals boards, with estimated arrival times for the flights on their way in.
• Open a board from the departures or arrivals count at the top of an airport, or from the new Airport boards section in a pilot's details, including your own flight on My Flight.
• Arriving flights show how far out they are and, within about an hour of landing, an estimated arrival time in Zulu. The same ETA now also appears in a pilot's details.
• At busier airports, the arrivals board tells you whether flights are running longer than usual or on time.
• The Airports list on the Controllers tab can now be sorted by ICAO code, ATC positions, departures, arrivals or total traffic, and VATRadar remembers your choice.
• When arrivals at an airport are running longer than usual, its row in the Airports list says so.
Happy flying!
Version 1.2
The developer, Robin Kipp, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Contact Info
User Content
Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Identifiers
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More
Supported Features
VoiceOver
Voice Control
Larger Text
Dark Interface
Differentiate Without Color Alone
Sufficient Contrast
Reduced Motion
Information
Seller
Robin Kipp
Size
5.9 MB
Category
Utilities
Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.