Launch Week: Join Now, Keep FlightAware Flights Free Forever
Create a free account this week and you keep full FlightAware live route data — permanently, at no cost — even after it moves behind paid plans.
The Launch Week Offer
Every account created between now and Friday, May 29, 2026 is permanently grandfathered into FlightAware flight access. Sign up once this week, and live airline route data stays unlocked on your account for good — no subscription, no expiry, no catch.
What Are FlightAware Flights?
FlightAware is one of our richest data sources: live, real-world airline route data. Instead of relying only on public flight data, the FlightAware source surfaces real schedules and city pairs that real airlines fly right now — so the flights findsim.flights suggests feel authentic, current, and worth flying on VATSIM.
- Real airline route data layered into your search results
- More realistic city pairs and aircraft assignments
- A direct link to the live flight on FlightAware for any matching result
Why This Offer Exists
FlightAware is a paid, rate-limited data source. To keep findsim.flights sustainable, FlightAware access will become part of our paid plans — it's listed as a Chief Pilot feature on the pricing page.
But we want our earliest members to be rewarded for showing up first. So we're drawing a line: anyone who joins during launch week keeps FlightAware access permanently, even once it's a paid feature for everyone who joins later. It's our thank-you for being part of the community early.
How to Claim It
There's nothing to buy and no code to enter. Just:
- Create a free account by signing in with your VATSIM login
- Do it before Friday, May 29, 2026
- That's it — FlightAware access is attached to your account and stays there
Accounts created after launch week will follow the standard plan structure, so the simplest way to lock in free FlightAware flights forever is to sign up today.