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Download vNAAATS

Version 2 – Modernised by Gary Thomas. For EuroScope on Windows.
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FDD for Windows

The Flight Data Display in its own window, with a one-time setup that gets everything else ready for you. It is the same display as in your browser, so updates to the display arrive by themselves.

  • Checks your plugin, airline list and font and updates them when you say so (you are asked first).
  • Saves your key into vnaaats.cfg so you never edit the file by hand.
  • Opens EuroScope, VACS and your audio client (Audio for VATSIM or TrackAudio) for you once you choose your position.
  • Remembers your sign-in if you ask it to (kept in the Windows Credential Manager).
  • The setup happens once. After that the app opens straight to the display.
Download FDD for Windows What is it? Requirements
Windows 10 or 11. The installer is not code-signed yet, so Windows may say "Windows protected your PC": choose More info, then Run anyway. See the code signing policy and privacy and data handling.
First time? Follow the install guide. In short: install the Gander sector package, install FDD for Windows, do the one-time setup, then load the plugin in EuroScope once.
Video: FDD for Windows, the One Fits All Program
About four minutes: what the app does, why it is better than a browser, how to install it (including the Windows SmartScreen message), the one-time setup and how updates work.
Video: loading vNAAATS into EuroScope
About a minute and a quarter: opening your profile, loading the sector file and plugin, then adding the vNAAATS display and the ASR file. The app shows this video in its first-time setup too.
Video: how to use vNAAATS
About two and a half minutes: what vNAAATS is and how to get started. The flights shown are demo data.

What you need

  • EuroScope, and the official Gander Oceanic sector package from AeroNav (below), which also keeps your AIRAC up to date.
  • Your own API key, free at vnaaats.com/get-key for all oceanic controllers (Gander Oceanic controllers can also use ganderoceanic.ca/my/vnaaats). The display opens only while you are connected to VATSIM on an oceanic position. Keep your key private.
  • The display shows nothing until you have signed in and chosen a position, to protect pilot and controller data.
Gander Oceanic sector package (AeroNav)

The official sector files, kept up to date each AIRAC by AeroNav. Install it first, then install FDD for Windows (or the plugin by hand, below) and follow the install guide.

Open files.aero-nav.com/EXCXO
Not using the app? Install the plugin by hand

You can still use the display in any browser at vnaaats.com/fdd and install the EuroScope plugin yourself.

Show the plugin downloads
Open the download page
The pack holds the DLL, the screen file vNAAATS.asr, the airline list, the font, an example config and a README.
Also needed in the same folder as the DLL (all in the pack):
ICAO_Airlines.txt vNAAATS.ttf vnaaats.example.cfg
ICAO_Airlines.txt shows the selected aircraft's radio callsign (e.g. BAW227 (Speedbird)) at the bottom centre of the radar. vNAAATS.ttf is the font the radar screen uses; without it the letters look wrong. The example config is for new installs only: rename it to vnaaats.cfg and add your key. Never copy it over an existing vnaaats.cfg.
Updating by hand: close EuroScope and replace only VatsimNAAATS.dll. Keep your existing vnaaats.cfg. Make sure it is the DLL EuroScope actually loads (Other SET > Plug-ins shows its folder). If it will not load, install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86).
User guide (PDF)
The install guide and the user manual in one file, for printing or offline. The install guide and user manual pages on this site are always the newest, so use them if the two ever differ.
Open the guide (PDF) Download
Icon key (PDF)
What every symbol, colour and flashing state means on the display and in EuroScope. The icon key page is always the newest.
Open the icon key (PDF) Download

Please report problems at github.com/garythms/vatsim-NAAATS-v2/issues. Source code: github.com/garythms/vatsim-NAAATS-v2.