Observed arrival · 2026-11-04
Sim Beacon puts a simulator aircraft on an EFB map
An iPhone app reads a flight simulator’s position and sends it over Wi-Fi to electronic flight bag apps.
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- Flight-simulator users training with iPad EFBs
- Worth noticing
- It reads simulator coordinates from an operator’s screen; enterprise GPS-degraded training features are still in active development.
Field notes
The workflow starts with an iPhone camera pointed at the simulator’s latitude/longitude readout; the page says it recognizes common coordinate notations and offers a traced-route option when there is no screen to read. It lists X-Plane (XGPS, port 49002) and GDL 90 (port 4000), and says a Pro setup can transmit to up to three iPads. Fleet licensing and GPS-degraded, jammed, or spoofed training are described as enterprise features in active development.
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