If you’ve ever wanted to recreate a real-world flight in MSFS and found yourself manually copying airport codes, aircraft types, and routes between FlightRadar24 and SimBrief, this one is for you. fr24tosimbrief.com is a free browser-based utility that does exactly what the name suggests: takes a FlightRadar24 link and sends the flight data straight to SimBrief to generate your OFP.
The workflow is about as simple as it gets. You paste a FlightRadar24 link, live or historical, the tool pulls the origin, destination, aircraft type, airline, and route, and sends it all to SimBrief with everything pre-filled. You still select your specific airframe on SimBrief’s dispatch page, so you can choose your Fenix, PMDG, or whichever add-on you’re flying rather than being locked to the real-world type. There’s also an override option if you want to fly the route on a different aircraft entirely.
It worked perfectly on first try. Pasting a FlightRadar24 link for BA2707, a British Airways A321 operating Gran Canaria to London Gatwick, pulled the full flight details including registration G-EUXM and fed them directly into SimBrief’s dispatch page with the route already plotted.
The Flight Finder tab
Beyond the link-based workflow, there’s also a Flight Finder tab for when you don’t have a specific flight in mind. You pick an airline, aircraft type, and departure airport, choose a preferred flight length, and the tool generates a realistic destination. It factors in real-world aircraft range and matches airport size to the aircraft type, so you won’t end up with a CRJ routing into a tiny GA strip or a narrowbody assigned to a widebody gate. If you select an airline, it prioritises airports they actually serve.
It’s a small touch but a thoughtful one, essentially giving you a realistic random flight generator that respects operational logic.
Worth bookmarking
The tool is completely free, requires no account, and works on mobile. It was built as a side project by someone who got tired of the copy-paste routine between the two platforms every time they wanted to fly a real-world route, which is probably a frustration most of us have felt at some point.
You can try it at fr24tosimbrief.com.
