Features
A flight recorder, landing grader,
and debrief tool, in one.
Everything FLARE captures, scores, syncs, and shares. The desktop app on the left side, the customer portal on the right, in one continuous pipeline.
01 · TOUCHDOWN
Precision touchdown capture.
FLARE samples the sim 50 times a second through the approach and landing and captures the moment the wheels touch: vertical speed from the sim's own touchdown reading, peak G-force, pitch, bank, sideslip, heading, indicated and ground speed, position and landing weight, all measured against the runway threshold and centerline.
No averaging, no smoothing: the values at contact, which is what a real flight-data recorder keeps.
02 · APPROACH
Every approach, second by second.
From 1,000 ft AGL down to the rollout, FLARE records the full profile: height, vertical speed, airspeed, attitude, wind, flap, spoiler, throttle and brake positions, gear contact and autopilot modes, and checks your stability at the 500 ft and 300 ft gates. It adds the real-world METAR for the airport and Coach cards on what went well and what to work on, with your approach speed judged against a Vref adjusted for your landing weight.
Flare height, flare duration, peak pitch rate and float distance are all captured. Replay the approach in the desktop app or in your portal, or download any landing's raw trace.
03 · GRADING
A+ → F from real operational envelopes.
Six sub-scores feed a weighted composite, with two penalties (bounces, tail strike) and one multiplier (crosswind difficulty) shaping the final 0–100 grade. Every threshold is anchored to FAA / EASA / FCOM sources, traceable in the help guide.
Final formula: clamp((Σ component×weight − bounce − tail-strike) × wind-factor, 0, 100). See the full breakdown →
04 · AIRCRAFT PROFILES
A 737 isn't graded like a Cessna.
FLARE ships with per-aircraft scoring profiles for 498 airframes across 66 sub-families and 28 categories: from light GA singles and tailwheels to narrow-bodies, wide-bodies, business jets, fighter jets, warbirds, vintage piston, hot-air balloons, and more. The aircraft title from MSFS goes through a matcher (named profile → sub-family → category, then the aircraft type the sim reports, then uncategorized) so every flight gets the right curves. Vrefs and weights come from type certificates and flight manuals wherever they're published; where they aren't, the value is a documented estimate.
Threshold sources: 14 CFR 25.473 (transport-category sink rates), 14 CFR 23.473 (Part 23 GA), Boeing AMM Ch. 5-51 hard-landing inspection criteria, Airbus FCOM landing techniques, FAA AIM 5-4-7 (Vref categories). Browse the full catalog →
05 · LIVE VIEW
Standalone window. Second-monitor friendly.
A standalone Windows window that doesn't compete with MSFS for cockpit real estate. Park it on a second monitor, or alt-tab when you want it. Your EFB, panels, and views inside the sim stay untouched.
Live data while on final, and a score card pops up over the sim as you roll out (grade, score breakdown and the top coaching point), closing itself after about 30 seconds. No Community-folder add-ons, no Marketplace install, nothing loaded inside the sim.
06 · LOCAL LOGBOOK
A logbook on your drive.
Every touchdown lives in a local SQLite file under %LOCALAPPDATA%\FLARE. Filter Landing History by aircraft, airport and date range, export every landing to CSV or JSON, or download one landing's second-by-second trace.
Landings are saved even when you fly offline, and they sync when you're back online. The uninstaller asks what to remove, so you can keep your logbook. It's yours.
FLARE desktop
SQLite · local
flaresim.io
your portal
Direction
desktop ⇄ account
Toggle
on / off · 1 click
Reuse
never for AI / ads
07 · CLOUD SYNC
On by default. Yours to switch off.
Once FLARE is activated, each landing uploads to your private account shortly after the flight, so the web side (statistics, achievements, leaderboards, debrief) can use it. It works both ways: Download my landings brings your account's landings onto a new PC, and a landing you delete on one side is deleted on the other.
Turn it off in Portal → Settings → Account and uploads stop straight away. Your local logbook is unaffected. We never reuse your landings for marketing or AI training.
08 · CUSTOMER PORTAL
A second brain for your hours.
A complete web view of your synced landings. Filter and drill into individual flights, see full sub-score breakdowns, compare aircraft and airports, watch your trend lines move month over month.
Statistics include your average score, grade distribution, A+ percentage over time, monthly activity, top aircraft and airports, your softest touchdown and your strongest crosswind.
Average score
88.6
all landings
Lowest descent rate
-38
fpm
Strongest crosswind
24 kt
handled
A+ percentage · 6 months
↑ trending
09 · ACHIEVEMENTS
Earn it on the airframe.
Static achievements span ten themed categories. Quality (first A+, ten butter landings), Weather (crosswinds, low-vis), Consistency (stable-approach streaks), Exploration (different aircraft and airports), Airports (demanding fields), plus Milestones, Technique, Procedures, Special, and Fun.
Aircraft Mastery is a per-aircraft 5-tier ladder: Familiar at 10 landings, Practiced at 25, Proficient at 100, Expert at 300, Mastered at 1,000. Tracked separately for every airframe you fly.
10 · LEADERBOARDS
Public rankings. Opt-in.
Three boards (global all-time, monthly, and per-aircraft) ranked by A+ percentage with a 10-landing minimum-floor in scope so a single A+ doesn't game the top spot. Boards refresh daily.
Inclusion is opt-in twice over: claim a public handle, turn your profile public, then enable "show me on the leaderboards". Toggle off and you disappear from the next refresh. Your public profile lives at /p/<handle>/.
| # | Pilot | A+ % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | @captain_smooth | 68% |
| 2 | @buttermaker | 61% |
| 3 | @you | 54% |
| 4 | @stabilizedat500 | 49% |
Reviewer
@captain_smooth
Student
@you
Nice flare timing here. You held off about half a second longer than usual, try the same approach with the autobrake set to 2 next time.
@captain_smooth · 12 min ago
Read-only access · expires when session closes
11 · DEBRIEF
A reviewer in your cockpit.
A flight instructor or experienced peer starts a debrief with your email. Once you accept, they get read-only access to your synced flights, can leave per-landing comments, and exchange messages with you in a thread.
Either side closes the session at any time. Read access ends immediately; the thread and comments are preserved as an audit record. Each session is one reviewer to one student. Your data stays bounded.
12 · LICENSE
Two devices. Self-serve everything.
A single license covers two concurrently activated devices. Move between PCs by deactivating an old seat from the desktop app or from the portal. Hit the cap during activation? FLARE shows a picker on the spot.
Regenerate your key (twice per calendar month) if it leaks, or request a transfer to gift it to someone else. It all starts from your portal, no support ticket needed.
Seats
2 / 2
DESKTOP-RIG
Last seen · 2h ago
LAPTOP-OFFICE
Last seen · 6 days ago
13 · ACCOUNT & SECURITY
Account hygiene, first-class.
TOTP two-factor with one-time recovery codes. Passkeys (FIDO2) on every account. Active-session inspection with one-click revoke. Email management, notification preferences per category, and a JSON data export.
Account deletion really deletes: your account and synced landings go, your licenses detach, orders stay for tax records, and your local logbook on your PC is untouched.
Try it on your next flight.
$19.99, one-time. Lifetime updates. 14-day refund.