NextATC Help & FAQ

Short, practical answers. Pick a topic from the list.

Click a topic in the left sidebar to open it. You can also use the left/right arrow keys to move between topics, and the up/down arrows (or the mouse wheel) to scroll the article you are reading. Use the User Guide when you want the full, chapter-by-chapter version.

Topics#

• Quick Tutorial — Guided first-flight tutorial
• Getting Started — Your first flight, step by step
• Menu & Commands — Where things live, what to press
• Flight Plan — File a plan, IFR vs VFR, SimBrief, callsign
• Departure — Clearance, runway, SID, pushback, taxi
• Enroute — Center handoffs, climb, descend, jump to waypoint
• Arrival — Approach, STAR, landing, parking
• Navdata — API download, login reset, folder location
• Voice & Push-to-Talk — TTS, voice recognition, PTT modes
• AI & LLM Features — Experimental voice recognition and Gemini phrase variation
• Azure Setup — Key, region, voices, cost
• Traffic — TCAS, synthetic traffic, Bluebell, LiveTraffic
• Random Flights & Snapshots — Generate routes, save states, resume later
• Nav Display — Map, descent profile, tabs, taxi guide
• Options Reference — Every checkbox explained
• Bug reports and feature requests — Send diagnostic logs without credentials, account identifiers or personal paths, plus optional screenshots
• Troubleshooting — Things that go wrong, and the fix
• Unicom — How Unicom works, and how to write in it

Reading tips#

• Bold-italic terms like Handoff or Frequency Box match what you see in the UI.
• Code blocks like NextATC/handoff are X-Plane command names that you can bind to a key or a joystick button.
• "If it stops working" sections at the end of most topics list the most common cause first.

How to get unstuck fast#

If something is broken right now and you do not know where to look:

1. Open Troubleshooting.
2. If it is voice-related, open Voice & Push-to-Talk next.
3. If nothing helps, look at X-Plane/Log.txt and search for NextATC. The log normally states the real cause.

A note on the FAQ language#

The help window picks the FAQ language automatically from your X-Plane UI language when possible. You can also force a language from the help window header.

If a topic is not available in the selected language, the help window falls back to English.