Flight Simulator Plugins Installation

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Windows

1. Download

Download the Flight Simulator plugin(s) for windows here.

2. Install

Run setup.exe.
The plugin installer will check the system for all FS2020, X-plane, FSX and Prepar3D installations. It shows what simulator software was found and if the plugin(s) is/are installed successfully. In networked set ups the plugin installer must be run on the computer where the flight simulator you want Air Manager or Air Player to connect to is installed.

Mac OS

1. Download

Download the Flight Simulator plugin(s) for mac OS here.

2. Install

X-Plane 10 and 11:
Copy the 'Air Plugin' folder to your X-Plane installation folder: 'X-Plane folder'/resources/plugins/'

Example folder structure:

./X-plane/resources/plugins/Air Plugin/32/mac.xpl
./X-plane/resources/plugins/Air Plugin/64/mac.xpl

X-Plane 9 (and 32 bit X-plane 10):
Move the .\Air Plugin\32\mac.xpl file to .\Air Plugin\mac.xpl'

Example folder structure:

./X-plane/resources/plugins/Air Plugin/mac.xpl

Linux

1. Download

Download the Flight Simulator plugin(s) for Linux here.

2. Install

Install required third party libraries

Open up a terminal and issue command:

sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev:amd64

X-Plane 10 and 11:
Copy the 'Air Plugin' folder to your X-Plane installation folder:'X-Plane folder'/resources/plugins/'

Example folder structure:

./X-plane/resources/plugins/Air Plugin/64/lin.xpl

Troubleshooting

In case you are experiencing connection problems, have a look at this dedicated troubleshooting page.