Hey everyone, I've been working on a free web tool called SimLetsFly and wanted to share it here for some feedback.

The idea is simple — it's a random flight generator for sim pilots. You set your criteria (location, distance, airport size, runway type, fuel, nav aids) and it finds you a random departure and arrival pairing you'd never think to plan yourself. Great for bush flying, airline ops, GA — whatever you fly.  SimLetsFly is not a full flight planner — once you have your airports, use your simulator or preferred tools to plan the actual route (VFR/IFR, SID/STAR, etc). Think of it as your destination picker.

What it does:

• Filters by continent/country/region, airport type, runway surface, length, fuel, and nav aids (ILS/VASI/ALS)
• Pulls live METAR weather for both airports with a plain-English decoder
• Shows distance, bearing, and estimated flight time based on your cruise speed
• Route map with departure and arrival plotted
• Copy a full flight brief to clipboard

Free account features:

• Save flights to your own logbook
• Rate your flights across 8 categories (takeoff, landing, procedures, ATC, scenery, etc.)
• Add pilot notes and mark flights as completed
• Share any flight via a public link — anyone can open it and save it to their own account
• Pin your home airports as favorites

It works in the browser, no install needed. Check out the "Help" button for more information located on the site. (Feedback button is also on the help page)

👉 simletsfly.com 

Would love to hear what you think — bugs, feature ideas, anything. Still early but it's fully functional. Thanks!

Just tried it out a few times.

I may have missed it, but I did not see a entry for type of plane being flown. Also, it sent me to AFBs in the US. Does it have choices for VFR or IFR? Perhaps an option for GA or Airline or possibly Milirary would be nice to include. I did see that your tool is NOT a flight planner, but IMO, it would help to narrow down the selection of airports chosen.

Last part, Perhaps the UI could be a tad bigger for those older flight simmers who would want to use your tool.

Thanks for sharing an good luck!

Edited March 15Mar 15 by SKEWR

Thanks for the feedback.   It doesn't have IFR/VFR, but does let you pick available approach systems - ALS, ILS, etc.    For the screen size, it should work well with your browsers zoom function so you can adjust as needed and it will scale as needed.    Also has a light mode which may be easier on the eyes if you prefer.