Finding and dispatching a flight
Browse Schedules, Tours, Events, FerryOpen Flights, Ferry or Charter for a flight, then click Dispatch. Pick the aircraft you want to fly it in and confirmconfirm. — theThe flight now appears under Dispatched.
If you're already sitting at the departure airport in the sim when you dispatch, CAVAcarsCAVacars 2 takes you straight to Flight Tracking instead of the Dispatched list.
When you dispatch an event flight that has a Discord voice channel, the dialog also shows who's already in the event's voice channel, with a link to join them.
Searching by airport
The departure and arrival fields in the flight filters and on the Charter screen suggest airports as you type. You can type an ICAO code, an IATA code or part of the airport's name and pick from the list. You don't have to pick a suggestion: whatever you type is used as-is.
Charter flights
The Charter screen is for flying a route that isn't in the schedule. Fill in the flight yourself, or click Import from SimBrief to load your latest SimBrief flight plan. Importing fills in the flight number, departure, arrival, route, cruising altitude and aircraft. Check the details, then dispatch.
- The callsign starts out as your pilot ID. Change it if you like.
- Importing from SimBrief needs your SimBrief Pilot ID on your CAV profile (see Planning with SimBrief).
- If the aircraft in your SimBrief plan doesn't match any CAV aircraft, you'll be told so. Pick the aircraft yourself before dispatching.
My Dispatched Flights
The Dispatched tab lists every flight you've dispatched but haven't flown yet. A flight that's being tracked is listed first and marked Being tracked.
| To… | Do this |
|---|---|
| Change the flight number | Click the flight number, type the new one and press Enter (or Esc to cancel). |
| Change the aircraft | Pick a different aircraft from the dropdown on the flight. |
| Plan the flight | Click Plan with SimBrief. See Planning with SimBrief. |
| Fly it with others | Click Open. See Open Flights. |
| Remove it | Click Delete. |
| Cancel a flight that's being tracked | Click Cancel flight. Use this if the sim or CAVacars 2 crashed and you don't want to resume the flight. The tracked flight and its log are discarded, and you can choose to keep the dispatch to fly later or delete it. |
You can't change the flight number or aircraft of a flight while it's being tracked.