# Own aircraft not visible on vatsim traffic

**URL:** https://forum.navigraph.com/t/own-aircraft-not-visible-on-vatsim-traffic/24039
**Category:** Simlink/Moving Map
**Created:** [August 8, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/own-aircraft-not-visible-on-vatsim-traffic/24039 "2026-08-08T16:52:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![BoardingAerodynamics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BoardingAerodynamics](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/BoardingAerodynamics)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/own-aircraft-not-visible-on-vatsim-traffic/24039/1 "2026-08-08T16:52:36Z")

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### Simulator Version

MSFS 2020

### Operating System

Windows 11

### Description of the Issue

My aircraft simply isnt showing up on vatsim traffic, my simlink is running and working but whenever i use the vatsim taffic feature my aircraft just dosent show, i see everyone but mine

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### Author: ![BoardingAerodynamics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BoardingAerodynamics](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/BoardingAerodynamics)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/own-aircraft-not-visible-on-vatsim-traffic/24039/2 "2026-08-08T16:53:37Z")

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![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/navigraph1/original/3X/8/3/832d859b79bec670afb1a8762b76013f189891a6.jpeg)

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/navigraph1/original/3X/1/a/1aa13685ed3f690b1406b55f3e8f95ea69c655c9.png)

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### Author: ![BoardingAerodynamics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BoardingAerodynamics](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/BoardingAerodynamics)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/own-aircraft-not-visible-on-vatsim-traffic/24039/3 "2026-08-08T16:55:16Z")

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![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/navigraph1/original/3X/1/2/12d67aadb10bb8e504a601f0d5afb41018d251dd.jpeg)it will occasionally show up then disappear

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### Author: ![Rodeo314](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.navigraph.com/rodeo314/32/103_2.png) [@Rodeo314](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/Rodeo314)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/own-aircraft-not-visible-on-vatsim-traffic/24039/4 "2026-08-08T20:57:38Z")

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That’s on purpose, to avoid confusion: your aircraft would otherwise be depicted twice (once as VATSIM traffic, once as Simlink “traffic”) and most people will think there is a second plane very close to theirs, as opposed to a double depiction of the same aircraft.

Regards,

Tim

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### Author: ![BoardingAerodynamics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BoardingAerodynamics](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/BoardingAerodynamics)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/own-aircraft-not-visible-on-vatsim-traffic/24039/5 "2026-08-09T14:54:39Z")

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Then why didn’t my friend also see me on the charts app?

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### Author: ![Rodeo314](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.navigraph.com/rodeo314/32/103_2.png) [@Rodeo314](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/Rodeo314)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/own-aircraft-not-visible-on-vatsim-traffic/24039/6 "2026-08-09T18:36:11Z")

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That is not intentional, indeed; if this happens again, please make note of the date, time and location of your aircraft on VATSIM and share it here.

There may be a way to gather some logs that could help developers investigate the issue better but I do not remember the correct procedure off the top of my head, sorry.

Regards,

Tim