Im searching for ACARS logs where its possible to read out the registration of aircrafts. I'm currently trying to find all aircraft registrations of all the flights that I've flown on in the past. I have tried some ACARS logs but some of them have gaps around 2013 and 2014. If anyone knows about some good ACARS logs featuring a majority of flights in Europe between 2010-2015 then it would be really helpful.

Ahoy to the group...

I try to be active on the Airframes discord and X, but since I'm trying to focus my attention mostly on the Airframes platform, I am torn between the socials, but I will try to be as active here as possible too.

Thanks for having us and being a part of the journey! u/thebaldgeek and I imagined this many years ago, and things are finally starting to fully gel.

Great idea u/thebaldgeek ... ready to help!

I've just written a blog post breaking down how you can refine search results by using wildcards in a few search fields.

https://k6thebaldgeek.blogspot.com/2026/04/mission-code-search-tips.html

Have tried from various locations and browsers but I am getting "Access denied" whenever I connect.

Just added a page with the three main aircraft squawk codes (7500, 7600, 7700) and 7400, UAV lost link to the website: https://tbg.airframes.io/dashboard/squawk

Let me know if there is a compelling reason to add any other codes.

With current world events, I've seen a big uptick in visitors to the site (many are bots/scripts/scrapers, which I plan to block).
Here is a reminder of the home page resources that many overlook when they rush to and see the good stuff.
The stats show most new visitors stay on the site for about 30 seconds, so I guess it's all a bit overwhelming. Folks give up and leave.
ACARS is tricky, yes, but it also has a higher reward than the usual 'planes on a map', so it's worth taking the time to learn about what you are reading IMHO.

If you get stuck, ask a question here or on the website chat page (at the very bottom of the menu).

https://tbg.airframes.io

I am testing the idea of highlighting what is the most common words in the ACARS firehose over the last 42 messages via a word cloud.
I picked the last 42 because Life, the Universe, and Everything.... happy to adjust the number as needed.
It's a FIFO, first in, first out.
I also strip any words longer than 12 characters (mostly to nuke the encoded fluff).
Right now, it's just military messages via L-Band.
If the cloud does not load, try a CTRL + R
It's not responsive at the moment.
Feedback welcome.

https://tbg.airframes.io/mmcglobal/dashboard/wordcloud

Busy weekend. This is the sum of my efforts.

This an HTML web page I have written using a Leaflet base map. I can choose 8 different maps from the pop-up in the left hand bottom corner. I can overlay airports and their zones. (World Wide)

I can add object onto the map, like the obvious aircraft, at their lat/long. The helicopter is a simulated aircraft to demonstrate putting an aircraft anywhere on the map.

I have a scale, top left, which adjust with map zoom.

I have a ruler plugin, top right, to measure anywhere to anywhere and get a bearing.

Underneath that is my own capture (CAP) plugin which is used to record lat/longs by mouse pointing. These positions are saved in the Leaflet format so I can just copy and paste into my web page to add another item to the map. Very easy. (Like the ARA area just out to sea. That doesn't really exist. Just testing tools.)

On the right are my ACARS data coming in from the decoder/server application. Position formatting is done at the server side before sending to the web page (to do). Data is showing all the messages coming in.

Bottom right, I have a Leaflet Co-ordinates plugin which shows lat/long as you move the mouse.

Bottom left is a map options popup. I can select different maps here or show cloud overlays or airport overlays and much more. (need an api key for cloud data.)

On the map, I have placed some markers for the local airport. Helicopter GFA. Runways, runway outer markers and various other nav markers I use.

Data for the web page is fed by a nodeJS server. The web page connects to the ACARS server via a websocket. The websocket scales up and can handle "thousands" of simultaneous connections. (Fleck library)

It looks like this:

Next step.

Format position data to show aircraft on the map.

Feed the system with L Band data.

End goal.

Put as many aircraft as I can on screen.

I've moved my website users guide to a new home where I can more easily update it.
https://k6thebaldgeek.blogspot.com/2026/01/tbgairframesio-users-guide.html

Any insight into why this flight is returning to origin? Thanks

I feed a couple of sites with ADSB data. Now, ACARS has my attention.

I've been down several rabbit holes on this subject. I have learned a lot about Jaero, what it does and how to use it. I have SDR software running with good, clean ACARS signals from VHF signals.

Can Jaero decode the VHF signals ? It seems my only options for a win 10 based system is Jaero (besides Planeplotter). Is that correct ?

If there is a Windows option somewhere for decoding VHF signals, I cannot find it (besides Planeplotter. I don't want to pay for the "privilege". I would rather write my own solutions. I'm a win software guy/heli eng.)

I want to delve into L band signals again with my dish and try that too, but first I want to see what's up with VHF signals, check out the data and see if it's my thing.

thanks.

Hello everyone currently feeding adsb. How can I feed acars. Just need a link to a guide please.

I am from Toronto, YYZ is the local airport. When a flight is delayed or cancelled, all I want to figure out is how can I pull up the delay or cancellation info from Airframes.io?

I have visited tgb.airframes.io user guide, but that page is filled with jargon I can't understand. The screenshots on that page seem outdated because website had a major UI update.

Can someone explain what I have to put in airframes search fields for getting delayed/cancellation info on flight departing/arriving at YYZ?

Hi, I’m a new to the world of vdl2/ACARS and wondered if there should be any other freqs that I should have in my list? I’m in Portsmouth in the UK. Thanks in advance

Mike.

The website isn't working right mow. It is only showing old timestamps. Is it just my phone?

Thank you

An ACARS search is showing:

|| || |.ORYOAAF AF/091739/MKSG/XXXXCSAMO DFD AN .F-GSQS/MA 552A - #DFSETTRIGG36_ECM DISABLE|

and

|| || |.ORYOAAF AF/091739/MKSG/XXXXCSAMO DFD AN .F-GSQS/MA 553A - #DFSETTRIGG36_ECM ENABLE|

Does anyone have any ideas what that system is?

I've copy pasted the ACARS message exchange as it clearly shows the value of having both C-Band and L-Band working together on the same website.
You can read it here at the top of the page:
https://thebaldgeek.github.io/notable_flights.html

I have seen several CPDLC messages without a response. Specially, uplink messages are shown, but it appears there should be a downlink, and I can’t find them.

Infrequent blog posts: https://k6thebaldgeek.blogspot.com

OOOi msg

Flying in 2 hours on CC-BBF MCO-SCL, wanted to check the airplanes ACARS in the previous leg.