FREE SOFTWARE · WINDOWS + LINUX

Your tablet.
Your flight bag.

Use AviTab in a normal web browser on your tablet, with touch controls enabled. Keep your flight bag beside your controls while the simulator stays on the main screen.

NORMAL TABLET BROWSERTOUCH ENABLEDNO TABLET APP
Photograph of Remote AviTab running on a Huawei tablet, showing AviTab’s home menu and touch-enabled indicator
Running on a real tablet · touch enabled
Bring your own AviTabX-Plane + AviTab requiredTrusted local networkAviTab is installed separately

FROM YOUR PC TO YOUR TABLET

Any tablet.
A familiar browser.

Use any tablet with a compatible modern web browser, whether it runs Android, iPadOS or Windows. There’s no dedicated tablet app to install.

Tap the familiar AviTab controls directly on the screen. The flight bag stays within reach without taking space from your cockpit view.

  1. 01
    Start with X-Plane and AviTab.Install the native AviTab plugin in your X-Plane installation on Windows or Linux.
  2. 02
    Install Remote AviTab.Select your X-Plane folder. The installer adds the desktop application and its simulator bridge.
  3. 03
    Open your normal tablet browser.Start X-Plane and Remote AviTab, then open the local address shown in the desktop status window. Touch controls work from the browser.

REAL SOFTWARE. REAL TABLET.

Your flight bag,
where you need it.

Photographs from a working installation. Step through the photographs to see the native AviTab interface through Remote AviTab.

AviTab and map content come from your separately installed plugins and providers. The version shown on AviTab’s About page is the AviTab plugin version; the latest Remote AviTab release is listed on our downloads page.

ON YOUR SIMULATOR PC

One app.
Your tablet’s browser.

The Remote AviTab desktop application connects to the simulator and shows the local browser address. Open that address on your tablet to start using AviTab with touch.

Actual Remote AviTab desktop application status window
Remote AviTab 1.2.2 on Linux · waiting for X-Plane in a local demonstration. Use the Tablet URL from your own running app.

MADE FOR A SECOND SCREEN

Familiar, touchable, nearby.

The browser preserves AviTab’s native proportions and lets you use its interface from your tablet. No HDMI connection or dedicated tablet application is needed.

BEFORE YOU DOWNLOAD

A few simple requirements.

You need X-Plane, a matching native AviTab installation, and a tablet on the same trusted LAN. The browser viewer has no login; keep it on your local network.

Remote AviTab is independent of Team Avitab and Laminar Research. AviTab is not included. Free Windows and Linux installers are available from the downloads page, with the latest release version shown.

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