Welcome
Welcome to American Airlines Virtual, your VA home for simulating American Airlines operations. We're glad you stopped by! AAV is made up of a friendly and helpful group of simmers who are dedicated to helping each other get the most out of our shared hobby.
Joining
AAV offers many benefits to virtual pilots:
- - A great staff dedicated to helping everybody have fun and do well.
- - Hubs in Dallas, Charlotte, Washingon D.C. (DCA), New York (JFK), Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago (ORD), Philadelphia, and Phoenix.
- - A Dallas training hub to get new pilots off to a good start.
- - Destinations all over the world, One World alliance flights, and allowance for special charter flights.
- - Multiple ranks and a fleet of aircraft covering everything from turbo props to heavy metal.
- - A well structured program for check rides, type ratings, and promotions that will challenge you and help you to grow in your knowledge of flight simulation and aviation.
- - A special forum and program of group flyins to help those who wish to fly online (online flying is not compulsory).
- - A highly automated web site and operations system with pilot logbooks and flight request and reporting systems.
- - A lively and friendly forum where pilots help each other out.
Most of all, AAV is about friendships and sharing our love of aviation together. Please feel free to take a look around the site, check out our certification and training program, our discussion forums, and consider joining the team!
Videos
Videos courtesy of our pilot Omar Campanalunga
Latest NOTAMs
| Thread Name | Date |
| CLT manager out of office - between 25th and 30th of october | 23-October-2025 |
| CLT manager out of office 24th of June to 7th of July | 20-June-2025 |
| DFW Mgr. Out-of-Ofc. | 22-December-2024 |
Monthly Contests
| Name | Description | Winner | Score |
| Greased Landing | Lowest vertical speed on touchdown | David Roark | 14 ft/min |
| Iron Butt | Most flight hours | David Briggs | 79.3 hours |
All contest results
Forum Activity
| Thread Name | Last Poster | Time |
| AAV Screenshot Contest winner | Wayne Pierce | 07:24:01 |
| March 2026 screenshot contest is now Closed | Arturo Carvajal | 08:46:34 |
| Windows 10 -> Windows 11? | Rey Ramon | 19:37:16 |
| Winner AAV screenshot | Mario Silva | 01:28:26 |
| KPHX - KORD In MSFS24 PMDG B738 | Harold Henderson | 04:58:31 |
| Polls are now open for the January 2026 Screenshot Contest | Wayne Pierce | 08:15:18 |
| January 2026 screenshot contest is now CLOSED. | Arturo Carvajal | 09:02:32 |
| Too many AI BOTS | Michael Blakely | 08:59:56 |
| Back in the Saddle again | Harold Henderson | 05:11:09 |
| FSACARS | Mario Silva | 11:07:17 |
Screenshot Contest
Winner • Arturo Carvajal • March 2026
Partners
Stats
| HUB | PILOTS |
| KDFW | 3 |
| KCLT | 3 |
| KDCA | 2 |
| KJFK | 2 |
| KORD | 2 |
| KMIA | 3 |
| KLAX | 2 |
| KPHL | 6 |
| KPHX | 9 |
| TRAINING | 6 |
| Total Flights Flown | 93,100 |
| Total Hours Flown | 321,081 |