Tail CardsTrading cards for flight sim pilots
The airplane you fly in the sim is, almost always, a real airplane. Type its tail number and its card fills in from the FAA registry. Your screenshot is the photo. We print it and mail it.
Make a card of your sim airplane Collect the airports you fly
The real airplane behind your livery
Most Microsoft Flight Simulator and X-Plane liveries wear a real US registration, from the default Cessna 172 to the payware airliners. Look at the tail, type the N-number, and the card fills itself in: make, model, year, serial number, engine, seats, and a rarity tier set by how many of that type are registered. Look the airplane up first if you want to see what is on file.
Your screenshot is the photo
A screenshot you took is yours to print. Hide the HUD, line up the shot at golden hour, and upload the biggest version you have. The maker shows exactly what will print on a 2.5 by 3.5 inch card with a numbered holographic seal you can check at tailcards.com/v.
Collect the airports you fly
Every US airport has its own card with the real FAA VFR sectional chart around the field on the front and its stats on the back. The famous approaches, the bush strips, the hubs your virtual airline flies out of. Here are the ones sim pilots ask for most; find any other of the 16,800.
- KSFO San Francisco International Airport: the default-scenery classic, with the Bay Area approach everyone flies first
- KLAX Los Angeles International Airport: the busiest sim airport in the world
- KJFK John F. Kennedy International Airport: transatlantic arrivals and the Canarsie approach
- KORD Chicago O'Hare International Airport: a hub for every virtual airline
- KDEN Denver International Airport: the high-altitude hub
- KLAS Harry Reid International Airport: FlightSimExpo's host city, with the Strip on final
- KSEA Seattle–Tacoma International Airport: the Pacific Northwest hub, Rainier out the window
- KBOS Boston Logan International Airport: the harbor approach
- KDCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: the River Visual
- KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field): Aspen: the mountain approach that ends sim careers
- KTEX Telluride Regional Airport: Telluride: the highest commercial airport in the US
- KEGE Eagle County Regional Airport: Eagle County, the other Colorado challenge
- KJAC Jackson Hole Airport: Jackson Hole, in the shadow of the Tetons
- KSEZ Sedona Airport: Sedona, the aircraft carrier on a mesa
- KAVX Catalina Airport: Catalina, the island strip with the hump
- KTVL Lake Tahoe Airport: Lake Tahoe
- PAJN Juneau International Airport: Juneau: the fjord approach
- PHNL Daniel K. Inouye International Airport: Honolulu, the Pacific crossing's finish line
- KMRY Monterey Regional Airport: Monterey, Big Sur to the south
- KPSP Palm Springs International Airport: Palm Springs, boxed in by mountains
Made-up tail number? Tell us
Every Tail Card today is built from a real registration. If your sim airplane wears a tail number that is not on the FAA registry, we cannot print it yet. We are weighing a sim registration card, marked as virtual, for exactly that. Leave your email and we will tell you if it ships.
Virtual airlines, groups and VATSIM events
Running a virtual airline, a sim Discord, or a group flight? Build a fleet set of the real airplanes your liveries replicate, or a set of your hub airports, and hand them out to members. Groups can put their logo on their cards through the partner program. Flying Cross the Pond or a big event? The departure and arrival airport cards make the souvenir.
Streamers and creators
Make a card of your signature airplane and your home airport, show it on stream, and send your viewers here with the affiliate program: your own code, a commission on every order it brings.
Meet us at FlightSimExpo 2027
We're exhibiting at FlightSimExpo 2027, June 11 to 13, 2027, at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada. Bring a screenshot of your airplane and make its card at the booth. About our booth.
Pricing
Your airplane's card
Each pack is copies of one card design: your sim airplane, your photo.
| Pack | Price | Per card |
|---|---|---|
| 1 card | $10 | $10 each |
| 3 cards | $14 | $4.67 each |
| 5 cards | $20 | $4 each |
| 10 cards | $30 | $3 each |
| 25 cards | $45 | $1.80 each |
| 50 cards | $75 | $1.50 each |
| 100 cards | $110 | $1.10 each |
Each pack is copies of one card design. Tracked USPS shipping from about $5.50, priced at checkout (ships November 2026).
Airport cards
$10 an airport card · any 5 airports for $40. Every copy of an airport's card is the same, so they come one at a time instead of in packs.
Questions
Can I make a Tail Card of an airplane I fly in a flight simulator?
Yes, if it wears a real US tail number, and most do. Microsoft Flight Simulator and X-Plane liveries, payware and freeware alike, usually replicate a real registered airplane. Type its N-number and the card fills in from the FAA registry: make, model, year, serial number, engine, seats and rarity tier. Your screenshot is the photo.
Can I use a screenshot as the card photo?
Yes. The photo has to be yours, and a screenshot you took is. Use the biggest one you have; cards print at 2.5 by 3.5 inches and the maker shows exactly what will print. Turn off the HUD and any on-screen overlays first.
My sim tail number is not on the FAA registry. Can I still get a card?
Not yet. Today every Tail Card is built from a real registration, which is what makes the rarity tier and the stats real. We are weighing a sim registration card for made-up tail numbers, marked as virtual. Leave your email on this page and we will tell you if it happens.
Do you have cards of the airports I fly in the sim?
Every US airport, about 16,800 of them, has its own card: the real FAA VFR sectional chart around the field on the front and its elevation, runways and location on the back. KSFO, KLAX, KJFK, KORD, Aspen, Telluride, Sedona, Catalina, Juneau: they are all there. Airports outside the US are not available yet.
Can my virtual airline or sim group order cards?
Yes. Build a fleet set of the real airplanes your liveries replicate, or a set of your hub airports. Virtual airlines and sim groups can apply to the partner program to put their logo on their cards, with written permission. Streamers and creators can join the affiliate program and earn on orders they send.
Will Tail Cards be at FlightSimExpo?
Yes. We are exhibiting at FlightSimExpo 2027, June 11 to 13, 2027, at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort. Bring a screenshot of your airplane and make its card at the booth.
Are these official Microsoft Flight Simulator or X-Plane products?
No. Tail Cards is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft, Asobo, Laminar Research, or any simulator, add-on developer, or livery painter. Aircraft data comes from the public FAA registry.