Runway stop bars,
lit by ATC.
XPGuard shows VATSIM-controlled stop bars on the ground in X-Plane 12. When the controller holds you, the bar glows red. When you're cleared, it turns green — right on the hold-short markings.
From the controller's scope to your taxiway.
One stop bar, three steps. A controller decides, XPGuard syncs, and the lights appear on the ground in front of you.
Set on the scope
A VATSIM controller manages stop bars from EuroScope, runway by runway, as they work the ground.
EuroScope pluginSynced in real time
Every change relays through XPGuard to every pilot connected at that airport, the same moment it happens.
Live networkLit on the ground
The XPGuard plugin draws the bar exactly on the hold-short markings — red to hold, green to roll.
X-Plane 12 pluginBuilt to feel like the real ground.
No lag, no reload
Set or drop a bar and pilots see it the same moment. The ground stays in sync with the controller.
Exactly where it belongs
Stop bars sit on the real hold-short positions, extracted straight from airport data.
Drawn the light way
Lights use X-Plane's instancing API, so your frame rate doesn't notice they're there.
Default or add-on
Works with stock airports and third-party scenery alike — no special package required.
The real language
Red holds you short. Green clears you across. The same logic as the lights on a real taxiway.
Community-mapped
Airport stop-bar maps are built by the community and expanding, field by field.
For the pilot, and for the controller.
Hold short like the real world
Install the plugin, fly online, and watch stop bars light up wherever a controller is working the ground.
- Drop-in X-Plane 12 plugin
- Bars appear automatically at your airport
- A control panel to preview and test any field
Run the ground from your scope
Add the EuroScope plugin, claim your airport, and control every stop bar without leaving your radar client.
- Claim a field and pick active runways
- Click a bar to hold; click again to clear
- Pilots see it instantly, no coordination needed
Where XPGuard works.
Coverage is community-built and growing. Here's what's on the map so far.
Know an airport that needs stop bars? Contribute a map.
Built by the people who fly it.
XPGuard grows when pilots and controllers add their home airports and sharpen the plugin. Here's how to pitch in.
Add an airport
Run the extractor on an airport's data, check the stop bars, and open a pull request.
Improve the plugin
The X-Plane plugin and the EuroScope side are open. Fix it, refine it, extend it.
Test on VATSIM
Fly the ground, find what's off, and tell us where a bar sits wrong.
Ready to hold short?
Download XPGuard, connect to VATSIM, and fly the ground like it's real. Free to use.