SQB Converter

Extract text from SQB files


Drop or upload your .SQB file
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How to extract text from your SQB file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SQB file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert SQB to another file type

To convert your SQB file to another format, you need BaseStation or other Database software.

Convert a file to SQB

To convert other file formats to the "Aircraft Tracking Log" file type, you need software like BaseStation or a similar tool.


About SQB files

The .SQB extension is shared by two distinct but widely used database formats. The most common (approx. 68%) is the BaseStation database file used by Kinetic Avionics software and hardware (like the SBS-1) to log aircraft tracking data. These files are actually standard SQLite databases disguised with a custom extension. Users typically need to convert these to CSV or KML to visualize flight paths in Excel or Google Earth. The second type (approx. 7%) is a proprietary SQL Server Backup created by Redgate SQL Backup. Unlike standard BAK files, Redgate SQB files are highly compressed and encrypted, meaning they cannot be restored via native SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) commands without first being converted back to the Microsoft Tape Format (MTF). This creates significant friction for DBAs attempting to restore backups on servers where Redgate software is not installed.

Convert.Guru analyzes your SQB file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted SQBPRO and BAK files.


FAQ

If you want to convert SQB file to BAK, BACKUP, OLD, TMP, TEMP, ARC, ZIP, TAR, GZ, 7Z, RAR or ISO, you can use BaseStation or similar software from the "Aircraft Tracking Database" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert SNAPSHOT, OLD, IMG, RESTORE, ISO, COPY, VMDK, TMP, VHD, BAK, ARCHIVE or BACKUP files to SQB, try BaseStation or another comparable tool in the "Aircraft Tracking Database" category.



The SQB Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our SQB converter.