Plane Toolbar

The Plane Toolbar allows immediate access to commonly used aircraft functions.

Quick Plane Toolbar buttons are as follows:

Button

Description or Action

Opens the Planes User Defined View Settings the User Defined View -> Plane log box.

Opens the Quick Plane Filter window.

Opens the full User Defined View plane filter window. If there is more than one filter for the current view, the button will display a plus sign ("+") next to the image to indicate multiple filters are defined, and that only the first one is shown on the Filter toolbar.

Turns on or off the Plane Tags. Click for more information about Plane Tags.

Turns on or off the History Trails for planes. Click for more information about history trails.

Turns on or off the Velocity Vectors for planes. Click for more information about Velocity Vectors.

Turns on or off the Range Rings for planes. Click for more information about Range Rings.

Turns on or off the Flight Plan Change boxes for planes. Click for more information about Flight Plan Changes box.

Turns on or off the Diversion Lines for planes. Click for more information about Diversion Lines.

Turns on or off the Coast Mode for planes.Click for more information about Coast Mode.

Toggles between showing only the planes that have been filtered or showing all planes.

Enable/Disable Planes based on Flight Status and choose Planned/Scheduled Display Method

 

 

 

Status Type:

Choose status type from Scheduled, Planned, Departed, In-flight, Arrived, Aged-Out, and Parked. More than one status can be active at the same time. The total count for Planned and Scheduled flights appear in the Status Bar as PreDep or Pre-Departure.

Display Method:

There are 2 options available to change the appearance of Scheduled and Planned flights. The Queue mode and the Summary mode. This option is not available for other status types.

 

Queue Mode

Planned and scheduled Queue flights can appear as a cascade of jets or circles each representing a flight. This option is only available in the Queue mode, see the next 2 examples. The total count for Planned and Scheduled flights appear in the Status Bar as PreDep or Pre-Departure. For more information on Queue and Summary modes, see User Defined Views -> Planes -> Plane Icons/Rings -> Icon Type Planned & Scheduled Icons.

 

Queue Mode - Jet

This image represents a Ground Stop (orange) at San Francisco Airport in Queue mode. The icon has been set as a jet. The number of flights are represented by an individual plane. In this case, there are 6 planned and 25 scheduled aircraft.

  • Planned aircraft are displayed in green and are leading from the airport.
  • Scheduled aircraft are displayed in yellow and are following the Planned aircraft.

Queue Mode - Circle

This image represents a Ground Stop (orange) at San Francisco Airport in Queue mode. The icon has been set as a circle. Each circle represents one flight. Notice that one scheduled flight has been moved in front of a planned flight.

  • Planned aircraft are displayed in green and are leading from the airport.
  • Scheduled aircraft are displayed in yellow and are following the Planned aircraft.

Summary Mode

Planned and scheduled Summary flights appear as a single jet icon (see first example), as two jet icons (see second example), or no jet icon. The size of the icon can be changed to a Small or Large Jet or None (jet is replaced with two colored circles). Each style shows the number of flights at the center of the icon or to either side of the single icon. Rest the mouse cursor over one or between both jet icons to see a list of all flights departing the airport, sorted by departure time. Right-click an icon to open the Plane Summary context menu. This context menu can list up to 100 flights at a time, sorted by departure time. Total count for Planned and Scheduled flights appear in the Status Bar as PreDep or Pre-Departure. For more information on Queue and Summary modes, see User Defined Views -> Planes -> Plane Icons/Rings -> Icon Type Planned & Scheduled Icons.

Single Summary Mode

This image represents a Ground Delay (orange) at Boston Airport in Single Summary mode.

  • Scheduled aircraft are displayed to the left (45) of the icon.
  • Planned aircraft are displayed to the right (1) of the icon.

Dual Summary Mode

This image represents a Ground Stop (orange) at San Francisco Airport in Dual Summary mode.

  • Scheduled aircraft are displayed in pink with the number (31) visible on the icon.
  • Planned aircraft are displayed in green with the number (6) visible on the icon.