Flight Detail

Tap an aircraft on the map to see its details and flight track.

When flight tracking is on, every aircraft in range appears on the map and can be tapped. A small popup identifies the aircraft and offers you two things: the full details card, or the aircraft's recent track drawn on the map. This is how you confirm what is overhead, and where it has been.

Overview

Three things appear when you work with aircraft.

Element	What it is
Small popup	Titled Aircraft followed by the aircraft's identifier, with Show Details, Show Track and a dismiss button.
Details card	A full-screen card titled View Details, scrollable, grouped into sections.
Flight strip	A bar at the bottom of the map with a details button and a Close button, shown while a track is drawn.

Sections on the details card

The card lists whatever the aircraft data actually contains, in this order.

Section	Typically contains
Position	Latest position, altitude, speed, heading, and when it was observed.
Registration	Registration or tail number, owner and registration dates.
Aircraft Reference	Make, model, series and airframe reference details.
Engine	Engine make, model, type and thrust or power.

Any other section the data contains is shown after these four, with its name tidied up into words.

Inside each section the information is shown as label-and-value rows, sorted alphabetically by label. Rows with no value are left out entirely, so two aircraft can show different numbers of rows. Dates and timestamps are shown in your preferred date format — or as day, short month, year and 24-hour time if you have not set one.

note

The Show Track option only has something to draw if the service has recent positions for that aircraft. A newly seen aircraft may show details but no useful track.

Getting Here

1. Open the Map or Reference Map (aircraft also appear on an open saved map).
2. Open the map's menu and tap Flight Tracking. The row's checkbox fills in.
3. Aircraft are fetched at once and then refreshed every 7 seconds. Wait a moment for them to appear, then tap one.

caution

Flight tracking needs a connection. Offline, the last aircraft drawn stay where they are and stop moving until you leave the screen.

View an Aircraft's Details

1. Tap an aircraft on the map. A small popup opens titled Aircraft followed by its identifier.
2. Tap Show Details. The full card opens, titled View Details.
3. Scroll through the Position, Registration, Aircraft Reference and Engine sections, separated by thin dividers.
4. Close the card by tapping the X in its top corner, or by tapping the dimmed background behind it.

tip

The Position section is the part that changes minute to minute. Close the card and tap the aircraft again to get a fresh reading rather than assuming the open card is still current.

Show an Aircraft's Track

1. Tap an aircraft to open the small popup.
2. Tap Show Track. The popup closes and the aircraft's recent flight path is drawn as a line on the map.
3. A flight strip appears at the bottom of the screen. From there you can open the same details card, or tap Close.
4. Tapping Close clears the drawn track and the strip, and forgets which aircraft you had selected.

Only one aircraft's track is drawn at a time. Tapping Show Track on another aircraft replaces the first.

Turn Flight Tracking Off

1. Open the map's menu.
2. Tap Flight Tracking again. The checkbox empties.
3. Every aircraft marker is removed, any drawn track is cleared, the flight strip disappears, and the 7-second refresh stops.

Leaving the map screen also stops the refresh. The setting itself is remembered, so if you left flight tracking on it will be on again the next time you open a map.

How This Connects

• Aircraft positions and details are fetched live from the server, refreshed every 7 seconds while you stay on the map. Nothing is stored on the device, so this screen has nothing to show without a connection.
• Flight tracking is one of several live overlays that share the same on/off behaviour and remembered state — alongside Unit Locations, EVAC Status, District Status and the fire layers. See Map and Reference Map.
• Aircraft appear on the incident Maps tab too, so what you see here is what the incident view shows.
• A drawn flight track is a temporary marking, like a bearing line. It is not saved, not shared, and it clears when you tap Close or leave the map. To record an aircraft's position for the team, place a marker on a saved map.
• Date and time formatting on the card follows your preference in General App Settings.
• Aircraft draw on top of whatever base map and layers you have applied. A satellite or terrain style usually makes an air track much easier to relate to the ground — see Map Style Options.

Troubleshooting

If this happens	What to do
No aircraft appear after turning flight tracking on	Give it a few seconds for the first fetch. If nothing appears, check your connection, and check there is actually traffic in the area you are looking at.
Aircraft appear but never move	The refresh has stopped, usually a dropped connection. Leave the map screen and come back to restart it.
Tapping an aircraft does nothing	Zoom in and tap directly on the aircraft symbol. Markers that overlap at a wide zoom are hard to hit.
The details card has very few rows	Rows with no value are left out. That aircraft simply has little data published for it.
A section you expected is missing	Whole sections are left out when they contain nothing. This is normal for smaller or foreign-registered aircraft.
Show Track draws nothing	There are no recent positions for that aircraft yet. Wait and try again.
The old track stays on the map	Tap Close on the flight strip, or use Current Location on the map menu to clear all temporary markings.
The dates look unfamiliar	They follow your date format preference. Change it in General App Settings.
You cannot close the card	Tap the X in the top corner, or tap the dimmed area outside the card.

Related Pages

• Map
• Reference Map
• Filter People on the Map
• Map Style Options

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