Using Filters
You can choose what aircraft to be displayed on the map by using the filters utility. It can be accessed on the filter toolbar at the top of the application main screen. Advanced filters are also available by clicking the "Advanced" filter tool button.
To specify a filter type the filter condition on the white filter boxes and click the filter tool button just left of it so that it is in the down (checked) condition. This means that the filter is active.
Filter Toolbar
There are four type of filters available:
| • | Airline: show only flight of a specific airline (ICAO - 3 letter - code of the airline) |
| • | Origin: show only flights from a specific airport (ICAO or IATA - 4 or 3 letter - code of the airport) |
| • | Destination: show only flights to a specific airport (ICAO or IATA - 4 or 3 letter - code of the airport) |
| • | Airport: show only flights that arrive or depart from a specific airport (ICAO or IATA - 4 or 3 letter - code of the airport) |
There are three types of advanced filters available:
Advanced Filter Toolbar
| • | Altitude: show only flights which altitude is between the values specified |
| • | Range: show flights that are below a specified range of a specifc location |
| • | Aircraft: show only flights operated by a certain aircraft type |
You can specify negative filters. Negative filters are those that show all aircraft not including the ones that match your negative filter. See the example below.
Note that if you do not know the airline, airport or aircraft codes to specify on filters you can always click the "..." button.
Filters Examples
| • | Example 1 - show only Lufthansa flights: |
Type 'DLH' on the airline filter white box and click the 'Airline' button. 'DLH' is the ICAO code for Lufthansa.
| • | Example 2 - show only flights from Los Angeles airport: |
Type 'LAX' on the origin filter white box and click the 'Origin' button. 'LAX' is the airport code for Los Angeles.
| • | Example 3 - show only activity for London Heathrow: |
Type 'EGLL' or 'LHR' on the airport filter white box and click the 'Airport' button.