[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":771},["ShallowReactive",2],{"desk-guide-\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fairports\u002F":3,"desk-guide-nav-\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fairports\u002F":758},{"id":4,"title":5,"appVersion":6,"body":7,"date":732,"dateModified":733,"description":734,"draft":735,"extension":736,"faqs":733,"howTo":737,"keyTakeaways":745,"meta":750,"metaDescription":733,"navigation":751,"order":752,"path":753,"section":754,"seo":755,"stem":756,"__hash__":757},"deskGuide\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fairports.md","Airports","1.0.7",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":716},"minimark",[10,18,34,39,156,165,169,203,208,215,219,281,294,298,429,436,440,459,462,466,512,522,526,558,563,572,576,620,623,627,640,644,651,655,661,667,673,685,689],[11,12,13,14,17],"p",{},"The ",[15,16,5],"strong",{}," page is the desk's airport reference. Search from the page\nheader, or keep favourites and recents one click away; an open airport fills\nthe page and lives in the address bar, so a bookmark or a Cmd+K (Ctrl+K on\nWindows) jump lands straight on it. Airport identity comes from the bundled\noffline database; the weather on a field page is fetched live and stamped\nwith its source and age, and the page foots itself with the weather\nmodule's framing, \"Reference only - verify officially.\"",[19,20,23],"callout",{"title":21,"type":22},"Before you start","info",[11,24,25,26,33],{},"The airport database is on the device, so search, browse and the reference\npane work from saved data. The live band and the raw ",[27,28,32],"a",{"href":29,"className":30},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-metar",[31],"glossary-link","METAR"," need a\nconnection; without one the page says \"Offline, showing cached data\" and\nkeeps the fetch time in view.",[35,36,38],"h2",{"id":37},"find-your-way-around","Find your way around",[40,41,42,55],"table",{},[43,44,45],"thead",{},[46,47,48,52],"tr",{},[49,50,51],"th",{},"Region",[49,53,54],{},"What it shows",[56,57,58,69,99,107,122],"tbody",{},[46,59,60,64],{},[61,62,63],"td",{},"Page header",[61,65,13,66,68],{},[15,67,5],{}," title and the search field (\"ICAO, IATA, city or name\")",[46,70,71,74],{},[61,72,73],{},"Landing",[61,75,76,77,80,81,84,85,88,89,92,93,92,96],{},"\"Search to begin\", example ICAO chips, your ",[15,78,79],{},"Saved airports"," with a ",[15,82,83],{},"View all N in Saved"," link, ",[15,86,87],{},"Recently viewed",", and three doorways: ",[15,90,91],{},"Browse by country",", ",[15,94,95],{},"Nearby airports",[15,97,98],{},"Saved & collections",[46,100,101,104],{},[61,102,103],{},"Results",[61,105,106],{},"\"Results for ...\" as cards with the ICAO, name and current flight-rules category",[46,108,109,112],{},[61,110,111],{},"Station panel",[61,113,114,115,92,118,121],{},"The open airport's identity line, its actions (",[15,116,117],{},"Favourite",[15,119,120],{},"Field NOTAMs","), the live band and the field-facts line",[46,123,124,127],{},[61,125,126],{},"Reference pane",[61,128,129,130,133,134,137,138,92,141,92,149,133,152,155],{},"Two columns: ",[15,131,132],{},"Runways"," and ",[15,135,136],{},"Frequencies"," on the left; ",[15,139,140],{},"Location",[15,142,143,144],{},"Official ",[27,145,148],{"href":146,"className":147},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-aip",[31],"AIP",[15,150,151],{},"Sun & day · today",[15,153,154],{},"My notes"," on the right",[157,158],"guide-shot",{"alt":159,"caption":160,"height":161,"src":162,"variant":163,"width":164},"The Airport reference page for EGLL: a breadcrumb Airport reference \u002F EGLL and a search field reading ICAO, IATA, city or name, a station panel with EGLL London Heathrow Airport, LHR, Large airport, Scheduled service, London GB, Favourite and Field NOTAMs buttons, a live band reading MVFR with a Worsening chip and Observed 21:50Z 14m ago, then WIND 240\u002F08, WEATHER None, CEILING BKN025, VIS 9999, TEMP\u002FDEW 20\u002F19 and QNH 1022, the raw METAR EGLL 132150Z AUTO 24008KT 9999 SCT012 BKN025 20\u002F19 Q1022 with Source aviationweather.gov and its fetch time, a facts line of ELEVATION 83 ft, LONGEST RWY 12,802 ft 09L\u002F27R, RUNWAYS 4 ends 2 physical and MAG VARIATION Not available, a RUNWAYS panel drawing 09L\u002F27R and 09R\u002F27L to scale with a 240 degree 8 kt wind arrow, a FAV 27L chip and a SURVEYED tag, footed Drawn to scale from surveyed threshold coordinates, Schematic markings, not for navigation, a line explaining the headwind and crosswind on each runway end, and a LOCATION panel reading London Heathrow Airport, Large airport, EGLL LHR, London GB, 83 ft 25 m and 51.4707 N 0.4599 W with Source OurAirports, above an OFFICIAL AIP panel linking NATS AIS (United Kingdom) and a SUN & DAY panel","An open airport: the station panel with the live band and raw METAR, the field facts, then the runway diagram, location and the official AIP link.",1800,"\u002Fguide-images\u002Fdesk\u002Fairports\u002Fairport","web",2880,[35,166,168],{"id":167},"how-to-open-an-airport","How to open an airport",[170,171,172,179,188,196],"ol",{},[173,174,175,176,178],"li",{},"Click ",[15,177,5],{}," in the sidebar.",[173,180,181,182,187],{},"Type in the search field in the page header - an ICAO such as EGLL, an\n",[27,183,186],{"href":184,"className":185},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-iata-code",[31],"IATA code",", a city or part of the name. Results appear as you type.",[173,189,190,191,195],{},"Click a result. The airport fills the page and the address bar reads\n",[192,193,194],"code",{},"\u002Fairports?icao=EGLL",", so you can bookmark it or share the link.",[173,197,198,199,202],{},"To go back to the landing, clear the search or use the browser's Back\nbutton; the ",[192,200,201],{},"?icao="," part leaves the address bar with it.",[157,204],{"alt":205,"caption":206,"height":161,"src":207,"variant":163,"width":164},"The Airports landing page: a Find an airport panel with a search field reading Search by ICAO, IATA or airport name - KJFK, EGLL, Heathrow, a QUICK OPEN row of LEPA, LEMD, EDDF, LFPG and EHAM chips and a VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR colour key, three doorway cards for Saved & collections, Browse by country and Nearby airports, and a SAVED AIRPORTS grid of 6 stations - LEPA, LEMD, EDDF, LFPG, EHAM and EGLL - each with its category chip, name and IATA, WIND, VIS and CEIL cells, a line reading No cached weather or 9999 BKN023, an Open link and a Source SADIS (UK Met Office) footer","The landing: search at the top, the three doorways, and your saved airports as cards with their last-known category.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fdesk\u002Fairports\u002Flanding",[19,209,212],{"title":210,"type":211},"From anywhere","tip",[11,213,214],{},"Press Cmd+K and type the code. Airports match on ICAO, IATA, name or city,\nand the row opens the airport page directly.",[35,216,218],{"id":217},"how-to-read-the-station-panel","How to read the station panel",[170,220,221,224,248,251,267],{},[173,222,223],{},"The identity line: the ICAO in large type, the airport name, then a\nquiet line of IATA, type, \"Scheduled service\" or \"No scheduled service\",\nand city and country.",[173,225,226,227,230,231,92,234,92,237,133,240,247],{},"The live band: a state block with the flight-rules category, a trend\nchip and \"Observed HH:mmZ\" with an age chip, then cells for ",[15,228,229],{},"Wind",",\n",[15,232,233],{},"Weather",[15,235,236],{},"Ceil\u002FVis",[15,238,239],{},"Temp\u002FDew",[15,241,242],{},[27,243,246],{"href":244,"className":245},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-qnh",[31],"QNH"," from the current\nMETAR. A field with no report reads \"No current METAR for EGXX\".",[173,249,250],{},"The raw METAR sits under the band with its provenance on the same line:\n\"Source:\" and \"Fetched:\", plus \"Cached, updating\" or \"Cached, fetch\nfailed\" when the desk is showing an older report.",[173,252,253,254,92,257,92,259,262,263,266],{},"The field-facts line: ",[15,255,256],{},"Elevation",[15,258,132],{},[15,260,261],{},"Longest RWY"," and\n",[15,264,265],{},"Mag variation","; a figure the database does not carry reads \"Not\navailable\".",[173,268,175,269,271,272,274,275,280],{},[15,270,117],{}," to star the field for the landing's Saved list, or\n",[15,273,120],{}," to jump to the ",[27,276,279],{"href":277,"className":278},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-notam",[31],"NOTAM"," board (below).",[11,282,283,284,289,290,293],{},"The band is a reading, not a verdict: it shows the report the desk fetched,\nstamped with when. For the ",[27,285,288],{"href":286,"className":287},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-taf",[31],"TAF",", the trend and the station history, open the\nsame field on the ",[27,291,233],{"href":292},"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fweather"," workbench.",[35,295,297],{"id":296},"how-to-read-the-reference-pane","How to read the reference pane",[40,299,300,310],{},[43,301,302],{},[46,303,304,307],{},[49,305,306],{},"Panel",[49,308,309],{},"What it holds",[56,311,312,332,341,366,376,397],{},[46,313,314,318],{},[61,315,316],{},[15,317,132],{},[61,319,320,321,92,326,331],{},"\"N ends · N physical\"; each runway end with its length bar and, with a current wind report, the wind on that end. Without one it says \"No current wind report for this field, so the wind on each runway is not shown.\" US airports add published declared distances (",[27,322,325],{"href":323,"className":324},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-tora",[31],"TORA",[27,327,330],{"href":328,"className":329},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-toda",[31],"TODA",", ASDA, LDA) from the FAA NASR cycle, with a \"Cycle expired\" label once a newer cycle exists",[46,333,334,338],{},[61,335,336],{},[15,337,136],{},[61,339,340],{},"\"N listed\", as Type, Frequency and Description rows - ATIS, Ground, Approach \u002F Departure, Clearance Delivery and the rest",[46,342,343,347],{},[61,344,345],{},[15,346,140],{},[61,348,349,92,352,92,355,92,358,92,361,133,363],{},[15,350,351],{},"ICAO \u002F IATA",[15,353,354],{},"Name",[15,356,357],{},"Type",[15,359,360],{},"Served",[15,362,256],{},[15,364,365],{},"Coordinates",[46,367,368,373],{},[61,369,370],{},[15,371,372],{},"Official AIP",[61,374,375],{},"A link to \"The state's own AIS portal - external website; some portals need a free account.\" or, with no country on file, \"No official AIP link on file\"",[46,377,378,382],{},[61,379,380],{},[15,381,151],{},[61,383,384,92,387,92,390,133,393,396],{},[15,385,386],{},"Sunrise",[15,388,389],{},"Sunset",[15,391,392],{},"Civil twilight",[15,394,395],{},"Day length"," for the field",[46,398,399,403],{},[61,400,401],{},[15,402,154],{},[61,404,405,406,409,410,92,413,92,416,133,419,422,423,133,426],{},"Your own ",[15,407,408],{},"PPR"," (Required or Not required), ",[15,411,412],{},"HOURS",[15,414,415],{},"GROUND HANDLING",[15,417,418],{},"PREFERRED RUNWAYS",[15,420,421],{},"NOTES",", behind ",[15,424,425],{},"Add note",[15,427,428],{},"Edit",[11,430,431,432,435],{},"Every data panel carries the source footer of the data it shows, and the\npage ends with \"Reference only - verify officially.\" If the airport is on\none of your planned flights, an On route section names the flight with its\nSTD and an ",[15,433,434],{},"Open briefing"," button.",[35,437,439],{"id":438},"how-to-jump-to-the-fields-notams","How to jump to the field's NOTAMs",[170,441,442,448,456],{},[173,443,444,445,447],{},"On an open airport, click ",[15,446,120],{},". Its label says what it does:\n\"Open field NOTAMs for EGLL on the NOTAMs board - not checked on this\npage\".",[173,449,450,451,455],{},"The field is added to the NOTAM station list if it is not there already,\nand the ",[27,452,454],{"href":453},"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fnotams","NOTAMs"," board opens narrowed to that\nstation.",[173,457,458],{},"If the station list is full the page says \"NOTAM station list is full (8\nstations) - remove one there to add EGLL.\"",[11,460,461],{},"Narrowing is a filter, never a verdict. Neither page reads as \"checked\" or\n\"all clear\".",[35,463,465],{"id":464},"how-to-keep-favourites-recents-and-groups","How to keep favourites, recents and groups",[170,467,468,479,484,501],{},[173,469,175,470,472,473,475,476,478],{},[15,471,117],{}," on any open airport. It joins ",[15,474,79],{}," on\nthe landing, with ",[15,477,83],{}," when the list grows.",[173,480,481,483],{},[15,482,87],{}," fills itself from the airports you open.",[173,485,175,486,488,489,492,493,496,497,500],{},[15,487,98],{}," (\"Favourites, notes and airport groups\")\nfor the ",[15,490,491],{},"Saved"," page: your saved airports, and your ",[15,494,495],{},"Groups",". Click\n",[15,498,499],{},"New collection",", name it (\"e.g. EU hubs\") and save.",[173,502,503,504,507,508,511],{},"On the desk, groups are managed in the ",[15,505,506],{},"Manage collections"," dialog:\nadd airports by search or from your favourites, remove one (\"Removes the\ncollection only. Saved airports stay saved.\" when you delete a group),\nor ",[15,509,510],{},"Load into Brief"," to send the group to the Weather workbench.\n\"Collections stay on this device.\"",[11,513,514,515,517,518,521],{},"A loaded group is the Weather workbench's card grid: one card per airport\nwith its category, name and WIND, VIS and CEIL cells, a remove cell and a\ndrag grip on each (\"Drag to reorder, or press the arrow keys while\nfocused\"), and ",[15,516,428],{}," \u002F ",[15,519,520],{},"Done"," for renaming. A group past the fetch cap\nshows an honest \"Not fetched\" card rather than a spinner.",[35,523,525],{"id":524},"how-to-browse-the-database","How to browse the database",[170,527,528,533,548,555],{},[173,529,175,530,532],{},[15,531,91],{}," on the landing (\"The full offline airport\ndatabase\").",[173,534,535,536,539,540,543,544,547],{},"On the ",[15,537,538],{},"Browse airports"," page (\"Every airport on the device, by\ncountry\"), filter the country rail by \"Country or code\" and order it\n",[15,541,542],{},"A-Z"," or ",[15,545,546],{},"By size",".",[173,549,550,551,554],{},"Click a country. The pane lists its airports with ICAO, IATA, Airport,\nCity, Type, Elev and Service columns; filter it by \"ICAO, IATA, name or\ncity\" and narrow the type with ",[15,552,553],{},"All types",", Airports, Heliports or\nSeaplane, and Large, Medium or Small.",[173,556,557],{},"Click a row to open the airport.",[157,559],{"alt":560,"caption":561,"height":161,"src":562,"variant":163,"width":164},"The Browse airports page: a title reading Browse airports, 19,170 airports, 240 countries, offline, a type filter row with All types selected beside Large, Medium, Small, Heliport and Seaplane, a COUNTRIES rail of 240 with a Country or code filter, a By size and A-Z order switch and rows for Brazil 2,864, United States 2,467, Australia 1,937, Chile 497, Germany 479 and more with flags and counts, and a pane headed Brazil BR 2,864 airports in the offline database with count cards for AIRPORTS 2,864 with 129 with scheduled service, LARGE 28, MEDIUM 107, SMALL 2,001, HELIPORTS 728 and SEAPLANE 0, a search field reading ICAO, IATA, name or city, and a table with ICAO, IATA, AIRPORT, CITY, TYPE, SERVICE and ELEV columns listing SBBV, SBFI, SBSP, SBCT and other large airports marked SCHED, each with a star and an open arrow","Browse by country: the country rail on the left, and the selected country as a filterable table of every airport in the offline database.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fdesk\u002Fairports\u002Fbrowse",[11,564,565,567,568,571],{},[15,566,95],{}," (\"Distance-ranked fields around you or an ICAO\") lists\nmedium and large airports around your location, with a ",[15,569,570],{},"Search wider","\nbutton for a bigger radius; smaller fields and heliports are not shown, and\nthe map needs a connection.",[35,573,575],{"id":574},"how-to-measure-between-two-airports","How to measure between two airports",[170,577,578,589,603],{},[173,579,580,581,584,585,588],{},"Open ",[15,582,583],{},"Tools"," in the sidebar and click ",[15,586,587],{},"Airport distance","\n(\"Great-circle distance & bearing\").",[173,590,591,592,133,595,598,599,602],{},"Type the ",[15,593,594],{},"From",[15,596,597],{},"To"," ICAO codes; ",[15,600,601],{},"Swap"," reverses them.",[173,604,605,606,609,610,613,614,133,617,547],{},"Read the ",[15,607,608],{},"Distance"," in NM, the ",[15,611,612],{},"Initial bearing",", and the same\ndistance in ",[15,615,616],{},"Kilometres",[15,618,619],{},"Statute miles",[11,621,622],{},"The tool says what it is: \"Great-circle distance on a conventional spherical\nearth; not a routed or flown distance.\"",[35,624,626],{"id":625},"how-to-compare-airports-side-by-side","How to compare airports side by side",[11,628,629,630,633,634,637,638,547],{},"The comparison table lives on the Weather workbench: load the airports on\nits board and click ",[15,631,632],{},"Compare"," (\"Compare airports side by side\"). The\n",[15,635,636],{},"Compare airports"," page sets two to eight airports as columns with\ncategory, observation age, ceiling, visibility, wind and QNH as rows, and\nattaches no verdict. See ",[27,639,233],{"href":292},[35,641,643],{"id":642},"on-iphone-and-ipad","On iPhone and iPad",[11,645,646,647,547],{},"The phone keeps the same database, favourites and groups, and the airport\nscreen there carries its own weather and NOTAM segments; the desk page\ndrops those segments because the Weather workbench and the NOTAM board\nalready hold the full picture. See\n",[27,648,650],{"href":649},"\u002Fguide\u002Fairports","Airports on iPhone",[35,652,654],{"id":653},"troubleshooting","Troubleshooting",[11,656,657,660],{},[15,658,659],{},"\"Airport not found\" or \"Invalid ICAO code\"."," The page says \"No data\navailable for EGXX.\" when the bundled database has no such field, and names\nthe code when it is not a valid ICAO shape. Try the IATA code, the city or\nthe name in the search field.",[11,662,663,666],{},[15,664,665],{},"The live band shows dashes."," The field published no METAR (\"No current\nMETAR\"), or the desk is offline and has nothing cached. The band never\nfills a missing value.",[11,668,669,672],{},[15,670,671],{},"Mag variation reads \"Not available\"."," The bundled data carries no\nmagnetic variation for the field. Check your official source.",[11,674,675,678,679,681,682,684],{},[15,676,677],{},"A bookmark opens the landing instead of the airport."," The address needs\nthe ",[192,680,201],{}," part, for example ",[192,683,194],{},". Open the airport and\nbookmark again.",[35,686,688],{"id":687},"where-next","Where next",[690,691,692,697,702,709],"ul",{},[173,693,694,696],{},[27,695,454],{"href":453}," - the board Field NOTAMs lands on, narrowed\nto the field.",[173,698,699,701],{},[27,700,233],{"href":292}," - the full station readout, the group card\ngrid and the comparison table.",[173,703,704,708],{},[27,705,707],{"href":706},"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fops-map","Ops Map"," - the same airports on the chart.",[173,710,711,715],{},[27,712,714],{"href":713},"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fkeyboard-and-command-deck","Keyboard and command deck"," -\nCmd+K and the airport jump.",{"title":717,"searchDepth":718,"depth":718,"links":719},"",2,[720,721,722,723,724,725,726,727,728,729,730,731],{"id":37,"depth":718,"text":38},{"id":167,"depth":718,"text":168},{"id":217,"depth":718,"text":218},{"id":296,"depth":718,"text":297},{"id":438,"depth":718,"text":439},{"id":464,"depth":718,"text":465},{"id":524,"depth":718,"text":525},{"id":574,"depth":718,"text":575},{"id":625,"depth":718,"text":626},{"id":642,"depth":718,"text":643},{"id":653,"depth":718,"text":654},{"id":687,"depth":718,"text":688},"2026-09-14",null,"How to find an airport on Pilot EFB Desk, read its station panel and reference pane, keep favourites and groups, and jump to its NOTAMs.",false,"md",{"name":738,"steps":739},"Open an airport on Pilot EFB Desk",[740,741,742,743,744],"Open Airports from the sidebar.","Type an ICAO, IATA, city or name in the search field in the page header and click a result.","Read the station panel at the top - identity line, live band, then the field facts.","Scroll the reference pane for runways, frequencies, location, the official AIP link, sun times and your notes.","Click Field NOTAMs to open the NOTAM board narrowed to this field.",[746,747,748,749],"Search from the page header by ICAO, IATA, city or name, or open a saved or recent airport in one click; Cmd+K reaches any field from any page.","An open airport fills the page and lives in the address bar, so a bookmark lands straight on it.","The station panel puts the live category, trend, observation time and METAR cells over the field facts, then runways, frequencies, location, AIP link, sun times and your notes.","Field NOTAMs adds the field to the NOTAM board and lands there narrowed to it - a filter, not a check - and \"Reference only - verify officially.\" foots the page.",{},true,90,"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fairports","Plan and fly",{"title":5,"description":734},"guide\u002Fdesk\u002Fairports","MRnI9EfIhJbotL_60GAB-EfYxTUvRIq5dcSPsvM3yII",{"prev":759,"next":764,"position":769,"total":770},{"path":453,"title":454,"description":760,"section":754,"order":761,"appVersion":6,"draft":735,"minutes":762,"number":763},"How to load stations on the Desk NOTAM board, read the When lens and severity meter, open the raw NOTAM, print a pack and set NOTAM alerts.",80,11,"08",{"path":706,"title":707,"description":765,"section":754,"order":766,"appVersion":6,"draft":735,"minutes":767,"number":768},"How to paste a route on the Desk Ops Map, stack weather, NOTAM and traffic layers, scrub the time cursor, and share the view - step by step.",100,13,"10",9,19,1789377624236]