[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":1236},["ShallowReactive",2],{"desk-guide-\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fops-map\u002F":3,"desk-guide-nav-\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fops-map\u002F":1222},{"id":4,"title":5,"appVersion":6,"body":7,"date":1196,"dateModified":1197,"description":1198,"draft":1199,"extension":1200,"faqs":1197,"howTo":1201,"keyTakeaways":1209,"meta":1214,"metaDescription":1197,"navigation":1215,"order":1216,"path":1217,"section":1218,"seo":1219,"stem":1220,"__hash__":1221},"deskGuide\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fops-map.md","Ops Map","1.0.7",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":1178},"minimark",[10,25,38,43,46,205,214,218,287,294,301,305,329,332,336,415,591,598,603,607,614,672,693,698,702,745,748,753,757,815,818,822,861,866,870,910,914,956,960,967,1097,1101,1109,1113,1123,1129,1135,1141,1147,1151],[11,12,13,16,17,24],"p",{},[14,15,5],"strong",{}," is the Desk's briefing map: a full-window aviation chart with a\nroute engine on top of it, a stack of weather, hazard, ",[18,19,23],"a",{"href":20,"className":21},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-notam",[22],"glossary-link","NOTAM"," and traffic\nlayers, and one time cursor that every layer answers to. It is a web-only\nworkbench. It is not a moving map: there is no own-ship position, and the\nstrip under the chart carries the module's standing line, \"Not for\nnavigation\", beside the data credits at every zoom.",[26,27,30],"callout",{"title":28,"type":29},"Before you start","info",[11,31,32,33,37],{},"Ops Map opens on the home base you set in Settings, so set one first if you\nwant a sensible opening frame. Route expansion needs the US navdata cycle\n(it downloads on first use); a flight leg from ",[18,34,36],{"href":35},"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fflight-brief","Flight Brief","\ngives you a route without pasting. Weather, NOTAM and traffic layers fetch\nonly while they are switched on, so a connection is needed for fresh data.",[39,40,42],"h2",{"id":41},"find-your-way-around","Find your way around",[11,44,45],{},"The chart fills the whole content column. The shared top bar steps aside on\nthis page, so the sidebar is the only frame around the map; Cmd+K (Ctrl+K on\nWindows) still opens the command deck from anywhere on it.",[47,48,49,62],"table",{},[50,51,52],"thead",{},[53,54,55,59],"tr",{},[56,57,58],"th",{},"Region",[56,60,61],{},"What it shows",[63,64,65,76,95,125,153,163,195],"tbody",{},[53,66,67,73],{},[68,69,70],"td",{},[14,71,72],{},"Chart",[68,74,75],{},"The aviation chart with the plotted route, fix labels, airway labels and every layer you have on",[53,77,78,84],{},[68,79,80,83],{},[14,81,82],{},"Layers pill"," (top right)",[68,85,86,87,90,91,94],{},"Reads \"Layers · 11 on\" and opens the ",[14,88,89],{},"Route & layers"," panel; a ",[14,92,93],{},"Corridor · 100 nm"," pill sits beside it while the corridor filter is on",[53,96,97,103],{},[68,98,99,102],{},[14,100,101],{},"Chart controls"," (right edge)",[68,104,105,108,109,108,112,108,115,108,118,121,122],{},[14,106,107],{},"Zoom in",", ",[14,110,111],{},"Zoom out",[14,113,114],{},"Go to my location",[14,116,117],{},"Recenter the map",[14,119,120],{},"Search airports and navaids",", and ",[14,123,124],{},"Measure distance and bearing",[53,126,127,132],{},[68,128,129],{},[14,130,131],{},"Route & layers panel",[68,133,134,135,108,138,108,141,144,145,148,149,152],{},"Three tabs - ",[14,136,137],{},"Route",[14,139,140],{},"Layers",[14,142,143],{},"Share"," - with the plotted route pinned above them. Opens with the pill or ",[14,146,147],{},"B",", closes with ",[14,150,151],{},"Close"," or Esc",[53,154,155,160],{},[68,156,157],{},[14,158,159],{},"Credit strip",[68,161,162],{},"\"Not for navigation\", the OpenStreetMap and openAIP credits, and the verbatim framing of every module drawn on the chart",[53,164,165,170],{},[68,166,167],{},[14,168,169],{},"Time dock",[68,171,172,173,176,177,180,181,184,185,188,189,180,192],{},"The ",[14,174,175],{},"TIME"," readout in Zulu, the LIVE \u002F AT NOW \u002F PAST \u002F FORECAST chip, ",[14,178,179],{},"Play"," and ",[14,182,183],{},"Now",", the scrub track with one lane per event layer, and the ",[14,186,187],{},"AT CURSOR"," summary with ",[14,190,191],{},"Prev",[14,193,194],{},"Next",[53,196,197,202],{},[68,198,199],{},[14,200,201],{},"Section dock",[68,203,204],{},"The vertical cross-section, docked under the chart while that layer is on",[206,207],"guide-shot",{"alt":208,"caption":209,"height":210,"src":211,"variant":212,"width":213},"The Desk Ops Map filling the window beside the sidebar: an aviation chart of the eastern United States with the route from KJFK to KBNA drawn as a dark line through the fixes SAAME, HYPER, MRB, PERKS, HVQ, SPAYD, YOCKY and GROAT with the airways Q430, J6 and Q68 labelled, a shaded 100 nautical mile corridor along it, NOTAM pills at KPIT 10, KCVG 2, KSDF 108, KBWI 80, KIAD 151, KTYS 62, KBNA 123 and KPHL 141 with severity icons, station plots reading VFR and IFR under each field, a Layers 11 on pill and a Corridor 100 nm pill top right, the zoom, locate, recenter, search and measure controls down the right edge, a 100 NM scale bar, a credit strip reading Not for navigation, OpenStreetMap contributors, Airspace openAIP, Reference only verify officially and May be incomplete verify officially, and a time dock reading TIME 10\u002F11:58Z LIVE with Play and Now, a NOTAM lane, AT CURSOR 1043 NOTAMs and a Next line naming a KBNA taxiway closure","A pasted route with the corridor on: airways expanded and labelled, NOTAM pills counting per field, the time dock under the chart.",1800,"\u002Fguide-images\u002Fdesk\u002Fops-map\u002Froute","web",2880,[39,215,217],{"id":216},"how-to-plot-a-route","How to plot a route",[219,220,221,228,243,258,269,276],"ol",{},[222,223,224,225,227],"li",{},"Open ",[14,226,5],{}," from the Planning group of the sidebar, or press Cmd+K\nand type \"ops\".",[222,229,230,231,233,234,236,237,239,240,242],{},"Press ",[14,232,147],{},", or click the ",[14,235,140],{}," pill, to open the ",[14,238,89],{},"\npanel. It opens on the ",[14,241,137],{}," tab.",[222,244,245,246,249,250,253,254,257],{},"Under ",[14,247,248],{},"From your flights",", click a leg to plot it. A leg with a filed\nroute shows ",[14,251,252],{},"Plotted","; one without shows ",[14,255,256],{},"Endpoints only",".",[222,259,260,261,264,265,268],{},"Or paste an ICAO Item 15 string under ",[14,262,263],{},"Paste a route"," (the field's\nexample is \"KJFK DCT WAVEY J174 ORF ... KMIA\") and click ",[14,266,267],{},"Plot route",",\nor press Enter.",[222,270,271,272,275],{},"Read the strip above the tabs. It names the route and how many points\nwere plotted (\"All 11 points plotted\" in the frame below); ",[14,273,274],{},"Change","\nreopens the Route tab.",[222,277,278,279,282,283,286],{},"Check the two lists that appear when something could not be drawn:\n",[14,280,281],{},"Not plotted"," names each token and why, and ",[14,284,285],{},"Procedures"," lists any\nSID or STAR. The panel says it plainly: \"SID and STAR geometry is not\nexpanded - the line joins the terminal fix where one is known.\"",[11,288,289,290,293],{},"The route survives moving around the app. To have it come back after a\nreload or in a new tab, switch on ",[14,291,292],{},"Reopen with my last route"," at the foot\nof the Route tab; it is off by default and stored in this browser only.",[26,295,298],{"title":296,"type":297},"Airways and fixes","tip",[11,299,300],{},"Each airway token is walked from its entry fix to its exit fix and labelled\nalong the line. Fix ETAs on the map are \"even-speed estimates over the leg\ntimes - not a flight plan\", and the Route tab lets you set a planned true\nairspeed for them.",[39,302,304],{"id":303},"how-to-filter-everything-to-the-route","How to filter everything to the route",[219,306,307,320,323],{},[222,308,309,310,312,313,316,317,257],{},"On the ",[14,311,137],{}," tab, switch on ",[14,314,315],{},"Corridor filter",", or press ",[14,318,319],{},"O",[222,321,322],{},"Drag the width control if the default 100 nautical miles is not what you\nwant.",[222,324,325,326,328],{},"Watch the chart: NOTAM pills, station plots, PIREPs and advisories\noutside the corridor drop away, and the ",[14,327,93],{}," pill\nappears top right.",[11,330,331],{},"With the NOTAM layer on, each field inside the corridor carries a pill\ncounting its active NOTAMs with a severity icon. Zoom into a field and the\nlayer starts drawing: closed taxiways and runway segments are hatched on\nthe airport layout from the NOTAMs themselves, each with a chip pinned to\nthe pavement, and re-read against the time cursor.",[39,333,335],{"id":334},"how-to-stack-layers","How to stack layers",[219,337,338,346,378,385,404],{},[222,339,340,341,343,344,257],{},"Open the ",[14,342,89],{}," panel and click ",[14,345,140],{},[222,347,348,349,352,353,356,357,108,359,362,363,108,366,108,369,108,372,180,375,377],{},"Type in ",[14,350,351],{},"Find a layer"," (press ",[14,354,355],{},"\u002F"," to focus it) and press Enter to\ntoggle the first match, or scroll the groups: ",[14,358,137],{},[14,360,361],{},"Weather",",\n",[14,364,365],{},"Hazards",[14,367,368],{},"NOTAMs",[14,370,371],{},"Traffic",[14,373,374],{},"Base map",[14,376,72],{},". Each\ngroup header counts \"3 of 5 on\".",[222,379,380,381,384],{},"Click a row's toggle, or press its bare key while the chart has focus.\nThe keycap sits on the row, and ",[14,382,383],{},"? shortcuts"," at the foot of the panel\nlists all of them.",[222,386,387,388,393,394,397,398,401,402,257],{},"Open a row's settings (the slider icon) to dim that layer or change its\nown options - the ",[18,389,392],{"href":390,"className":391},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-flight-level",[22],"flight level"," for ",[14,395,396],{},"Winds aloft",", the product for\n",[14,399,400],{},"Satellite",", the filters for ",[14,403,368],{},[222,405,406,407,410,411,414],{},"Read the ",[14,408,409],{},"On now"," chips at the top of the tab to see what is lit; the\n",[14,412,413],{},"x"," on a chip switches that layer off.",[47,416,417,427],{},[50,418,419],{},[53,420,421,424],{},[56,422,423],{},"Group",[56,425,426],{},"Rows and their keys",[63,428,429,459,495,523,532,541,584],{},[53,430,431,433],{},[68,432,137],{},[68,434,435,438,439,442,443,446,447,450,451,454,455,458],{},[14,436,437],{},"Route line"," R, ",[14,440,441],{},"Fix labels"," F, ",[14,444,445],{},"Alternates"," A, ",[14,448,449],{},"ILS feathers (US)"," J, ",[14,452,453],{},"Airport hot spots (US)"," K, ",[14,456,457],{},"Vertical cross-section"," X",[53,460,461,463],{},[68,462,361],{},[68,464,465,468,469,472,473,475,476,478,479,482,483,486,487,490,491,494],{},[14,466,467],{},"Station plots"," S, ",[14,470,471],{},"PIREPs"," P, ",[14,474,396],{}," W, ",[14,477,400],{}," V, ",[14,480,481],{},"Radar"," E, ",[14,484,485],{},"Lightning"," Z, ",[14,488,489],{},"Surface pressure"," I, ",[14,492,493],{},"Day\u002Fnight"," D",[53,496,497,499],{},[68,498,365],{},[68,500,501,514,515,518,519,522],{},[14,502,503,508,509],{},[18,504,507],{"href":505,"className":506},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-sigmet",[22],"SIGMET"," \u002F CWA \u002F G-",[18,510,513],{"href":511,"className":512},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-airmet",[22],"AIRMET"," H, ",[14,516,517],{},"Ash \u002F tropical cyclone"," C, ",[14,520,521],{},"TFRs (US)"," U",[53,524,525,527],{},[68,526,368],{},[68,528,529,531],{},[14,530,368],{}," N",[53,533,534,536],{},[68,535,371],{},[68,537,538,540],{},[14,539,371],{}," T",[53,542,543,545],{},[68,544,374],{},[68,546,547,108,550,108,553,108,556,108,559,108,562,108,565,108,568,571,572,575,576,579,580,583],{},[14,548,549],{},"Airports",[14,551,552],{},"Navaids",[14,554,555],{},"Runway labels",[14,557,558],{},"Airspace (world)",[14,560,561],{},"Airspace (US)",[14,563,564],{},"Airways (US)",[14,566,567],{},"Obstacles (US)",[14,569,570],{},"Imagery basemap"," G, ",[14,573,574],{},"Terrain shading"," Y, ",[14,577,578],{},"FIR boundaries"," Q, ",[14,581,582],{},"Lat\u002Flon grid"," (no key)",[53,585,586,588],{},[68,587,72],{},[68,589,590],{},"Chart style and label density",[11,592,593,594,597],{},"Rows carry a one-line note where it matters: \"US only - fetches when on\"\nunder the ILS feathers and TFR rows, \"US NEXRAD - inside coverage only\"\nunder Radar, \"Fetches only when on\" under NOTAMs, and \"Shading only, never\nterrain clearance\" under Terrain shading. The panel only lists what the\ndata source has; outside a source's coverage the layer draws nothing and\nsays so rather than reading as clear. ",[14,595,596],{},"Data off"," at the foot of the panel\nswitches every drawn data layer off and keeps the base map, and the panel\nremembers your layer stack between visits.",[206,599],{"alt":600,"caption":601,"height":210,"src":602,"variant":212,"width":213},"The Desk Ops Map with the Route and layers panel open on the right over the KJFK to KBNA chart: a header reading ROUTE & LAYERS with a B keycap and a Close button, the summary KJFK RBV Q430 SAAME J6 HVQ Q68 YOCKY GROAT PASLY5 KBNA plotted, 12 layers on, tabs for Route, Layers 12 and Share, a route card repeating the string with All 11 points plotted and a Change button, a Find a layer field with a slash keycap, scope chips All 24, On 12 and Settings, an On now row of chips for Route line, Fix labels, Alternates, Station plots, Day\u002Fnight and NOTAMs each with an x, a ROUTE group reading 3 of 5 on with toggles for Route line R, Fix labels F and Alternates A switched on and ILS feathers (US) J captioned US only, fetches when on, and Airport hot spots (US) K switched off, and a footer reading 12 layers on with a Data off button and a shortcuts link","The Layers tab: the route pinned at the top, the finder and On now chips, then the grouped rows with their keycaps and toggles.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fdesk\u002Fops-map\u002Fpanel",[39,604,606],{"id":605},"how-to-scrub-the-time-cursor","How to scrub the time cursor",[11,608,609,610,613],{},"Every weather, hazard and NOTAM layer is evaluated at one instant, the\ntime cursor in the dock under the chart. The cursor starts on ",[14,611,612],{},"LIVE",",\nfollowing the clock.",[219,615,616,625,636,649,664],{},[222,617,618,619,180,622,624],{},"Drag the marker on the track, or press ",[14,620,621],{},",",[14,623,257],{}," to step ten\nminutes back and forward (Shift+, and Shift+. step an hour; the mouse\nwheel over the timeline does the same).",[222,626,627,628,631,632,635],{},"Read the chip beside the readout: ",[14,629,630],{},"PAST"," means the layers show the\nstates valid at that earlier time, from data already fetched, \"Not a\nhistorical archive\"; ",[14,633,634],{},"FORECAST"," means they show what their forecasts\nand validity windows say for that later time, \"Never current data\nrelabelled\".",[222,637,230,638,641,642,644,645,648],{},[14,639,640],{},"Space",", or click ",[14,643,179],{},", to sweep the cursor across the range\nas a time-lapse. With radar or satellite on it steps their real frames\nand loops. Space again, or ",[14,646,647],{},"Pause",", stops it.",[222,650,651,652,654,655,316,657,663],{},"Click ",[14,653,191],{}," or ",[14,656,194],{},[14,658,659],{},[660,661,662],"span",{},"** and **"," with the timeline\nfocused, to jump to the previous or next change on the event strip - a\nNOTAM or advisory starting or ending, a report observed.",[222,665,651,666,316,668,671],{},[14,667,183],{},[14,669,670],{},"0",", and every layer snaps back to LIVE.",[11,673,172,674,676,677,682,683,688,689,692],{},[14,675,187],{}," line under the track sums up what the layers on hold for\nthat instant, and the strip draws one lane per event layer - NOTAM, SIGMET,\n",[18,678,681],{"href":679,"className":680},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-pirep",[22],"PIREP",", ASH\u002FTC, RADAR and SAT - so you can see what happens across the\nrange before you scrub to it. Each layer states how it follows the cursor\nin its own settings: NOTAMs are re-classified against their validity\nwindow, station categories read the ",[18,684,687],{"href":685,"className":686},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-taf",[22],"TAF"," segment for that time, PIREPs show\nthe two hours before it, and the imagery basemap never follows it at all.\nThe chevron at the end of the dock folds it to one slim row; ",[14,690,691],{},"Timeline","\nexpands it again.",[206,694],{"alt":695,"caption":696,"height":210,"src":697,"variant":212,"width":213},"The Desk Ops Map over the eastern United States with the weather stack on: a night-side satellite image under the chart with city lights showing through, a radar band of green, yellow and red returns across Kentucky, Ohio and the route, wind barbs at every station, surface-pressure isobars labelled 1012, 1016, 1020 and 1022 with a high centre marked H, the route from KJFK to KBNA with its fixes, a Layers 13 on pill, and a time dock reading TIME 10\u002F12:00Z LIVE with Play and Now, RADAR and SAT lanes on the track, AT CURSOR Nothing from the layers on is active at this time, and a Next line reading No further changes in range","Satellite, radar, winds and surface pressure on one clock: scrub the cursor and the radar and satellite lanes step their real frames.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fdesk\u002Fops-map\u002Fweather",[39,699,701],{"id":700},"how-to-open-the-vertical-cross-section","How to open the vertical cross-section",[219,703,704,713,716,739,742],{},[222,705,706,707,709,710,257],{},"With a route plotted, switch on ",[14,708,457],{}," in the Route\ngroup, or press ",[14,711,712],{},"X",[222,714,715],{},"The section docks under the chart, headed with the route length, the\nceiling and the cursor time (\"Section · 676 nm · to FL450 · 10\u002F12:05Z\").",[222,717,718,719,108,722,108,730,108,733,180,736,257],{},"Toggle the bands with the chips on the header: ",[14,720,721],{},"Terrain",[14,723,724,725],{},"Winds \u002F\n",[18,726,729],{"href":727,"className":728},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-isa",[22],"ISA",[14,731,732],{},"SIGWX areas",[14,734,735],{},"Tropopause",[14,737,738],{},"Advisories",[222,740,741],{},"Hover the plot, or use the arrow keys, to read out a point; Page Up and\nPage Down jump fix to fix. The panel says \"Hover or arrow-key the plot to\nread a point.\"",[222,743,744],{},"Read the source lines under the plot: the winds name the NOAA GFS model\nand its fetch time, SIGWX names WAFS, terrain names ETOPO, and the\nadvisories are the map layer's own plotted set with each product's\nvertical extent.",[11,746,747],{},"The section follows the time cursor like every other layer. Terrain is\ndrawn from model cells for orientation only; the row's own caption says it\nis never terrain clearance.",[206,749],{"alt":750,"caption":751,"height":210,"src":752,"variant":212,"width":213},"The Desk Ops Map with the vertical section docked under a narrow strip of chart: a header reading Section 676 nm to FL450 10\u002F12:05Z with band chips for Terrain, Winds \u002F ISA, SIGWX areas, Tropopause and Advisories, a plot with altitude rows FL400 to FL100, wind barbs at every level, shaded SIGWX areas labelled G MT OBSC IFR, TS and G OTHER along the top and ICE MOD 240\u002F140, ICE MOD 300\u002F120 and ICE MOD 280\u002F140 across the middle, a red box labelled CB OCNL 410\u002FXXX, the fixes KJFK, RBV, COPES, SAAME, HYPER, MRB, EYTEE, PERKS, HVQ, SPAYD, YOCKY and GROAT along the foot, the line Hover or arrow-key the plot to read a point, source lines naming the NOAA GFS model, WAFS SIGWX via SADIS, ETOPO 2022 terrain and aviationweather.gov advisories with fetch times, a Layers 14 on pill, and the time dock with SIGMET, PIREP and ASH\u002FTC lanes reading AT CURSOR 1 advisory 7 PIREPs","The route from the side: winds and ISA at every level, SIGWX areas with their levels, and the advisory boxes the route crosses, each band with its source and fetch time.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fdesk\u002Fops-map\u002Fsection",[39,754,756],{"id":755},"how-to-read-a-field-or-a-notam-from-the-map","How to read a field or a NOTAM from the map",[219,758,759,784,798,808],{},[222,760,761,762,765,766,769,770,775,776,779,780,783],{},"Click an airport on the chart. The ",[14,763,764],{},"Field info"," card opens beside it\nwith the flight category, ",[14,767,768],{},"Conditions"," (the raw ",[18,771,774],{"href":772,"className":773},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-metar",[22],"METAR","), ",[14,777,778],{},"Runways","\nwith their lengths, ",[14,781,782],{},"Radio"," frequencies in MHz, and sun times\n(\"Sun times: NOAA model, computed on device.\").",[222,785,651,786,789,790,793,794,797],{},[14,787,788],{},"Open airport"," to go to the airport page, or ",[14,791,792],{},"Open on Watch\nDesk"," in the card's ",[14,795,796],{},"Watch"," section to see the field screened against\nyour aircraft profile - \"Facts beside your own numbers, never a verdict.\"",[222,799,800,801,804,805,257],{},"Click a NOTAM pill or a hatched closure to open the NOTAM popup with the\nraw text, its status at the cursor time (\"Not yet in force at cursor\ntime\", \"Ended before cursor time\", or a D) schedule note), and ",[14,802,803],{},"Open in\nNOTAMs"," for the full workbench. A tight cluster offers ",[14,806,807],{},"Zoom in to\nseparate",[222,809,810,811,814],{},"With the NOTAM layer on, switch on ",[14,812,813],{},"Fields in view"," in its settings to\nquery the airfields visible on screen as well as the route's; zoomed out\ntoo far, the panel says so and asks you to zoom in.",[11,816,817],{},"Every module drawn on the chart restates its own footer in the credit\nstrip: \"Reference only - verify officially.\" for weather, \"May be\nincomplete - verify officially.\" for NOTAMs. A field with no data shows no\ncategory rather than a guess.",[39,819,821],{"id":820},"how-to-see-community-traffic","How to see community traffic",[219,823,824,834,840,851],{},[222,825,826,827,829,830,833],{},"Switch on ",[14,828,371],{}," in the Traffic group, or press ",[14,831,832],{},"T",". The layer is\nfor awareness at the desk; the strip under the chart adds its own line\nthe moment it is on: \"Community ADS-B - incomplete and delayed. Not for\ntraffic separation or collision avoidance.\"",[222,835,406,836,839],{},[14,837,838],{},"TRAFFIC"," chip at the foot of the chart for the feed age.\nEach aircraft is labelled with its callsign, altitude and ground speed;\nclick one for its detail card.",[222,841,842,843,846,847,850],{},"In the row's settings, type a registration or callsign under ",[14,844,845],{},"Find","\nto fly the camera to that aircraft, or switch on ",[14,848,849],{},"Position trails"," to\ndraw its last reported positions.",[222,852,651,853,856,857,860],{},[14,854,855],{},"Move coverage"," and then a point on the map to centre the query\naway from the map centre; ",[14,858,859],{},"Follow map again"," drops the pin.",[206,862],{"alt":863,"caption":864,"height":210,"src":865,"variant":212,"width":213},"The Desk Ops Map zoomed to New York with the traffic layer on: aircraft symbols around KJFK, KLGA and KEWR each labelled with a callsign, altitude and ground speed such as DAL2524 GND 16 kt, RPA4610 4,025 ft 286 kt, JBU1285 2,000 ft 199 kt and N93KK 7,050 ft 106 kt, the New York Class B rings drawn in blue, ILS feathers fanning from the KJFK runways, navaid labels including CRI 112.30 and LGA 113.10, the route line leaving KJFK to the south-west, a TRAFFIC 2 s ago chip at the foot of the chart, a Layers 13 on pill, and a credit strip reading Not for navigation, Reference only verify officially and Community ADS-B incomplete and delayed, Not for traffic separation or collision avoidance above the time dock at 10\u002F12:00Z LIVE","Community ADS-B over New York with the ILS feathers on: awareness at the desk, with the traffic disclaimer pinned in the credit strip.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fdesk\u002Fops-map\u002Ftraffic",[39,867,869],{"id":868},"how-to-share-the-view","How to share the view",[219,871,872,878,891,901],{},[222,873,340,874,343,876,257],{},[14,875,89],{},[14,877,143],{},[222,879,245,880,883,884,316,887,890],{},[14,881,882],{},"Link to this view",", click ",[14,885,886],{},"Copy link",[14,888,889],{},"L"," anywhere\non the map. The link restores the route, the layer stack, the corridor,\nthe time offset and the camera for whoever opens it; a link copied on\nLIVE reopens on LIVE.",[222,892,245,893,896,897,900],{},[14,894,895],{},"Download image",", pick a resolution and click ",[14,898,899],{},"Download PNG","\nfor the current map view as an image.",[222,902,245,903,883,906,909],{},[14,904,905],{},"Briefing pack",[14,907,908],{},"Add page"," to capture the current map\ninto the flight briefing pack PDF. The snapshot carries the \"Not for\nnavigation\" badge and lands beside the matching leg of the brief.",[39,911,913],{"id":912},"how-to-watch-the-route","How to watch the route",[219,915,916,924,944],{},[222,917,309,918,920,921,257],{},[14,919,137],{}," tab, click ",[14,922,923],{},"Watch this route",[222,925,926,927,108,930,180,933,936,937,940,941,257],{},"Read the three rules the panel lists - ",[14,928,929],{},"Runway closed",[14,931,932],{},"Aerodrome\nclosed",[14,934,935],{},"Approach aid unserviceable"," - and click ",[14,938,939],{},"Add the\nrules",", or ",[14,942,943],{},"Cancel",[222,945,946,947,951,952,955],{},"The rules land on the ",[18,948,950],{"href":949},"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fwatch","Watch Desk"," for the route's\nairports, and alerts arrive in the in-app feed only; nothing is pushed or\nemailed unless you widen the channels there. If the route is already\nwatched, the panel says so instead of adding twins. ",[14,953,954],{},"Open Watch Desk","\ntakes you there.",[39,957,959],{"id":958},"keyboard-shortcuts","Keyboard shortcuts",[11,961,962,963,966],{},"All of these are bare keys and work while the chart has focus, never while\nyou are typing in a field; press ",[14,964,965],{},"?"," for the full list on screen.",[47,968,969,979],{},[50,970,971],{},[53,972,973,976],{},[56,974,975],{},"Keys",[56,977,978],{},"What they do",[63,980,981,989,998,1009,1018,1027,1038,1051,1060,1070,1079,1088],{},[53,982,983,986],{},[68,984,985],{},"Layer letters (table above)",[68,987,988],{},"Toggle that layer",[53,990,991,995],{},[68,992,993],{},[14,994,355],{},[68,996,997],{},"Focus the layer search on the Layers tab",[53,999,1000,1006],{},[68,1001,1002,180,1004],{},[14,1003,621],{},[14,1005,257],{},[68,1007,1008],{},"Scrub back or forward ten minutes (with Shift, one hour)",[53,1010,1011,1015],{},[68,1012,1013],{},[14,1014,640],{},[68,1016,1017],{},"Play or pause the time-lapse",[53,1019,1020,1024],{},[68,1021,1022],{},[14,1023,670],{},[68,1025,1026],{},"Reset the cursor to now",[53,1028,1029,1035],{},[68,1030,1031],{},[14,1032,1033],{},[660,1034,662],{},[68,1036,1037],{},"Focused timeline: previous or next change on the event strip",[53,1039,1040,1048],{},[68,1041,1042,180,1045],{},[14,1043,1044],{},"+",[14,1046,1047],{},"-",[68,1049,1050],{},"Zoom in and out",[53,1052,1053,1057],{},[68,1054,1055],{},[14,1056,319],{},[68,1058,1059],{},"Corridor filter on and off",[53,1061,1062,1067],{},[68,1063,1064],{},[14,1065,1066],{},"M",[68,1068,1069],{},"Measure (ruler) on and off",[53,1071,1072,1076],{},[68,1073,1074],{},[14,1075,889],{},[68,1077,1078],{},"Copy a link to this view",[53,1080,1081,1085],{},[68,1082,1083],{},[14,1084,147],{},[68,1086,1087],{},"Route & layers panel on and off",[53,1089,1090,1094],{},[68,1091,1092],{},[14,1093,965],{},[68,1095,1096],{},"The shortcuts overlay",[39,1098,1100],{"id":1099},"on-iphone-and-ipad","On iPhone and iPad",[11,1102,1103,1104,1108],{},"The iOS app carries the same chart engine as the ",[18,1105,1107],{"href":1106},"\u002Fguide\u002Faviation-map","Aviation Map","\ntab - airports, navaids, airspace, runway labels and offline region packs -\nwithout the Ops Map workbench: no route paste, no layer stack, no time\ncursor, no cross-section and no traffic layer. Those stay on the desk.",[39,1110,1112],{"id":1111},"troubleshooting","Troubleshooting",[11,1114,1115,1118,1119,1122],{},[14,1116,1117],{},"Plot route fails with \"Could not plot the route\"."," Read the detail under\nthe field. If the Route tab says \"US navdata unavailable - fixes and\nairways will not expand\", the navdata cycle has not loaded yet; a ",[14,1120,1121],{},"Cycle\nexpired"," chip means the bundled cycle is out of date and the strip will\nsay which tokens were not plotted.",[11,1124,1125,1128],{},[14,1126,1127],{},"A NOTAM row says \"Runway closed\" but nothing is hatched on the runway.","\nOpen the popup: the NOTAM is not in force at the cursor time, or its D)\nschedule excludes this hour. The chart draws a closure only while it is in\nforce at the cursor.",[11,1130,1131,1134],{},[14,1132,1133],{},"The radar or satellite lane is empty."," Radar is US NEXRAD and draws\ninside its coverage only; satellite products cover their own rings. The\nrow's note says which, and an empty lane means no frames for the range,\nnot clear skies.",[11,1136,1137,1140],{},[14,1138,1139],{},"The map has no NOTAM pills for a field I can see."," Fields in view is off\nor the map is zoomed out past the level it queries; the layer's panel says\n\"Zoomed out too far to query the fields in view - zoom in, or select\nstations in the NOTAM workbench.\" Remember the workbench's line: the\nabsence of a NOTAM here is not an all-clear.",[11,1142,1143,1146],{},[14,1144,1145],{},"A shortcut letter does nothing."," The chart does not have focus - click\nthe map once. Letters are ignored while a text field is focused, and\nCmd or Ctrl chords belong to the command deck, not the map.",[39,1148,1150],{"id":1149},"where-next","Where next",[1152,1153,1154,1160,1166,1171],"ul",{},[222,1155,1156,1159],{},[18,1157,368],{"href":1158},"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fnotams"," - the full workbench behind Open in NOTAMs,\nwith the same filters the map layer uses.",[222,1161,1162,1165],{},[18,1163,361],{"href":1164},"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fweather"," - the station readouts behind the plots and\nthe Field info card.",[222,1167,1168,1170],{},[18,1169,36],{"href":35}," - the legs that plot with one\nclick and the briefing pack the snapshot lands in.",[222,1172,1173,1177],{},[18,1174,1176],{"href":1175},"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fkeyboard-and-command-deck","Keyboard and command deck"," -\nCmd+K, the number keys and the global chords the map never shadows.",{"title":1179,"searchDepth":1180,"depth":1180,"links":1181},"",2,[1182,1183,1184,1185,1186,1187,1188,1189,1190,1191,1192,1193,1194,1195],{"id":41,"depth":1180,"text":42},{"id":216,"depth":1180,"text":217},{"id":303,"depth":1180,"text":304},{"id":334,"depth":1180,"text":335},{"id":605,"depth":1180,"text":606},{"id":700,"depth":1180,"text":701},{"id":755,"depth":1180,"text":756},{"id":820,"depth":1180,"text":821},{"id":868,"depth":1180,"text":869},{"id":912,"depth":1180,"text":913},{"id":958,"depth":1180,"text":959},{"id":1099,"depth":1180,"text":1100},{"id":1111,"depth":1180,"text":1112},{"id":1149,"depth":1180,"text":1150},"2026-09-14",null,"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.",false,"md",{"name":1202,"steps":1203},"Plot a route on the Ops Map",[1204,1205,1206,1207,1208],"Open Ops Map from the Planning group of the sidebar, or press Cmd+K and type ops.","Press B to open the Route & layers panel and stay on the Route tab.","Pick a leg under From your flights, or paste an ICAO Item 15 route string and press Plot route.","Read the route strip - every fix plotted, or the tokens that could not be resolved.","Switch on Corridor filter so NOTAMs, stations and hazards are trimmed to the route.",[1210,1211,1212,1213],"Paste an Item 15 route or pick a flight leg and the workbench expands the fixes and airways, draws the line, and filters every layer to a corridor around it.","Every layer lives in the Route & layers panel with its own key, source line and dim slider - the chart draws only the layers you switch on.","One time cursor drives every weather, NOTAM and hazard layer; scrub it with the comma and period keys, play it with Space, and Now snaps it back to LIVE.","Share the exact view as a link, a PNG or a page in the briefing pack, and watch the route's NOTAMs from the same panel.",{},true,100,"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fops-map","Plan and fly",{"title":5,"description":1198},"guide\u002Fdesk\u002Fops-map","yixS95cshiV6cmWA-0A3Bgq_DVop46QBHU1d3k6yb3M",{"prev":1223,"next":1229,"position":1234,"total":1235},{"path":1224,"title":549,"description":1225,"section":1218,"order":1226,"appVersion":6,"draft":1199,"minutes":1227,"number":1228},"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fairports","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.",90,8,"09",{"path":35,"title":36,"description":1230,"section":1218,"order":1231,"appVersion":6,"draft":1199,"minutes":1232,"number":1233},"How to plan a flight folder from a city pair or a pasted route, read the brief as a record, seal snapshots, export the pack and watch the flight.",110,16,"11",10,19,1789377624290]