13. Legend

By default, all speeds are given in knots, distances in nautical miles, altitudes and elevations in feet. The units can be set to imperial or metric in the dialog Options on Units.

Colors, size and text labels of some map elements can be changed in the dialog Options on Map Display. This legend shows the default values.

Heading and course are suffixed with °T for true course or °M for magnetic course.

13.1. Mouse Clicks

The display of a map feature class will be enabled if you use on of these mouse clicks. A Shift+Click will enable display of range rings, for example. A second Shift+Click into the center (active point) will remove the range rings.

You can enable or disable visibility in menu View -> User Features or the toolbar.

A click in the map on the active spot of a feature like a range ring removes it. The cursor changes to a hand symbol to indicate an active spot which allows to remove a feature by click or remove/edit it in the context menu.

Mouse	Description
Single Click	Show information about all features around the cursor position.
Double Click	Zooms to the clicked feature and shows information.
Shift+Click	Add or remove range rings or navaid range rings.
Alt+Click	Start great circle line measurement or delete measurement line.
Ctrl+Shift+Click	Add or edit an userpoint.
Ctrl+Alt+Click	Insert airport, navaid, userpoint or position into the nearest flight plan leg.
Shift+Alt+Click	Append airport, navaid, userpoint or position to flight plan.
Wheel	Zoom in or out.
Shift+Wheel	Zoom in or out in small steps.
Ctrl+Wheel	Increase or decrease map details.

13.2. Key Commands

You have to activate the map window (i.e. click into it or press the key F2) before you can use the keyboard shortcuts.

Key	Description
Cursor keys	Scroll the map.
+ and -	Zoom in and out.
* and /	Zoom in and out in small steps.
Alt+Left and Alt+Right	Go forward or backward in the map position history.
Ctrl++ and Ctrl+-	Increase or decrease details.
Ctrl+Home	Go to home position.
Ctrl+End	Go to center for distance search.

13.3. Highlights and User Features

Symbol	Description
	Center of the home position.
	Center point that will be used for distance searches.
	Shows map center. Useful for Click and Center navigation mode. Also shows map navigation click/touch areas if enabled.
	Flight plan with distance, direction and magnetic course at each leg. Displayed values can be changed in dialog Options on tab Map Display 2. °M and °T indicate magnetic or true course, respectively.
	Flight plan procedure leg with the same information as above.
	Active flight plan leg
	Wind direction and speed at flight plan waypoint. See chapter Winds Aloft below for details about wind barbs.
	Flight plan departure position on airport. Either parking, fuel box, helipad, water or runway.
	Top of climb point with distance from departure. Can be disabled in menu View -> Show Top of Climb and Top of Descent
	Top of descent point with distance to destination. Can be disabled in menu View -> Show Top of Climb and Top of Descent
	Range rings labeled with distance. The number and distance of the range rings can be changed in the Options dialog on page Map.
	VOR or NDB range rings labeled with ident and frequency. Color indicates Navaid type.
	Great circle distance and course measurement line indicating length and true heading at start and destination. The two heading values will be equal for small distances. For shorter distances length is also shown in feet or meter. The width of distance measurement lines can be changed in the dialog Options on page Map Display 2. The labels can be changed in the tree view on the right side of the same page.
	Measurement lines starting from an airport or navaid have the same color and additional ident and frequency labels. Course will consider magnetic variation of a navaid.
	A highlighted airport or navaid selected in the search result table.
	A highlighted airport or navaid selected in the flight plan table.
	Highlighted positions of a procedure leg in the preview. Small circle show from and large circle to position.
	Thin circle shows the recommended or related navaid of a procedure leg. This can be a VORDME for a DME arc approach leg for example.
	This shows the related position on the flight plan when hovering the mouse above the elevation profile.

13.4. Logbook Preview

Direct connection between departure and destination as well as flight plan preview and flown trail is shown for selected logbook entries. Any of the above can be disabled in the logbook search context menu.

	Airports and great circle path between departure and destination for a logbook entry selected in the search result table. Label shows departure, destination and great circle distance between airports.
	Flight plan preview as stored with the logbook entry. Waypoint names and flying direction indicated by arrows. Note that complex procedures are not visible.
	Flown user aircraft trail stored with the logbook entry.

13.5. Compass Rose

Line thickness can be changed in dialog Options on the tab Map Display 2.

The colors for flight plan leg course and heading indicator depend on settings for active flight plan leg which can be changed in the dialog Options on tab Map.

Symbol	Description
	True north.
	Magnetic north.
	Distance circles and marks from user aircraft if connected.
	Solid line shows aircraft track in degrees magnetic if connected.
	Dashed line shows aircraft heading if connected.
	Magenta line segment shows the course to next waypoint of the active flight plan leg. Hidden if no flight plan loaded.
	Heading indicator. Shows the heading that has to be flown towards the next waypoint of the active flight plan leg considering cross wind. Hidden if no flight plan loaded.

13.6. Aircraft and Ships

Symbol	Description
	Current user vehicle if connected to the flight simulator. Labels vary and can be customized in Options on the page Map Display. The user aircraft depends on selected aircraft (jet, piston/turboprop or helicopter).
	User aircraft on ground or ship.
	Aircraft carrier and frigate (X-Plane only)
	Needle showing the current ground track of the aircraft. Aircraft nose shows heading.
	User aircraft trail if connected to the flight simulator.
	Wind around the user aircraft with direction in degrees magnetic and speed.
	AI or multiplayer aircraft. Labels vary and can be customized in Options on the tab Map Display. The symbol depends on aircraft type (jet, piston/turboprop, helicopter or ship).
	Online network aircraft/client. Labels vary and can be customized as above.

13.7. Airports

Airports having control towers are shown in dark blue others in magenta. Add-on airport names and idents are shown italic and underlined throughout the whole program. Airports that are part of the flight plan have a light yellow text background.

The symbol is shown smaller if an airport has no runways. This is the case for some add-on airports that use another techniques like photo scenery to display runways.

Symbol	Description
	Airports with hard surface runways longer than 8,000 ft or 2,400 m. All runways longer than 4,000 ft or about 1,200 m are shown. Only for lower zoom distances.
	Airports with hard surface runways. White line shows heading of longest runway.
	Airports with soft surface runways.
	Empty airports shown in gray. No taxiways, no parking spots and no aprons.
	Seaplane base having only water runways.
	Military airport.
	Heliport having only helipads and no runways.
	Abandoned airport. All runways are closed.
	Airports that have fuel available.
	Add-on airports are always highlighted independent of Force Show Addon Airports or not. You can disable this in the options dialog on page Map Display by unchecking Highlight add-on airports.
	Weather at airport. See chapter Airport Weather below.
	Airport label showing name, ident, ATIS frequency, elevation, lighted runways (L) and length of longest runway. The text labels for an airport can be changed in the dialog Options on the tab Map Display.
	Airport runway overview shown before the full airport diagram when zooming in.

13.8. Navaids

Navaids that are part of the flight plan have a light yellow text background.

Symbol	Description
	VOR DME including ident, type (High, Low or Terminal) and frequency. Compass rose shows magnetic variation on lower zoom distances. Small blue rectangle at high zoom levels.
	VOR including ident, type and frequency. Tiny blue rectangle at high zoom levels.
	DME including ident, type and frequency. Small blue rectangle at high zoom levels.
	TACAN including ident, type (High, Low or Terminal) and channel. Compass rose shows magnetic variation on lower zoom distances. Small blue rectangle at high zoom levels.
	VORTAC including ident, type (High, Low or Terminal) and frequency. Compass rose shows magnetic variation on lower zoom distances. Small blue rectangle at high zoom levels.
	NDB including ident, type (HH, H, MH or CL - compass locator) and frequency. Small dark red circle at high zoom levels.
	Waypoint with name. Small magenta triangle at high zoom levels.
	User-defined waypoint with name.
	Invalid airport, waypoint, VOR or NDB that is part of the flight plan but could not be found in the Scenery Database.
	Marker with type and heading indicated by lens shape.
	Jet airway with label showing name, type (Jet or Both), minimum and maximum altitude. Text depends on zoom distance. A preceding arrow will show the allowed direction if the airway is one-way.
	Victor airway with label showing name, type (Victor or Both), minimum and maximum altitude. Text depends on zoom distance. A preceding arrow will show the allowed direction if the airway is one-way.
	Eastbound PACOTS track with flying direction, name 2 and type. Tracks having no east/west direction are shown in gray color.
	Westbound PACOTS track with flying direction, name H and type.
	ILS with glideslope and markers. Label shows ident, frequency, magnetic heading, glideslope pitch and DME indication if available.
	Localizer. Label shows ident, frequency, magnetic heading and DME indication if available.

13.9. Procedures

See chapter Procedures for more detailed information on all the legs.

Symbol	Description
	SID, STAR, approach or transition leg for flight plan and in preview with distance, direction and magnetic course at each leg.
	Missed approach leg for flight plan and preview.
	Dotted line indicates circle-to-land or straight-in part of a procedure leading to a runway end. Here part of flight plan.
	Vector leg indicating course to an initial fix. Here part of flight plan.
	Manual leg. Fly according to ATC instructions. Here shown as preview.
	Leg to alternate destination.
	Gray yellow filled circle indicates a procedure point which is not a navaid but defined by course and/or distance from a navaid, an altitude restriction or manual termination.
	A black circle indicates an overfly waypoint. Can be a procedure point or a navaid.
	The Maltese cross highlights the final approach fix or the final approach course fix.
	Prefix GS is not an altitude restriction but an indicator for the ILS glideslope altitude. Can mean at or at or above.
	Fly a heading, track or a hold until manually terminated by ATC.
	Intercept the next approach leg at a course of about 45 degrees.
	Procedure leg that is terminated when reaching the given altitude.
	A fix defined by a course or heading and distance to a navaid.
	Turn to intercept a radio navaid radial.
	This fix is defined by a heading or track which is terminated by reaching a DME distance.
	Intercept a course to the next fix at an angle of about 45 degrees.

13.10. Airport Diagram

Runway, taxiway, helipad and apron colors indicate surface type. White is used for an unknown or invalid surface type given by an add-on developer.

Symbol	Description
	Runway with length, width, light indicator (L) and surface type.
	Runway end with ident and magnetic heading.
	Displaced threshold. Do not use for landing.
	Overrun area. Do not use for taxi, takeoff or landing.
	Blast pad. Do not use for taxi, takeoff or landing.
	Taxiway with name and center line.
	Closed taxiway.
	Semi transparent dotted aprons and taxiways indicate that no surface is drawn. It might use a photo texture or simply the default background.
	Tower. Red if a tower frequency is available. Otherwise just view position.
	Fuel
	GA ramp with parking number and heading tick mark.
	Gate with number and heading tick mark. Second ring indicates availability of jetway.
	Cargo ramp
	Military combat parking or cargo ramp.
	Helipads. Red text indicates medical helipad. Color indicates surface.

13.11. Elevation Profile

The colors and symbols of the elevation profile follow the style of the main map as set in the options dialog on tab Map Display. Colors, patterns and symbols for airports, navaids, procedures, active and passed flight plan legs are the same. The profile display also follows other map settings like visibility of flight plan line, aircraft and aircraft trail.

Symbol	Description
	Ground with departure elevation on the left and destination airport elevation on the right.
	Flight plan altitude.
	Top of climb with distance from departure.
	Top of descent with distance to destination.
	At altitude restriction of a procedure with waypoint name.
	At or above altitude restriction of a procedure.
	At or below altitude restriction of a procedure.
	At or above and at or below (between) altitude restriction of a procedure.
	Minimum safe altitude for flight plan. This is elevation plus 1,000 ft rounded up to the next 500 ft. The 1,000 ft buffer can be changed in the dialog Options on the tab Flight Plan
	Minimum safe altitude for a flight plan segment. The same rules apply as to the minimum safe altitude for flight plan.
	User aircraft if connected to the simulator. Labels show actual altitude and climb/sink rate.
	User aircraft trail if connected to the flight simulator.
	ILS slope. Label shows ident, frequency, magnetic heading, glideslope pitch and DME indication if available. Only shown if an approach is selected and runway end has an ILS. Opening angle has no relation to actual slope precision.
	Visual Approach Slope Indicator. Label shows slope pitch and VASI type. Only shown if an approach is selected and runway end has a VASI. Opening angle has no relation to actual slope precision.

13.12. Airport Traffic Pattern

Color and indicators depend on user choice in Traffic Patterns dialog.

Symbol	Description
	Downwind leg of airport traffic pattern with altitude and magnetic course.
	Final leg of airport traffic pattern with runway and magnetic course.
	Arrow and dashed line shows path for pattern entry.
	Dashed line and arrows show path for pattern exit.
	White circle is active point at the runway threshold of the pattern. Mouse cursor changes above and allows to remove the pattern in the context menu.

13.13. Holding

Color depends on user choice in holding dialog.

Symbol	Description
	Holding fix, magnetic and true inbound course, time for straight leg and navaid ident (LBU). Ident is only shown if holding is attached to navaid. True course display depends on options.
	Magnetic and true outbound course, speed and altitude as given in the dialog. True course display depends on options.
	Active point and holding fix. Mouse cursor changes above and allows to remove the holding in the context menu.

13.14. MORA Grid

The minimum off-route altitude grid provides an obstacle clearance altitude within an one degree grid. The altitudes clear all terrain and obstructions by 1,000 ft in areas where the highest elevations are 5,000 ft MSL or lower. Where the highest elevations are above 5,000 ft MSL terrain is cleared by 2,000 ft.

Symbol	Description
	MORA grid. Large number is 1,000 ft and small number 100 ft. Example here: 3,300, 4,400, 6,000, 9,900 and 10,500 ft.

13.15. Airport Weather

13.15.1. Flight Rules

Symbol Color	Description
	VFR. Visual flight rules.
	MVFR. Marginal VFR. Visibility equal or below 5 statue miles or lowest ceiling at or below 3,000 ft.
	IFR. Instrument flight rules. Visibility below 3 statue miles or lowest ceiling below 1,000 ft.
	LIFR. Limited IFR. Visibility below 1 statue miles or lowest ceiling below 500 ft.

13.15.2. Cloud Cover

Symbol	Description
	No clouds.
	Few
	Scattered
	Broken ceiling
	Overcast

13.15.3. Wind

Symbol	Description
	No pointer indicates wind below 2 knots.
	Pointer without wind barb shows wind below 5 knots from north-west.
	Short barb is 5 knots wind.
	Long barb is 10 knots wind.
	50 knots wind.
	Example: 25 knots.
	Example: 65 knots.
	Example: 15 knots steady wind (black) gusting to 30 knots (red).

13.16. Winds Aloft

Symbol	Description
	No pointer indicates wind below 2 knots.
	Below 5 knots from west.
	Example: 25 knots.