The live map

Your airline's Live map (in the menu) shows every flight that ACARS is tracking right now. It updates by itself.

The counts at the top

Four numbers show how many flights are In the air, how many are On the ground (boarding, taxiing or at the gate), how many fly Online (VATSIM, IVAO) (a flight filed on a network that the network doesn't see right now isn't counted), and Pilots today: how many pilots have flown today.

Choosing which flights to show

The buttons under the counts filter the map and the list: All, one hub, one aircraft type (only the types flying now), or Online only for flights that VATSIM or IVAO sees right now.

A flight's details

Press a plane on the map, or Show on the map in the list, to open the flight's panel. It shows how much of the flight is flown and the time to go, the altitude, ground speed and vertical speed (V/S), the aircraft and its registration, the Network (the same badge as in the list), a small chart of the Altitude so far, and the next waypoint when the pilot has a SimBrief plan. Watch live shows when the pilot streams the flight (see Watching live).

Follow keeps the map centred on that flight as it moves. The × closes the panel.

What the map draws

The flown trail: the route already flown, coloured by phase: Climb, Cruise and Descent.
Still to fly: the rest of the SimBrief route, dashed, with its waypoints.
Planes keep moving along their heading between updates, so they glide instead of jumping.
A plane's popup stays open when the map updates.
Paused beside a flight's phase means the pilot's simulator is paused, and the plane stands still. Sim rate 4× means time runs faster in the simulator, and the plane glides that much faster. Both need ACARS 2.8.90 or newer.

The buttons on the map are Full screen (press again, or Esc, to leave it) and Follow flight for the flight you picked.

The list under the map

Each flight has its phase, its network (VATSIM or IVAO in green when the network sees the pilot right now, VATSIM · not seen in amber when the pilot chose a network but isn't on it at the moment, or Offline), a progress bar and its arrival time. Phases and times are in your language.

Who sees the map

Only your airline's pilots and staff see its live map. Pilots who tick Hide my flights from other pilots' live maps aren't shown to other pilots (see Privacy settings).