Using BUR AirportMonitor
AirportMonitor shows the flight tracks of aircraft arriving and departing to and from BUR, and from other airports throughout the region. It also shows aircraft transiting through the airspace.
· Green aircraft icons represent departures from BUR
· Blue aircraft icons represent arrivals to BUR
· Yellow aircraft icons represent flights to/from Van Nuys airport (VNY)
· Black aircraft icons represent aircraft operating to or from another airport in the region, general aviation aircraft, or aircraft that are transiting through the region at high altitudes
· Red indicates that you have selected that aircraft by clicking on it with your computer mouse

The size of the airplane icons is the same regardless of which type of aircraft it represents. At closer zoom levels, the size of the plane icon is larger than at wider zoom levels, to make the screen easier to view, and to simulate the effect of a changing “bird’s eye view.”

Zooming In and Out
Just under the map you will notice 5 buttons with corresponding zoom settings ranging from 6 miles to 96 miles. In order to change the view, just click the button corresponding to the map setting you desire.

General Aviation Identification

“General Aviation” is a term that covers both small, private planes as well as corporate jets. One way these are divided is into “VFR” (“visual flight rules,” generally the smaller, private propeller aircraft) and “IFR” (“Instrument Flight Rules,” generally the larger private or corporate jets).

On AirportMonitor, if a General Aviation aircraft is flying “VFR,” it will often be identified on the software by a radio frequency code “1200” and altitude; and it will not contain aircraft type, origin or destination (this limited information on some GA aircraft is due to the way they file their flight plans).

If a GA aircraft is flying “IFR” (most corporate and private jets fly “IFR”), then AirportMonitor will usually have all of the same information fields available as for scheduled airline flights.

Helicopters are represented as black aircraft icons, and usually identified with the “1200” code as well.

“Current” Mode
The default view for AirportMonitor is “Current,” which is the actual flight activity around BUR, with a 10-minute delay for security.

When you click on a flight in “current” mode, it will display SOME of that flight’s identification (limited in current mode for security):

· Aircraft type
· Altitude
· Internal track ID (this is an ID code you can use to identify a plane to BUR before its full identification is made available one hour later)

Replay Mode
AirportMonitor makes all flights available in replay one hour after they appeared in “current” mode, and makes available up to three months of past flight activity to be played back at any time. This makes it easy to review flight activity at your leisure, and review it as many times as you like within the three months period.

Replay become active for a given flight one hour after it has first appeared on AirportMonitor. When you click on a plane in replay mode, “Airline/Flight number” and “Origin and Destination” airports are added to the other information available in current mode (“aircraft type” and “altitude”).

To operate the replay, use the pull-down menus at the top of the page and enter the corresponding date and time you wish (using the 24-hour clock system), and then press the Start Replay button. To end the replay and return to the 10-minute delay mode press the ”Current” button.

Understanding Airline and Aircraft codes

The information contained in some of the data fields is encoded to conform to standard FAA contractions (or shorthand). If you wish to decode the information in the Flight ID, Aircraft Type, and Origin and Destination fields please click on the following links:

· Aircraft Type
· Airline Code
· Airport Identifier

A Word about Radar
Aircraft tracking radar, and the software that supports it, while highly reliable, is also complex. Sometimes circumstances can interfere with the signal, causing temporary distortions. For example, you will probably notice that an aircraft flying directly over BUR may temporarily disappear from the screen and then reappear away from the airport. This is due to the aircraft passing directly over the radar antenna and the temporary loss of signal. You may also notice aircraft icons sometimes “dropping off” and/or suddenly doing unusual things. This is especially true in the area immediately around BUR, but could also occur away from the airport as well. These “ghost” aircraft are due to radar reflections from the high rise buildings around the airport, and possibly from terrain and meteorological conditions farther away from BUR.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS/INFORMATION
· AirportMonitor is designed to run on any computer that runs Java Applets and JavaScript.
· A reasonable amount of memory is necessary (a minimum 64 MB of RAM is recommended), but nothing greater than people have for basic word processing applications; BUR AirportMonitor uses much less memory than the capacity of most newer computers.
· AirportMonitor runs best in Netscape or Internet Explorer versions 3.0 and greater. JavaScript and Java must be enabled.
· AirportMonitor may take some time to load and begin playing, depending on the speed of your connection and computer processor. The performance of AirportMonitor will be adversely affected by slow or intermittent Internet connections.
· AirportMonitor is a resource intensive application that is best run without too many other applications open at the same time.
¨ The optimal screen resolution for viewing this site is 1024 x 768
¨ This site will not work with WebTV.

LIABILITY STATEMENT

THIS WEB PAGE AND THE FLIGHT TRACKING INFORMATION IS A PUBLIC RESOURCE OF GENERAL INFORMATION. THE USE OF THIS SITE IS FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY. THE BURBANK-GLENDALE-PASADENA AIRPORT AUTHORITY MAKES NO WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION OR GUARANTEE AS TO THE CONTENT, SEQUENCE, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OF THE DATABASE INFORMATION PROVIDED HEREIN. THE USER OF THIS SITE SHOULD NOT RELY ON THE DATA PROVIDED HEREIN FOR ANY REASON. THE BURBANK-GLENDALE-PASADENA AUTHORITY EXPLICITLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE BURBANK-GLENDALE-PASADENA AIRPORT AUTHORITY SHALL ASSUME NO LIABILITY FOR:

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