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The Flight Deck

An interactive flight deck built for AvGeeks, trainee pilots, and the aviation-curious. Real-time weather, live traffic, flight calculators, and a 360° cockpit view — all in one place.

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Chronos // GlobalWorld Times
LHRLONDON
10:11
JFKNEW YORK
06:11
DXBDUBAI
14:11
HKGHONG KONG
18:11
Vector_Sync: Active
REF_UTC // 0x23DD

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Visual Transmissions from FL350

LINK_OK
STATION_READY
View Airbus A350
GO TO STATION

WX_UPLINK_STABLE
ICAO // METAR DECODERGlobal TelemetryReal-time aviation weather lookup. Enter any airport ICAO code to decode live METAR data.
ICAO_
AWAITING_UPLINK
Enter an airport ICAO code above

Radar // TunableActive Nodes
Live traffic around any major airport — enter an ICAO code.
ChronosZulu Time
Global UTC — the single clock every pilot flies by.
DATA_LINK_LOCKED
10:11:24REF_UTCSYNCED
Sat_UplinkWeather Radar
Live precipitation — see what's ahead before the crew does.
SAT_LINK: OK
COMMS_RELAYPhonetic Link
Type anything — hear it the way pilots say it.
Alpha Three Five Zero
OSC_UPLINKGlobal Stability
Macro turbulence forecast across active flight levels.
OSC_DATA: OK
Warning // LiveSIGMET Alerts
Significant weather advisories affecting cruising altitudes.
CONVECTIVE1200Z
N_ATLANTIC // 45N
SEVERE TURB1300Z
LONDON FIR // SE
MTN WAVE1400Z
ALPS // SWISS
Energy ManifestFuel Planner
Block fuel estimate — range, weight, speed, wind.
RANGE
TOW_T
TAS
WND
EST_TIME7h 32m
REQ_FUEL59.1T
TOD_CALCDescent Planner
Top of Descent calculated on the 3-to-1 profile.
CRZ_ALT
TGT_ALT
TOD_CALC96NM
Landing_VectorWind Matrix
Crosswind and headwind components for any runway.
RWY
DIR
KTS
X-WIND
13KT
HEAD
15KT
Speed VectorVelocity Matrix
Mach to True Airspeed — temperature corrected.
MACH_UNIT
OAT_°C
TRUE_AIRSPEED490KTS
Atmos // ProfileStability Scan
Vertical atmospheric stability across flight levels.
SENSOR_LOG: IDLEFL410
92%
FL390
88%
FL370
45%
FL350
12%
FL330
65%
FL310
84%
Squawk MatrixProcedural IDs
Standard transponder codes — reference only.
7500HijackSIGNAL
7600Comm FailSIGNAL
7700EmergencySIGNAL
// Standard reference codes used by pilots worldwide. Not indicators of any current event.

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