SYSTEM BENEFITS Flight Explorer Professional

1 SYSTEM BENEFITS . Improve overall aircraft, weather and airport situational awareness through a single Flight Explorer graphical display Dispatch, monitor and reroute flights to achieve optimal fuel Professional . economy and on-time performance A Powerful, Reliable and Improve operational efficiency Real-time Decision Support Tool with better planning to maximize personnel and Flight Explorer Professional is an integrated Flight tracking and management decision support facility resources tool that provides members of the aviation community the SYSTEM features they require to Utilize real-time and predictive improve operational efficiency and the performance of their business. tools and data to anticipate Flight Explorer goes beyond Flight tracking, incorporating multiple data feeds, dynamic airport delays and make necessary operational weather overlays, situational alerts, predictive weather and predictive air traffic tools to make FE. adjustments Professional an essential Flight operations management tool.

2 Visually depict the planned Whether you run a major, regional, or commuter airline; a global air express or air cargo company;. route of Flight in relation to a major or regional airport; an air charter service; a fixed-based operation (FBO); or an airline- predicted weather and antici- related service; Flight Explorer helps your business make informed decisions on how best to pated air traffic and make manage your fleets, crew and overall Flight operations. necessary route adjustments Capture valuable Flight and airport information for ground KEY FEATURES. logistics management Utilize RVR data and displays Global Data Feeds - An exten- ing data for trucks, ships, cargo Preferred routes and display one to plan for takeoffs and land- sive and expanding source of or people, user-specific or more of them on Flight Explorer . ings accurately global data provides real-time weather, map overlays, or Monitor airspace with event Flight tracking information crew information. Airport Information View based alerts around the world via the FAA's METARs and TAFs, PIREPs, FAA.

3 Utilize real-time information ASDI feed for IFR traffic, interna- Flight Planning SYSTEM Delays, RVR data, sunrise and to provide superior customer tional radar feeds, Honeywell Integration Route-planning sunset information, Jeppesen's service GDC datalink, ACARS, and information can be shared worldwide airport database, and satellite/GPS tracking. between Flight Explorer and the AOPA Airport Directory. the Flight planning tools already Extensive Weather Options - in use. Flight Alert SYSTEM Extensive Display and animate North event SYSTEM generates alerts via American NEXRAD weather, Route Building, Checking and voice, e-mail, on-screen event list, worldwide IR satellite coverage, Display Import Company and PC audio or log file for aircraft international graphical events such as arrivals, METARs, and add other departures, change in dynamic weather including ETA, Flight plan or AIRMETS, SIGMETS, altitude; proximity to convective SIGMETS, and destination and METAR, Collaborative Convective RVR, Diversions and FAA.

4 Forecast (CCFP) and real- Delays. time lightning. User-Selectable Third-Party Data Graphical Overlays - Integration Seamlessly Graphics, including integrate third-party data Aircraft, Weather, into Flight Explorer , FE Professional provides users the ability to view routes in relation Airports (METAR, RVR, including position track- to other en-route traffic and weather. continued Flight Explorer Professional . Diversions), Cities, plan is filed to arrival at Highways, Terrain, the destination airport NAVAIDs, Fixes, Centers, and beyond. We utilize FE Professional in Sectors, Airways, SUAs, both our daily operation and Radar sites, Lat/long, FAA Delays - Provides analysis; it allows our opera- TRACONs and Time the current status of all tional managers to understand Zones can be overlaid on FAA issued airport and then react to situations in delays (ground real time. the base map. delay, ground stop, Christopher Forshier Operations Planning, SOCC. Map and Background airport closure, etc).

5 Continental Airlines Image Overlays . Users can view forecasts of Overlay any raster-based, Drawing Tools . anticipated traffic at an airport geo-referenced back- Draw custom Nothing compares to the or within a given sector and comprehensive feature set and ground images such as make planned route adjustments. objects on the ease of use of Flight Explorer FAA charts, aviation maps Flight Explorer Professional . and satellite imagery. Complete screen. Enable Casey Barr and Canadian street level FE Professional provides users with real- floor and ceiling Owner Services Manager time graphical alerts of diversions to maps from NAVTEQ are also altitudes to Regal Aviation and from airports. available. generate alerts Last Known Location'Tracking when aircraft enter or leave the ENSCO Predictive Weather See the last known arrival infor- area. Set up these objects with a Now view predicted graphical mation for any Flight tracked by direction and speed to box . weather scenarios 6 hours into Flight Explorer .

6 Always know concerns such as weather fronts the future. where and when your aircraft or turbulence. landed, even if the aircraft has NASA FACET Predictive Air been on the ground for 24 hours! Record/Playback Function - Traffic Provides the ability to Record the entire NAS activity view forecasts of anticipated My Fleet Status List View a and weather for training and traffic at an airport or within real-time status of your fleet, resource deployment evaluations. a given sector. selected from the time the Flight ESRI Shape File Support . Event Log and Reporting Import industry standard SYSTEM A real-time log of all vector image files (or create FE Professional . significant events occurring your own) to display geo- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. during a Flight or at an airport, graphical or company specific Windows XP/Server 2003/2000/NT. (2003 or XP are recom- recorded and exported to a points of interests such as mended). Internet access (either dedicated or database for analysis. hospitals, volcanoes, Customized events can also regions and more.)

7 Dial-up). be defined. Pentium 500 mhz 128 MB RAM. World Class Technical Screen resolution of at least 1280 x 1024, color depth of at least 16 bits (24. Graphical TFRs - Overlay Support - 24/7 telephone or 32 bit preferred). 32-bit color setting temporary Flight Restrictions and online support by (true color) will provide the best possible display presentation and to alert users to the latest responsive and knowledge- performance. For weather animation, street maps or changes in restricted airspace. able professionals. raster background imagery, minimum Pentium 1 Ghz and 512MB RAM is recommended. A display resolution of at least 1024 x 768, for easy, simultaneous, screen and overlay setting manipulation. With the Airport Summary features users can view METARs, TAFs, PIREPs and FAA Delays to better Note: Flight Explorer no longer supports 8-bit anticipate airport conditions and delays. paletted color mode. Toll Free: (within US) Phone: Fax: E-mail.