Features

What LiveTraffic can do

Feature overview, with links to more information and to configuration guidelines:

• Flight tracking data Channels

  • Input: Processes data from 8 tracking data providers, three of them for free (more, config)

  • Output traffic and user's plane data to ForeFlight (more, config)

• Visual aspects

  • Displays aircraft based on tracking data, using matching CSL models (more)

  • Keep parked aircraft at docking location, load parked aircraft from RealTraffic (config)

  • List of aircraft including details and actions (more)

  • External camera view starting out on any plane's tail, moveable (more)

  • Labels on aircraft show aircraft and flight data (more, config)

  • Map Layer in X-Plane's internal map showing all LiveTraffic aircraft (more)

• Sound

  • Engine, Reversers, Gear, Flaps, Taxiing (config)

  • Audio Engine: FMOD Core API by Firelight Technologies Pty Ltd.

• Weather

  • Define X-Plane's weather based on local METAR and RealTraffic's weather data (config)

• User Interface

  • hide and impersonate planes so you find your gap in a full queue (more)

  • bind keyboard/buttons to most important menu commands (more)

• Flight modelling

  • basic, parameterized flight modelling for rotate, roll, pitch, flare; acceleration, deceleration; gear, flaps; lights

  • wake turbulence support (more)

  • landing and take-off prediciton to calculate point of rotate, lift off, and touch down (more)

  • auto-land in case of live tracking data interruption on approach (more)

  • Ground traffic follows taxiways (more)

• Integration with others

  • TCAS, map and other tool support based on TCAS targets (more)

  • Supports XPMP2 Remote Client for distributing traffic across a local network, e.g. to support multiple External Visuals (setup)

  • Support for other plugins/tools to integrate with LiveTraffic's data (more).