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SYSTEM BENEFITS

à Improve overall , weather and airport situational awareness through a single Flight Explorer graphical display ® à Dispatch, monitor and reroute Professional flights to achieve optimal fuel economy and on-time performance A Powerful, Reliable and à 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 community the system features they require to à 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 weather overlays, situational alerts, predictive weather and predictive air traffic tools to make FE necessary operational adjustments Professional an essential flight operations management tool. à 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 à Capture valuable flight and airport information for ground KEY FEATURES logistics management à Utilize RVR data and displays Global Data Feeds - An exten- ing data for trucks, , 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 à 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 à Utilize real-time information ASDI feed for IFR traffic, interna- Flight Planning System Delays, RVR data, sunrise and to provide superior customer tional feeds, Honeywell Integration – Route-planning sunset information, Jeppesen’s service GDC datalink, ACARS, and information can be shared worldwide airport database, and /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, ; proximity to convective SIGMETS, and destination and METAR, Collaborative Convective RVR, Diversions and FAA 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 www.flightexplorer.com

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 real time. the base map. delays (ground delay, ground stop, – Christopher Forshier airport closure, etc). Operations Planning, SOCC Map and Background Continental Airlines Image Overlays – Overlay any raster-based, Users can view forecasts of 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 make planned route adjustments. objects on the ground images such as ease of use of Flight Explorer FAA charts, aviation maps Flight Explorer Professional. and satellite imagery. Complete screen. Enable – Casey Barr U.S. and Canadian street level FE Professional provides users with real- floor and ceiling Owner Services Manager maps from NAVTEQ are also time graphical alerts of diversions to 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. 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 à Windows XP/Server 2003/2000/NT points of interests such as 4.0/Me/98 (2003 or XP are recom- recorded and exported to a mended) database for analysis. hospitals, volcanoes, à Internet access (either dedicated or Customized events can also regions and more. dial-up) be defined. à Pentium 500 mhz 128 MB RAM World Class Technical à Screen resolution of at least 1280 x Support - 24/7 telephone 1024, color depth of at least 16 bits (24 Graphical TFRs - Overlay or 32 bit preferred). 32-bit color setting temporary Flight Restrictions and online support by (true color) will provide the best responsive and knowledge- possible display presentation and to alert users to the latest performance. changes in restricted airspace. able professionals. à For weather animation, street maps or raster background imagery, minimum Pentium 1Ghz and 512MB RAM is recommended. à 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.

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