Aerodrome Details

Function presentation

This display gives environment details for one Aerodrome associated to a selected date.
Data retrieved by this query are extracted from the ETFMS Environment database.

Opening the window

From the Application / ATFCM menu, select the option Environment / Aerodrome Details.

A new empty Aerodrome Details window will be opened with the following defaults :


On query preparation, the focus is set on the first input control with no default value : Aerodrome input control.

Preparing to query

The Observed period may be adjusted to one of the proposed values.
Common ATFCM Tactical / Pre-Tactical dates behaviour is implemented.
The Aerodrome control may be adjusted by selecting one of the ID proposed in the drop-down list or by keying in a new Aerodrome ICAO identifier in the dedicated input box.
The Send button will send the query to the CFMU system.
Aerodrome Details window may be closed before issuing any query.
The Reset action common functionality is implemented for this function.
Following query data elements are considered for activating the Reset action :

Displaying the query results

The title contains the time stamp when the information was retrieved from the CFMU system.
The header box of the window contains the different query data elements used to retrieve the displayed configuration :


Below the query header box, the equivalent IATA codification for the selected aerodrome.
At the top of the list, a counter indicates the number of periods retrieved.
This counter may be affected by filtering (fff / rrr Flights where fff is the filtered number and rrr is the retrieved number).
On query results display, the focus is set on the list after selecting the first period.
The main listbox of the window shows the list of periods with the associated detail values for the selected Aerodrome.
Each period line contains :

User interactions

When a period is selected, the right button of the mouse gives access to a sub menu.
The Normal / Proposal two states button may be adjusted before selecting an option of the popup menu described in the "Contextual actions" section.
The selected Normal / Proposal value will be transferred to the invoked function.
This window allows to modify a previous query selection and to issue a new request.
On query modification, the Reset action is enabled.
To display / hide the query part, click respectively the Down / Up arrow on the left underneath the split bar.
To update the display, click on the Send button on the button bar or select the Action / Send menu option. This will issue exactly the same query to obtain an up to date list.
To print the list, first retrieve, sort and filter the data in the window. When ready, click on the Print button or select the File / Print menu option.
To display a sub-selection of the retrieved data, click on the Filter button on the button bar or select the Action / Filter menu option and adjust the desired filtering criteria.
To modify the Sort sequence of the periods, click the column headers corresponding to your desired sort criteria.
To export the displayed details, click on the Export button or select the Action / Export menu option.
Increasing / reducing the window height and width will impact the size of the list control.

Contextual actions

When a line is selected in the list, the right mouse button pops up a contextual menu.
This popup menu lists the possible actions for the queried Aerodrome with the selected period and may contain the following options:

For the counts, the delays and the flight Lists, the transferred period may be affected by user preferences related to Default query period identification.