Spawning aircraft
Putting a single aircraft where you want it, and taking one off the scope again.
| Command | Meaning |
|---|---|
spawn <CALLSIGN> AT <POSITION> [<KEY> <VALUE> ...] | Place a single aircraft |
delete <CALLSIGN> | Remove one aircraft |
delete ALL | Remove every aircraft |
<CALLSIGN>, delete | Remove the aircraft you have selected |
A session generates its own traffic. spawn and delete are what you need when you want to
rehearse one particular situation instead of working a flow.
delete is the one command that uses your selection instead of ignoring it: with an aircraft
selected, <CALLSIGN>, delete removes it without typing the callsign out.
While the simulation is paused, spawn is refused with a reply naming
who paused it and since when. delete keeps working.
Position and keys
spawn DLH123 AT (48.3538, 11.7861) ALT FL100 HDG 220 TYPE A320 SQ 2000
spawn ROK1 AT ROKIL ALT FL120 HDG 180
spawn MINI AT (48.5, 11.5)The position is either a coordinate in parentheses, with , or ; as the separator (Aurora's
right-click coordinate paste (48.78;11.31;) works as pasted), or the ident of a fix. A fix
ident that exists more than once in the world resolves to the one nearest the airports your
position works; a position the server has no airports on file for is asked to use the coordinate
form instead.
Every key after the position is optional, may appear in any order, and may appear only once.
TYPE takes any of the 213 aircraft types the server flies.
| Key | Example | Default | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
ALT FL<N> / ALT <FT>FT | ALT FL120 | FL100 | Initial altitude. The value carries its unit suffix (FL or FT) in a single token. A bare FL120 or 9000FT without the key also works, as a positional shorthand. |
HDG <DEG> | HDG 270 | 360 | Initial heading, 1 to 360. |
SPD <KT> | SPD 250 | the type's schedule | Initial speed in knots indicated, between the type's own landing reference speed and its maximum operating speed. Supplying it sets a speed restriction; without it the aircraft follows its type's published phase schedule. |
TYPE <ICAO> | TYPE A320 | A320 | ICAO type, from the 213 in the registry. An unknown type is refused. |
SQ <CODE> | SQ 1234 | 2000 | Squawk Mode-C code, four digits. |
ORIG <ICAO> | ORIG EDDH | ZZZZ | Flight-plan origin, ICAO 4444 Field 13. |
DEST <ICAO> | DEST EDDM | ZZZZ | Flight-plan destination, ICAO 4444 Field 16. |
CRUISE FL<N> | CRUISE FL360 | FL360 | Filed cruising level, ICAO 4444 Field 15b, independent of the spawn altitude. The value carries its unit in a single token, so CRUISE 24000FT works too. |
ALTN <ICAO> | ALTN EDDF | none | Filed alternate, ICAO 4444 Field 16. |
RULES I|V|Y|Z | RULES V | I | Flight rules, ICAO 4444 Field 8a. The spelled-out IFR and VFR are also accepted. |
FTYPE S|N|G|M|X | FTYPE G | S | Flight type, ICAO 4444 Field 8b: scheduled, non-scheduled, general, military or other. |
EQUIP <CODE> | EQUIP SDFGRWY | per type | ICAO equipment letters, Field 10a. The per-type default is SDE2E3FGHIRWXY, whose R-bit is why Field 18 PBN/ defaults alongside it. |
XPDR <CODE> | XPDR LB1 | per type | Transponder capability code, Field 10b. The per-type default is LB1. |
REG <REG> | REG D-AIZP | none | Registration, written into Field 18's REG/ subkey. Filed hyphen-free per ICAO 4444, so D-AIZP becomes DAIZP. |
A bare FL120 or 9000FT without the ALT key also works. An unknown type is refused, and a
speed outside the type's envelope is clamped to it with a note saying so.