Arrival manager for EuroScope

A simple arrival manager plugin for EuroScope. Uses the position predictions provided by EuroScope to visualize the arrival flow for a given airport or waypoint.

Download

The plugin .dll-file can be found under Releases. The AMAN-display will appear in a separate window once the plugin has been loaded.

Plugin configuration

Timelines are loaded from aman-config.json which must be placed in the same directory as the plugin dll. The file content can be reloaded at run time through the menu.

Example aman-config.json:

{
    "openAutomatically": false,
    "timelines": {
        "19R/19L": {
            "targetFixes": [ "GSW40", "GME40" ],
            "viaFixes": [ "ADOPI", "LUNIP", "ESEBA", "INREX", "RIPAM", "BELGU" ],
            "tagLayout": "myLayout",
            "destinationAirports": [ "ENGM" ]
        },
        "...": {
            "targetFixes": [ "....", "...." ],
            "viaFixes": [ "..." ],
            "tagLayout": "simpleLayout",
            "defaultTimeSpan": 60,
            "destinationAirports": [ "....", "...." ]
        }
    },
    "tagLayouts": {
        "myLayout": [
            { "source": "assignedRunway", "width": 4 },
            { "source": "callsign", "width": 8 },
            { "source": "static", "defaultValue": "¤", "width": 2, "isViaFixIndicator": true },
            { "source": "aircraftType", "width": 5 },
            { "source": "aircraftWtc", "width": 2 },
            { "source": "timeBehindPreceeding", "width": 5, "rightAligned": true },
            { "source": "remainingDistance", "width": 4, "rightAligned": true },
            { "source": "static", "width": 1 },
            { "source": "directRouting", "width": 5, "rightAligned": true, "defaultValue": "-----" },
            { "source": "static", "width": 1 },
            { "source": "scratchPad", "width": 4 }
        ],
        "simpleLayout": [
            { "source": "assignedRunway", "width": 4 },
            { "source": "callsign", "width": 8 }
        ]
    }
}

Note: the plugin uses the EuroScope font which is based on the ANSI/Windows-1252 character encoding. If you want to use special symbols like ¶, ¤, •, |, ©, ®, ¬, ‡ or º in your "static" tag fields you must save the JSON-file using that encoding (select "ANSI" encoding in notepad). Also note that some of these symbols have a custom representation in the EuroScope font - like ¶ which is displayed as a telephone, and ¤ which is a filled rectangle.

Timelines

Property	Description
targetFixes	Based on the assigned route, any aircraft expected to pass one of these fixes are shown in the timeline. When exactly two fixes are specified, a dual timeline is shown with the first fix on the left side and the second on the right side.
tagLayout	The id of the tag-layout that should be used for this timeline.
viaFixes	(optional) Each fix will be assigned a color, and aircraft with a route initially (any direct routings ignored) going through one of these fixes will be marked with the color. For example, this can give a better overview of which direction each aircraft is coming from. Only eight different colors are available at the moment.
defaultTimeSpan	(optional) If used, this will be the initial "zoom"-level (in minutes) when the timeline is loaded.
destinationAirports	(optional) If used, aircraft whose destination is not in destinationAirports will not be included.

Tag layouts

A tag layout has a set of tag values, which will be drawn in the specified order. Each tag value is configured using the following properties:

Property	Description
source	Where to get the value from (see table below).
width	The number of characters that the value should "reserve". If the value is longer than width it will be truncated.
rightAligned	(optional) Defaults to false.
isViaFixIndicator	(optional) If true, the value will be colored based on the "via fix". Defaults to false.
defaultValue	(optional) Can only be used if source is directRouting or static. Defaults to "".

The following sources are available:

Name	Description
callsign	Aircraft call sign.
assignedRunway	Assigned landing runway.
assignedStar	Assigned STAR.
aircraftType	ICAO aircraft code.
aircraftWtc	Wake turbulence category (L/M/H/S).
minutesBehindPreceedingRounded	Time behind preceeding aircraft (rounded to nearest minute).
timeBehindPreceeding	Time behind preceeding aircraft (mm:ss).
remainingDistance	Distance to target fix (nautical miles).
estimatedLandingTime	Estimated landing time (hh:mm).
directRouting	Direct routing (if any) given by ATC.
groundSpeed	Calculated ground speed.
groundSpeed10	Calculated ground speed (in tens).
altitude	Altitude (pressure altitude or FL).
scratchPad	Scratch pad value.
static	A static text, specified in the defaultValue property.

Available dot-commands

Command	Description
.aman open	Opens the window
.aman close	Closes the window

Building the project

Microsoft Visual Studio Community can be used to build and debug the plugin. Note that it must be compiled as x86 (32 bit) which is the architecture EuroScope is based on.

Screenshot