6.6. Status, Controls, and Legends

The status panel appears when active overlays have freshness information, controls, or legends.

Status

• `Aircraft count` shows the number of visible AvPlan Live aircraft when traffic is active.
• Weather, fuel, terrain, METAR, SIGMET, lightning, active airspace, and other rows show update age when available.
• Use status rows to confirm that an overlay has loaded recently.
  

Controls

• GAF controls step through available forecast periods.
• Weather controls step through available frames or play animated weather when available.
• Fuel controls filter visible fuel prices by update age.
  

Legends

• Weather legends explain radar, satellite, echo tops, or other active weather colouring.
• Terrain legends explain terrain clearance colours.
• Glide range legends explain reachable range and airport marker colours.
• Fuel legends explain price bands for the selected fuel type.
  

Clear Buttons

• Use `Clear Followed Aircraft` to clear followed aircraft context.
• Use `Clear Tracklog` to remove the displayed tracklog from the map.
  

*Collapse sections in the status panel when you need more map space.