New Alerts, Flight Overlays on Maps, and Automatic LAANC Linking
Our latest updates bring new tools for monitoring flight activity and managing mission compliance across your operations. You’ll find new alerts for mission boundaries, mission height limits, checklist completion, and pilot activity, along with a new feature that automatically overlays flight tracks on mission and LAANC maps. We’ve also consolidated LAANC authorizations and now automatically link flights to their corresponding LAANC requests. Let's dive in!
1) Alert: Exceeded Mission Area (as well as LAANC in US)
What it catches: A flight leaves the planned mission polygon or LAANC boundary.
The email notification includes a thumbnail map overlay so you can see the deviation at a glance.
2) Alert: Exceeded Mission Height (as well as LAANC in US)
What it catches: A flight climbs above the ceiling set in the mission plan or LAANC approval.
The notification includes a map snapshot that highlights the height violation.
3) Alert: No Checklists Assigned
What it catches: Missing pre-, post-, or both checklists after a grace period you define (as little as one hour).
Choose “Both required”, “Either is good”, or a specific checklist type when you create the alert.
4) Alert: Pilot Activity Threshold (updated)
What it catches: A pilot logs fewer flights or flight-hours than you specify over a given period—an upgrade from the older “no flights in X days” rule.
Example: Notify me if a pilot completes fewer than 5 flights or 2 flight hours within the last 30 days.
Deep-dive: Setting up Alerts help article
5) Mission & LAANC Overviews Show Flight Tracks
Open any mission or stand-alone LAANC request and the Overview tab now overlays the most recent 100 linked flights.
Click a track for date/time (linked to the flight), max height, max distance, and pilot-in-command (linked to their profile).
When you Save as PDF (missions only), the same map and a list of flights appear in the PDF—handy for client hand-offs and audits.
6) US users: Link Flights to LAANC Requests—Automatic & Manual
- Auto-link relevant flights is on by default for every stand-alone LAANC request created in the web portal; flights inside the authorized area/time window attach themselves automatically.
- Need to clean up older data? Open any flight and choose Actions ▸ Link Flights to LAANC to attach it manually.
- Benefit: Auditors see exactly which flights used which authorization.
Deep-dive: LAANC Authorization help article
7) US users: All LAANC Requests in One List
Stand-alone and mission-based LAANC requests now appear together in a single list everywhere you work.
Web Portal: Find them under PLAN ▸ LAANC.
Mobile Apps (iOS & Android): Both request types are now visible under the “Recent LAANC” tab.
Benefit: Review every authorization in one place—on mobile or on the web.
Questions or feedback? Reply here or contact us at support@airdata.com. Your input drives these updates!