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Help and Support Forums => Help and Training => Topic started by: Slade on June 13, 2025, 04:13:14 PM
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Guys,
How high (or far away) must a plane be to not be visible to another plane?
I noticed if I am in orbit in my territory, planes far below me dont seem to be able to see me until I get lower in alt.
Thank you,
Slade
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I have no knowledge of how to model flight visibility. But in this arena it is quite short. Airports only come into view at roughly 4-5 miles. Airplane dots I am guessing are 5-6 miles and icons obviously 3.5 miles.
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Guys,
How high (or far away) must a plane be to not be visible to another plane?
I noticed if I am in orbit in my territory, planes far below me dont seem to be able to see me until I get lower in alt.
Thank you,
Slade
A lot depends on your resolution settings. Higher res can see pretty far. VR maybe further. The icon clucks in at 6k. Label Icon or not I can see things very far away at 2560x1440 on 32” monitor . At 1080 not as far.
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Its all distance from you.
8k is dots. 8k from you planes show as a dot, vertical or horizontal.
6k is icon and map icons. On the map you will see planes that are 6k away from you or anybody on the map showing as a plane or bomber icon. Vis you will see the plane basic plane ID "LA" with a - for closing and a + for moving away
2k I think is when you get the more detailed ID "LA5" or "LA7"
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Thank you. :salute
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Its all distance from you.
8k is dots. 8k from you planes show as a dot, vertical or horizontal.
6k is icon and map icons. On the map you will see planes that are 6k away from you or anybody on the map showing as a plane or bomber icon. Vis you will see the plane basic plane ID "LA" with a - for closing and a + for moving away
2k I think is when you get the more detailed ID "LA5" or "LA7"
Close, its 800 yards when you can see the full plane type.
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Also, remember that distance is measured in yards, altitude is measured in feet. So if you are at sea level, a plane flying directly overhead at 12,000 feet would have an icon showing a distance of 4K, or 4,000 yards. If the plane is not directly overhead, but at an angle , the distance would be farther.