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By the end of this guide, you will have used the Dispatch Dashboard to monitor active flights, track fleet status and weather, detect crew conflicts, and perform quick status transitions — all from a single real-time workstation.
The Operations module must be enabled for your workspace. You also need the appropriate operations permissions. Contact your workspace administrator if you cannot access these features.
You need the dispatch.read permission. To perform status transitions, you also need dispatch.update.
Open the Operations sidebar and click Dispatch Dashboard under the Dashboards group. The page header displays the breadcrumb path Ops > Dispatch Dashboard and includes a New Trip button.

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Understand the live fleet map

The top section of the page is a full-width interactive map showing your entire fleet and today’s active routes.
  • Aircraft markers appear color-coded by movement state — green for airborne, amber for taxiing, gray for parked. Marker positions update in real time via ADS-B/SSE when tracking is configured; otherwise the map falls back to the last known position stored in your database.
  • Route lines connect origin and destination airports for confirmed, dispatched, released, and active trips. Line color matches the trip status.
  • Airport markers appear at all departure and arrival airports for today’s flights. Hover over a marker to see the station’s current METAR category, wind, and visibility.
  • Breadcrumb trails show the recent track of each airborne aircraft when the breadcrumbs layer is enabled.
Use the layer toggle in the top-right corner of the map to show or hide routes, airport markers, aircraft labels, and breadcrumb trails independently. Click any aircraft marker to open the Detail Sidebar on the left side of the map. The sidebar shows: Click anywhere outside the sidebar or press its close button to dismiss it.

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Read the KPI strip

Six animated stat cards appear below the map. They represent a snapshot of operations as of page load and do not auto-refresh — use the New Trip button area or navigate away and back to get updated counts.
A non-zero Pending Requests count indicates trip requests that have not been accepted or declined. Resolve them from the Today’s Flights table or by navigating to the trip detail page.

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Work with the Today’s Flights table

The Today’s Schedule card occupies the left two-thirds of the lower section. It shows all trips with a departure or arrival falling within the current calendar day, ordered by departure time.

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Filter by flight type

Five tabs narrow the table to the flights you care about:

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Read the table columns

Rows with delayed status are highlighted in amber. Rows with cancelled status are highlighted in red.

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Perform quick status transitions

Two status transitions are available directly from the table without opening the trip detail page:
  • Mark Departed — available for trips in dispatched status. Click the takeoff icon button in the Actions column. A confirmation dialog appears before the trip moves to active.
  • Mark Arrived — available for trips in active status. Click the landing icon button. A confirmation dialog appears before the trip moves to close_out for post-flight processing.
Status transitions made from the dashboard bypass the full release checklist. Use this only for in-the-moment corrections when the release process has already been completed on the trip detail page. Under 14 CFR Part 135, dispatchers remain responsible for ensuring the crew has received all required release information before departure.

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Check the compliance gate

Trips approaching dispatch show a compliance indicator in the Status column:
  • Green check — all pre-departure compliance checks passed (crew duty, currency, eAPIS, FRAT).
  • Amber warning — a limit is approaching (e.g., crew duty at 80%). Dispatch is allowed but warrants review.
  • Red block — one or more compliance checks failed. The trip cannot be dispatched until the issue is resolved.
When a trip is blocked, hover over the red indicator to see which specific checks failed. Resolve the issue from the trip detail page or, for duty time exceptions under 14 CFR 135.267(c), use the override workflow on the trip’s dispatch panel. See Dispatch Statuses for the full list of compliance checks. Clicking an active trip row (not the Trip # link or an action button) scrolls the live fleet map to that aircraft’s position and opens its detail sidebar.

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Monitor the Fleet Status panel

The Fleet Status card occupies the right third of the lower section alongside the Today’s Flights table. It lists every non-deleted aircraft in your fleet as a compact row: Use this panel to quickly identify which aircraft are on the ground, which are in the air, and which are out of service — without leaving the dashboard.

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Review weather conditions

The Weather card appears in the lower-left quadrant of the page. It pulls live METAR data for every departure and arrival airport in today’s flight schedule, plus the current known location of each aircraft. Each station row shows:
Weather data is sourced from METAR reports fetched at page load time. METARs are typically issued every 60 minutes and updated more frequently at major airports during significant weather. Reload the page or navigate away and back to get a fresh weather snapshot.
Flight categories (VFR, MVFR, IFR, LIFR) are color-coded on each station row. If you see IFR or LIFR conditions at a destination airport, alternate airport filing may be required under 14 CFR 135.223.

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Act on conflict alerts

The Conflict Alerts card appears in the lower-right quadrant alongside the Weather card. The dashboard automatically scans today’s crew assignments for two categories of violations required by 14 CFR Part 135 Subpart F: Crew double-booking — A crew member (PIC, SIC, or flight attendant) assigned to two or more trips on the same day. The alert shows the crew member’s name, role, and the affected trip numbers. Duty time exceeded — A crew member whose recorded duty period exceeds the 14-hour duty day limit, or whose flight time exceeds the 8-hour limit (per 14 CFR Part 135 Subpart F). The alert shows the crew member’s name and the actual hours recorded. Each alert row displays a severity level and a Resolve button: Click Resolve on any conflict to open a resolution dialog where you can adjust the crew assignment or acknowledge the exception. If no conflicts exist, the panel displays a green No conflicts detected message.
Conflict detection runs against today’s scheduled trips at page load. It does not monitor in real time. If you make crew assignment changes elsewhere, reload the dashboard to re-evaluate conflicts. Duty time limit compliance under 14 CFR Part 135 Subpart F is a regulatory obligation — do not dismiss flight time exceeded alerts without documented justification.

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Typical daily dispatch workflow

Use the Dispatch Board

Assign trips to aircraft with drag-and-drop and manage the trip queue.

Create a Trip

Full walkthrough of the trip creation wizard from request to release.

Conduct a FRAT

Submit a Flight Risk Assessment and understand FRAT score badges.

Aircraft Statuses

What each aircraft status means for dispatch availability and operations.
Last modified on April 11, 2026