Aircraft Base Location
Based on requests from customers, we are pleased to announce we have released individual aircraft base locations for our business aviation and helicopter data sets.
This new data point is based upon the airport or helipad where the individual aircraft is most frequently known to be operating. We have built and researched this data by speaking to operators and OEMs, using flight tracking software, and monitoring enthusiast sources.
How often is the data updated?
In line with any operator or registration changes, we would research and update the base where necessary as part of our research flow.
If the aircraft remains with the same operator and the base appears to change, we will monitor and wait for confirmation or activity of longer than 2 weeks at the new location before updating.
Can I look at historical or future base data?
This release is focused on the current situation for the fleet and it has taken 18 months to research this, we do intend to include historical bases in the future.
In terms of “future” bases, we do not assign a base to an aircraft until it is delivered and in service.
These new fields will appear in the following areas in Fleets Analyzer
New Detail columns: Aircraft Detail Tab
As optional columns, named as follows:
- Base Airport ICAO
- Base Airport Name
- Base Airport City
- Base Airport Country
- Base Airport Region
These will appear in the Add/Remove Columns window, under a new section heading titled: Aircraft Base Location
New Detail columns: Aircraft Events Detail Tab
As optional columns, named as follows:
- Old Base Airport ICAO
- Old Base Airport Name
- Old Base Airport City
- Old Base Airport Country
- Old Base Airport Region
- New Base Airport ICAO
- New Base Airport Name
- New Base Airport City
- New Base Airport Country
- New Base Airport Region
- Current Base Airport ICAO
- Current Base Airport Name
- Current Base Airport City
- Current Base Airport Country
- Current Base Airport Region
These will appear in the Add/Remove Columns window, under a new section heading titled: Aircraft Base Location
New Detail columns: Accidents Detail Tab
As optional columns, named as follows:
- Base Airport ICAO at Accident
- Base Airport Name at Accident
- Base Airport City at Accident
- Base Airport Country at Accident
- Base Airport Region at Accident
These will appear in the Add/Remove Columns window, under an existing section heading titled: Aircraft in Accident
As optional columns, named as follows:
- Current Base Airport ICAO
- Current Base Airport Name
- Current Base Airport City
- Current Base Airport Country
- Current Base Airport Region
These will appear in the Add/Remove Columns window, under an existing section heading titled: Current Aircraft Details
New Groups: Aircraft Summary, Trend, and Projection Tabs. Aircraft Events Summary, Trend, and Projection Tabs
As grouping options, named as follows:
- Base Airport ICAO
- Base Airport Name
- Base Airport City
- Base Airport Country
- Base Airport Region
These will appear in the Add/Remove Grouping window, under a new section heading titled: Aircraft Base Location
New Summary Columns: Aircraft Summary Tab and Aircraft Events Summary Tab
As summary columns, named as follows:
- Total Base Airport ICAO
- Total Base Airports
- Total Base Airport Cities
- Total Base Airport Countries
- Total Base Airport Regions
These will appear in the Add/Remove columns window, under a new section heading titled: Aircraft Base Location
New Trend/Projection Metrics: Aircraft Trend, Projection Tabs and Aircraft Events Trend and Projections Tabs
As trend/projection metrics, named as follows:
- Total Base Airport ICAO
- Total Base Airports
- Total Base Airport Cities
- Total Base Airport Countries
- Total Base Airport Regions
These will appear in the Add/Remove columns window, under a new section heading titled: Aircraft Base Location
New Filters
A new filter page titled Base Location, under the Aircraft filter heading. With the following linked columns:
- Region
- Country
- City
- Airport
- ICAO
New filters in the Quick Filter Select (QFS) with the following names:
- Base Airport Name
- Base Airport ICAO
- Base Airport City
- Base Airport Country
- Base Airport Region
- Aircraft Profile page
Aircraft Profiles
On the main Summary section, at the bottom of the company role list (e.g. Aircraft operator, Aircraft Owner etc.) there will be a new section titled “Base Airport” (see screenshot below). Currently, to view this, you have to select the “view more” link, this will be changed in future as this link will be removed and the summary section will be fully expanded by default.
