Using the Profile View

The profile window is a very powerful feature of JIFP that displays a lot of information about your proposed route:

• Height of the Terrain

• Proposed flight altitude

• Distance along the route in nautical miles

• Airspace

• MEAs

• Winds Aloft and Cloud Data

The line of flight is plotted and displayed as a purple line from left to right in the profile. The horizontal axis of the profile displays distance across the top. Waypoint names from your route mark the horizontal axis at the bottom, listed left to right from departure to destination. Altitude increments display along the vertical axis.

When Winds Aloft data has been downloaded, the light blue arrows indicate direction and strength along the route. Hover the mouse over an arrow to see a tooltip with wind heading and speed, and route tailwind and crosswind components.

MEAs for IFR routes are shown by the yellow bars. Terminal airspace is shown as blue shaded areas, and restricted areas are shown in red.

Displaying or Hiding the Profile View

The profile window is active only when you have an actual route planned and displayed in the chart window.

To view, enlarge, or hide the profile:

1. Move the mouse pointer over the lower edge of the chart window until it changes to a double-sided arrow:

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2. Press the mouse button, and drag the frame border up or down to reveal or hide the profile window.

Changing the Profile Vertical Scale

To change the vertical axis or altitude scale of the profile window, move your mouse pointer over the top of the profile window just below the black border. The mouse pointer changes to a large arrow pointing up or down. Moving the pointer slightly up or down changes the direction of the arrow points.

Increasing the Profile Vertical Scale

Decreasing the Profile Vertical Scale

Resetting the Profile Vertical Scale

To reset the Profile View vertical scale, right-click in a blank area in the Profile View, and choose Reset Height.

Changing the Profile Horizontal Scale

To set the route mileage at the top of the Profile View to show either Distance From Start (cumulative) or Distance To End (remaining):

1. Right-click inside the Profile View.

2. Choose Distance from Start or Distance to End from the shortcut menu.

To change the horizontal or nautical mile scale of the Profile View:

1. Click and hold your mouse button down on one of the vertical graph lines.

2. Drag the line to the left or right. A small box appears, displaying the change.

3. Release your mouse button to set the new display.