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Airspace Management

4D Airspace PlatformDeconflicts the sky in four dimensions.

Our commercially available platform plans, deconflicts, and monitors low-altitude traffic across space and time.

  • Streamlined air route planning
  • AI-powered for safety
  • A “living” 3D sky map

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  • 0180,000+ airportsRunways and airspace structure, one click away
  • 0220,000+ no-fly and restricted zonesPreloaded worldwide, avoided automatically
  • 03Every airspace classManaged layer by layer, by airspace classification
  • 0430+ mission templatesFlight filing and approval in one place
All-in-one AI airspace platform

One 3D Earth. The whole low-altitude sky.

4D Airspace Platform is a versatile AI system for airspace planning and management, built for air traffic control, flight planning, airspace resource optimization, flight filing and approval, and every kind of low-altitude operation. It adds time to 3D visualization, managing airspace in four dimensions and linking applications together.

Illustration: a city's low-altitude sky: towers and a landmark on a river, three air corridors leaving a rooftop vertiport with aircraft on them, a no-fly zone by the river, a restricted area over the mountains, an airport's tiered control zone and a storm cell Illustration · a city's low-altitude sky

Digital Earth Base

Multi-source 3D maps, global weather visualization, terrain simulation and time-zone sync: one accurate, visual spatial foundation and operating environment for low-altitude applications.

Airspace OS

The planning core of the low-altitude sky: AI airspace planning, smart 3D grids, conflict resolution and avoidance, air corridor management, AI airspace analysis and mission simulation, with open SDK and APIs.

Aviation Data Engine

Analytics dashboards showing traffic and operating efficiency live; flight data analysis, cost estimation and AI-driven decisions.

Integrated Control

A traffic situation wall and an approval workstation: see the whole sky, and keep approvals under control.

Airspace Demand Market

Post a flight mission in one click, or find the right job: demand and capability, matched.

The AI operating system for airspace

A real Earth. A computable sky.

Powered by an industry-leading 3D Earth engine, the platform renders a high-precision, interactive digital twin: real global terrain and buildings at a glance, an interface anyone can pick up, and AI situational awareness and control for every user. In a geospatial context it interacts directly with custom clients, IoT devices and AI algorithms, supporting advanced algorithm testing, flight data analysis and airspace decisions.

Building the new highways of the sky

One cell of airspace, one moment, one aircraft.

3D structured airspace and 4D routes: every route carries time, so the platform knows which cell of airspace it passes through, and when. When two aircraft would enter the same cell at the same moment, it finds out before take-off and separates them in time or altitude: the conflict is solved on the ground.

Illustrative · deconfliction in space and time
  1. 014D trajectoriesEach route carries time: which cell of airspace it passes through, and when.
  2. 02Detect conflictsTwo routes in the same cell at the same moment are flagged at once.
  3. 03ResolveShift a departure time or a flight level for a plan with no conflicts.
  4. 04Clear and protectEvery aircraft carries a protection sphere with a custom safety distance; on a route conflict or a terrain threat it flashes an alert.
  • Airspace designStandard, civil and drone-restricted airspace shown on the globe; custom airspace, geofences, restricted lines, no-fly and restricted zones of any shape, height and thickness
  • Air corridorsDefined boundaries and heights, conflicts avoided, dense traffic flowing safely
  • 3D gridsGrid type, shape, size and layer height defined freely, the base for zoning, flow management and risk assessment
  • Multi-aircraft planning and replayImport missions in bulk and rehearse fleets and formations; drag the timeline to any moment
Airspace AI agent

Can you fly, where to land, how to get there: AI works it out.

Live weather, 3D terrain, city buildings, airspace control, population density, aircraft performance and airport data, computed together: a flyability heat map, the best landing sites and the best route in seconds. Decisions stop being guesswork.

Illustrative · flyability, sites and route
Illustration: an area in a valley scored cell by cell for flyability: slopes, the town, a no-fly zone and a storm cell score low, open ground high; the best and worst points are read outIllustration

AI flyability analysis

Assess flying conditions anywhere in one click. Live weather, 3D terrain, city buildings, airspace control, population density, aircraft performance and airport data are fused to judge how flyable any point is; a heat map shows the risk levels, so flight and mission decisions rest on numbers, not guesswork.

Illustration: candidate landing sites scanned densely across a city district, rooftops, a park and open lots coloured by score; the best three are marked with their service radiusIllustration

AI site selection

Find the best place to operate within any area, automatically. Temporary landing sites for emergency response, the best hubs for logistics: a dense grid scan and multi-factor scoring pick the ideal spots from tens of thousands of candidates, shown as a heat map.

Illustration: a route from a city to a mountain village keeps clear of the no-fly zone by the city and the storm over the direct pass, crosses by the other pass and stops on the way; the dotted red line is the shortest route, through the stormIllustration

AI route planning

Complex 3D routes computed in seconds. High-resolution global terrain, restricted areas and wind fields are fused in real time; distance, time, energy and risk are weighed to avoid no-fly zones and bad weather for a smooth, safe optimal trajectory. Fastest, shortest or lowest-risk options come back at once, with multi-aircraft coordination and waypoints, and no more drawing routes by hand.

See Flight Path Planning
Vertiport simulation

Fly it before you build it.

Site model, approach and departure procedures, pre-checks, fly-in preview, report: five steps in one loop. Whether a site can be built, and whether it should be, is answered before the drawings are final.

Illustrative · vertiport simulation
  1. 01Site modelPlace the vertiport, its pads, buildings and boundary.
  2. 02ProceduresApproach and departure corridors generated for the aircraft type and the wind.
  3. 03Pre-checksEight checks and an A–D site grade.
  4. 04Fly-in and reportThe aircraft flies in, in 3D; reports and data export in one click.

Eight checks

  • Site terrainTrue to the ground, with steep slopes marked
  • Obstacle clearanceClearance surfaces along each corridor; any penetration raises an alarm
  • Airspace and airportsChecked in 3D against no-fly and controlled zones, height limits included
  • Weather and noiseLive wind sets the corridors; schools and hospitals in the noise footprint are listed
  • Capacity and queuesHourly capacity and pad use, with expansion advice when overloaded
  • A–D site gradeSix weighted factors; a fatal flaw caps the grade
  • Design by aircraft typeDesigned for each aircraft type, across eight kinds of sites
  • Compare optionsSaved automatically, graded side by side
Integrated control

See the whole sky. Keep approvals under control.

Live flights, drones in the air, airspace and corridors on one screen; from aircraft registration and fleet dispatch to filing and approval, operations run in one loop.

Illustration: drones on three air corridors over a coastal city, each tagged with its number and battery; one low on battery in red, one off its corridor in amber; vertiports on the waterfront and a weather-radar echo over the sea Illustration · live multi-drone operations

Real-time situational awareness

The whole sky in view: positions, status and alerts of every aircraft gathered live and shown clearly. Low battery, lost signal and off-route alerts reach you the moment they happen: acknowledge, locate and act in one click. On the situation wall, airspace, corridors, landing sites and airports worldwide sit on one screen, with weather radar and wind overlaid for duty and command.

Smart fleet management

From a single aircraft to a formation: battery, signal strength, altitude and heading of every aircraft tracked live, with list and grid views to find any one fast; create a formation in one click for swarm operations and coordinated inspection.

Aircraft lifecycle management

From type registration to mission dispatch in one place: technical data, 3D appearance and maintenance status of every aircraft on record, linked to operations, AI route planning and flyability analysis, so the right aircraft flies the right mission.

Airspace approval and flight filing

From request to approval in one place: 30+ mission templates, qualification matching and automatic compliance pre-checks, with a filing assistant to complete the paperwork. The approval workstation gathers the review queue, checks each request on the 3D map, flags conflicts and compliance issues, and closes the loop with approve, return or reject; progress and history stay transparent.

Airspace planning and 3D scenes

From national airspace down to every route and every cell.

Airspace classes, 3D grids, flight trajectories and city scenes, all in one editable 3D map you can replay.

Illustration: 3D grid cells in one altitude band over a city: cells taken by towers in red, the route weaving round them through the cells it books in blue; on the hill to the right the grid follows the ground
Illustration: three aircraft trajectories coloured by speed; one track's waypoints are numbered and one is being edited; time ticks along the tracks close up where the aircraft slow down
3D grids and flight trajectories

Airspace managed cell by cell.

Fixed-shape and free-form 3D grids for refined management and efficient use of airspace resources.

  • Design multi-aircraft trajectories online, editing 3D position and attitude point by point
  • Import, export and edit trajectories online; parses DJI, ArduPilot, PX4 and other flight data formats
  • Trajectories shown in 4D, with time as the fourth dimension
  • Dynamic flight simulation shows motion, speed and spatiotemporal relationships to verify flight plans and detect conflicts
Illustration: airspace data at the scale of a country: provincial borders, airports with runways and control zones by class, city lights, restricted areas inland and along the coast, danger areas over the sea
Nationwide airspace hierarchy

Airspace data, ready to use.

Preloaded with a worldwide airport and runway database, nationwide controlled airspace and critical no-fly zones, covering every airspace class (A, B, C, D, E, G and W). The data that safe, compliant planning needs is there from day one, with no manual import.

  • 80,000+ airports worldwide, one click to jump to any, with runway data and airspace structure for reference
  • 20,000+ no-fly and restricted zones worldwide, with DJI and FAA no-fly data built in, avoided automatically in planning
Illustration: building the 3D scene: a city on a river with a landmark tower, an electronic fence round the stadium, a block being generated, an administrative boundary across the hills
Illustration: districts divided by administrative boundaries; one is raised along its border, with its seat town in the middle
Rich 3D scene building

A 3D world, exactly as you see it.

A high-performance rendering engine delivers accurate global 3D terrain, a reliable geospatial baseline for airspace planning and flight simulation.

  • Add landmarks, buildings and infrastructure as 3D models; the building editor generates realistic districts in one click, for sharper, more immersive awareness
  • Create and manage geofences that precisely delineate operating areas
  • Country, province, city and county boundaries drawn precisely, so planning and responsibilities are clear
  • Day, night and weather change dynamically; drag the timeline to any moment
Illustration: traffic at scale over a coastal metro area: dozens of aircraft on the route network, ADS-B ground stations and their coverage, satellites overhead linked to aircraft, and one pair flagged red for being too close
Illustration: routes over a city, every aircraft inside its protection sphere, the sphere turning red where two routes meet
Next-generation air traffic management

Large fleets, one coordinated system.

Real-time large-scale multi-aircraft cooperative planning, airspace situation analysis, autonomous fleet management and spatial computation optimization; accelerated parallel simulation and reasoning improve formation networking, airspace safety and management efficiency.

  • Every aircraft in the airspace located in real time over the global ADS-B network
  • BeiDou, GPS and other satellite systems visualized live, so signal status is always known
Flight data analytics platform

Every flight, turned into data you can read.

Acquisition, cleansing, fusion, storage, management and analysis of flight data at scale, mined by intelligent algorithms for performance optimization, risk assessment, anomaly detection and decision support: from raw data to actionable insight.

0 flights analysed Illustrative · flight big data
  • Flight-log analysisPX4 and DJI logs parsed and visualized in depth, for insight into every flight; a public log library to browse
  • Data centerAir-traffic heat maps, mission completion, live alerts and system health at a glance
  • Anomaly detection and riskOff-route flights, geofence breaches and lost signals flagged automatically
  • Cost estimation and decisionsAirspace use and operating costs estimated precisely and analysed in depth, for better operations and AI-driven decisions
AI platform for every type of aircraft

Intelligence for aircraft, in every dimension.

20+ capabilities for real-world applications: upload aerial video for intelligent analysis, with trajectory tracking and risk assessment built in, from inspection to mission decisions, powered by Flyward's vision-language model.

20+capabilities and industry applications
Illustration: an aircraft ringed by nine capabilities: inspection, airspace control, energy optimization, data fusion, mission decisions, terrain following, video analysis, trajectory tracking and risk assessment Illustration · nine core capabilities
Open and easy to use

Fits your systems. Fits your team.

A flexible architecture and an open design let the platform grow into your business; a clear interface and versatile controls let your team pick it up straight away.

Open algorithm integration and custom development

Customized to your operations

Open SDK and APIs, with deep customization for your needs. Specialized modules common in UAV inspection systems can be integrated into or extended from the platform to suit your scenarios:

  • Situational monitoring
  • Command and dispatch
  • Mission management
  • Route planning
  • Media library
  • Hazard management
  • Equipment statistics and distribution
Efficient, intuitive interaction

Professional, and easy on the hands

  • Versatile control modes: mouse and keyboard together for fast scene navigation and quick access to every function
  • A clear layout, well-organized panels and intuitive information for a professional experience
  • A status bar shows key information and live system feedback, so you always know the system's state

Remote ID and USS compliance

Monitor Remote ID drones live and check USS compliance status, ready for international operations.

Airspace Demand Market

From individual pilots and start-ups to large enterprises: post a flight mission in one click, or take on the jobs that suit you, with smart matching and a fully controlled process.

Aviation History Museum

Key moments of aviation history pinned on the 3D globe, with stories and interactive pop-ups, for education and outreach.

Applications

Those who manage the sky, fly it and build for it, on one platform.

An airport control tower silhouetted at sunset

Airspace authorities

Airspace design, flight approvals and oversight: one platform for all the low-altitude airspace in your jurisdiction.

An inspection drone over an offshore wind farm

Drone and eVTOL operators

Logistics, inspection, tourism and passenger flights: routes, fleets and missions managed in one place.

A rooftop helipad on a skyscraper at dawn

Vertiport planning

Siting, obstacle clearance, noise and capacity assessed: the answer before construction starts.

An engineer at a flight simulator console

Research and education

Airspace simulation, algorithm validation and teaching: a low-altitude lab for universities and research institutes.

4D Airspace Platform

Every low-altitude flight, seen, planned and protected.

  • Take control of large-scale mixed trafficStreamlined, compliant route planning
  • A living 3D sky mapSee through the fourth dimension
  • Smart planning of sky highwaysAI-powered for safety

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