On this page Home Flighting Programming APIs SimVars Services Variables The tables below indicate the requirements for the Simulation Variables that can be used to get and set the different properties for the available airport service vehicles and personnel. For information on the units listed for each variable, please see here: Simulation Variable Units
You can find a complete index of all available SimVars here: SimVar Index
Baggage Loader# Simulation Variable Index Description Units Settable BAGGAGELOADER ANGLE CURRENTN/A Current angle of the baggage loader ramp, relative to the ground. Degrees BAGGAGELOADER ANGLE TARGETN/A Target angle of the baggage loader ramp, relative to the ground. Degrees BAGGAGELOADER END RAMP YN/A “Y” axis position of the end of the baggage loader ramp, relative to the ground. Meters BAGGAGELOADER END RAMP ZN/A “Z” axis position of the end of the baggage loader ramp, relative to the ground. Meters BAGGAGELOADER PIVOT YN/A “Y” axis position of the baggage loader ramp pivot, relative to the ground. Meters BAGGAGELOADER PIVOT ZN/A “Z” axis position of the baggage loader ramp pivot, relative to the ground. Meters
Boarding Ramp# Simulation Variable Index Description Units Settable BOARDINGRAMP ELEVATION CURRENTN/A The current altitude AGL of the top of the boarding ramp stairs. Meters BOARDINGRAMP ELEVATION TARGETN/A The target altitude AGL of the top of the boarding ramp stairs. Meters BOARDINGRAMP END POSITION YN/A The “Y” axis position of the top of the boarding ramp stairs when extended at maximal capacity, relative to the ground. Meters BOARDINGRAMP END POSITION ZN/A The “Z” axis position of the top of the boarding ramp stairs when extended at maximal capacity, relative to the ground. Meters BOARDINGRAMP ORIENTATION CURRENTN/A The current orientation of the boarding ramp stairs, where 0 is at rest and 1 is suited for boarding. Percent Over 100 BOARDINGRAMP ORIENTATION TARGETN/A The target orientation of of the boarding ramp stairs, where 0 is at rest and 1 is suited for boarding. Percent Over 100 BOARDINGRAMP START POSITION YN/A The “Y” axis position of the top of the boarding ramp stairs when at minimal extension, relative to the ground. Meters BOARDINGRAMP START POSITION ZN/A The “Z” axis position of the top of the boarding ramp stairs when at minimal extension, relative to the ground. Meters BOARDINGRAMP STRAIGHT POSITION YN/A The “Y” axis position of the top of the boarding ramp stairs when extended straight, relative to the ground. Meters BOARDINGRAMP STRAIGHT POSITION ZN/A The “Z” axis position of the top of the boarding ramp stairs when extended straight, relative to the ground. Meters
Catering Truck# Simulation Variable Index Description Units Settable CATERINGTRUCK AIRCRAFT DOOR CONTACT OFFSET ZN/A The “Z” axis position of the point of contact between the catering truck and the bottom of the aircraft door, relative to the ground. Meters CATERINGTRUCK ELEVATION CURRENTN/A The current altitude AGL of the bottom of the catering truck container. Meters CATERINGTRUCK ELEVATION TARGETN/A The target altitude AGL of the bottom of the catering truck container. Meters CATERINGTRUCK OPENING CURRENTN/A The current state of the catering truck when opening the container and deploying the bridge, where 0 is fully closed and 1 is fully opened and deployed. Percent Over 100 CATERINGTRUCK OPENING TARGETN/A The target state of the catering truck the container is opene and the bridge deployed, where 0 is fully closed and 1 is fully opened and deployed. Percent Over 100
Fuel Truck# Simulation Variable Index Description Units Settable FUELTRUCK HOSE DEPLOYEDN/A The current deployment amount of the fuel truck hose. Currently can only be set to 0 (not deployed) and 1 (deployed). Percent Over 100 FUELTRUCK HOSE END POSXN/A The “X” axis position of the end of the fuel truck hose when fully deployed, relative to the ground. Meters FUELTRUCK HOSE END POSZN/A The “Z” axis position of the end of the fuel truck hose when fully deployed, relative to the ground. Meters FUELTRUCK HOSE END RELATIVE HEADINGN/A The heading of the end of the fuel truck hose, relative to the vehicle heading. Degrees
Ground Power Units# Simulation Variable Index Description Units Settable GROUNDPOWERUNIT HOSE DEPLOYEDN/A The current deployment amount of the ground power unit hose. Currently can only be set to 0 (not deployed) and 1 (deployed). Percent Over 100 GROUNDPOWERUNIT HOSE END POSXN/A The “X” axis position of the end of the ground power unit hose when fully deployed, relative to the ground. Meters GROUNDPOWERUNIT HOSE END POSZN/A The “Z” axis position of the end of the ground power unit hose when fully deployed, relative to the ground. Meters GROUNDPOWERUNIT HOSE END RELATIVE HEADINGN/A The heading of the end of the ground power unit hose, relative to the vehicle heading. Degrees
Jetway# Simulation Variable Index Description Units Settable JETWAY HOOD LEFT BENDN/A The target position for the left bend animation of the jetway hood. Percent JETWAY HOOD LEFT DEPLOYMENTN/A The target angle for the left deployment animation of the jetway hood, where 0 is considered vertical. Degrees JETWAY HOOD RIGHT BENDN/A The target position for the right bend animation of the jetway hood. Percent JETWAY HOOD RIGHT DEPLOYMENTN/A The target angle for the right deployment animation of the jetway hood, where 0 is considered vertical. Degrees JETWAY HOOD TOP HORIZONTALN/A Target position for the top horizontal animation of the jetway hood. Values can be between -100% and 100%. Percent JETWAY HOOD TOP VERTICALN/A Target position for the top vertical animation of the jetway hood. Values can be between -100% and 100%. Percent JETWAY MOVINGN/A This will be 1 (TRUE) ID the jetway body is currently moving (it will not include checks on hood animation). Bool JETWAY WHEEL ORIENTATION CURRENTN/A The current angle of the jetway wheels. Degrees JETWAY WHEEL ORIENTATION TARGETN/A The (approximate) target angle for the jetway wheels. Degrees JETWAY WHEEL SPEEDN/A The current speed of the jetway wheels. Meters per second
Marshaller# Simulation Variable Index Description Units Settable MARSHALLER AIRCRAFT DIRECTION PARKINGSPACEN/A Currently not used in the simulation. Degrees MARSHALLER AIRCRAFT DISTANCEN/A The distance between the Marshaller and the aircraft. Meters MARSHALLER AIRCRAFT DISTANCE DIRECTION X PARKINGSPACEN/A Position on the X axis of the aircraft in the parking space (negative means the aircraft is on the left side and positive the right side). Meters MARSHALLER AIRCRAFT DISTANCE DIRECTION Z PARKINGSPACEN/A Position on the Z axis of the aircraft in the parking space (negative means the aircraft is behind the parking space and positive is in front of the parking space). Meters MARSHALLER AIRCRAFT ENGINE SHUTDOWNN/A True if the engine(s) of the aircraft is (are) shut down. Bool MARSHALLER AIRCRAFT HEADING PARKINGSPACEN/A Angle between the direction of the aircraft and the direction of the parking place. Degrees MARSHALLER AIRCRAFT PROJECTION POINT PARKINGSPACEN/A Value in Z axis of the projection from the aircraft position following the heading of the aircraft. Meters MARSHALLER AIRCRAFT VELOCITYN/A The velocity of the aircraft. Knots
Pushback# Simulation Variable Index Description Units Settable PUSHBACK ANGLEN/A Pushback angle (the heading of the tug). Radians PUSHBACK ATTACHEDN/A True if this vehicle is attached to an aircraft. Bool PUSHBACK AVAILABLEN/A True if a push back is available on the parking space. Bool PUSHBACK CONTACTXN/A The towpoint position, relative to the aircrafts datum reference point. Feet (ft ) PUSHBACK CONTACTYN/A Pushback contact position in vertical direction. Feet (ft ) PUSHBACK CONTACTZN/A Pushback contact position in fore/aft direction. Feet (ft ) PUSHBACK STATEN/A Type of pushback. Enum:0 = Straight PUSHBACK WAITN/A True if waiting for pushback. Bool
Wagons# Simulation Variable Index Description Units Settable WAGON BACK LINK LENGTHN/A The length of the link at the back of the vehicle used to attach a wagon behind. Meters WAGON BACK LINK ORIENTATIONN/A The current orientation of the link at the back of the vehicle used to attach a wagon behind. Degrees WAGON BACK LINK START POSZN/A The “Z” axis position of the start of the link at the back of the vehicle used to attach a wagon behind, relative to the ground. Meters WAGON FRONT LINK LENGTHN/A The length of the link at the front of the vehicle used to be attached as wagon. Meters WAGON FRONT LINK ORIENTATIONN/A The current orientation of the link at the front of the vehicle used to be attached as wagon. Degrees WAGON FRONT LINK START POSZN/A The “Z” axis position of the start of the link at the front of the vehicle used to be attached as wagon, relative to the ground. Meters
