How to View an Active Flight in Live Operations

How to View an Active Flight in Live Operations

An Active Flight is a live session that is automatically created when a pilot begins a planned mission using the AirHub Ground Control app. This feature allows administrators and team members to monitor a drone's real-time position, telemetry, and live video feed directly from the Drone Operations Center. It's the standard way to maintain situational awareness and provide remote oversight for all your planned operations.

An Active Flight is a live session that is automatically created when a pilot begins a planned mission using the AirHub Ground Control app. This feature allows administrators and team members to monitor a drone's real-time position, telemetry, and live video feed directly from the Drone Operations Center. It's the standard way to maintain situational awareness and provide remote oversight for all your planned operations.

Written By: Michiel Froling

Last Updated on August 25, 2025

Before you begin, ensure the following:

  • A pilot has started a flight that is linked to a mission in AirHub.

  • The drone and controller have a stable internet connection to stream the data.

  • You have the necessary permissions to view flights for the relevant workspace.

Accessing the Live View

  1. From the main sidebar in the Drone Operations Center, click on Live Operations.

  2. The Live Operations will open, displaying a map and a list of all currently active flights on a side panel.

  3. Click on an active flight from the list to focus on that specific drone. The video feed and the map with location of the drone will be shown.

Understanding the Live Flight View

The Live Operations screen is divided into several key components to give you a complete picture of the flight.

The Video Feed

The central part of the screen is the video feed of the drone, where you can see:

  • Battery Level (percentage and voltage)

  • GPS Signal Strength and satellite count

While viewing the feed, you also have the option to record segments of the livestream. For a detailed guide, please see our article: How to Record a Livestream. You can typically resize this panel or make it full-screen for a better view. On the video feed it displays the drone's critical flight data in real-time, including:

The Map View

Use the Map

  1. Click on Map in the header to open the map in the main panel.

  2. Click the Map button again to close the map and return to the video grid view.

  • The drone's real-time position, represented by an icon showing its heading.

  • Relevant mission data, such as planned waypoints or defined flyzones.

  • Any annotations or map markers that were added during the mission planning phase or during in-flight phase.

The Active Flight session will automatically end when the pilot completes the flight. The full flight log and any recordings will then be processed and saved to the mission's permanent record.