The Claim Map

There is exactly one world map, and it adapts to you. Logged out, it's read-only - you can roam the globe and look at every airport, and trying to claim or favorite nudges you to sign up. Logged in and onboarded, the same map is the full claiming experience.

The Claim Map link in the header takes you there from every page on the site.

The map opens as a satellite globe of the whole planet - spin it, find your corner of the world, and dive in.

Zoom in and the claim grid fades up. Claimed land shows as tinted cells - each cell is roughly 9 km across (about 80 km²), and one cell is one claim (see Claiming land).

Zoom in on a built airport and it renders in satellite-realistic detail right on the map - runway markings, taxiways, 3D buildings - so you can window-shop the community's work without opening anything. The claim tint fades away at close zoom so it never hides the airport itself.

Imagery & terrain

• You can toggle the imagery source between Esri and MapTiler - useful when one provider has better coverage of your corner of the world.
• 3D terrain appears as you zoom in (around zoom level 10 and beyond), so mountain strips look like mountain strips.

Select a cell and the inspector panel opens. For your own account it shows:

• How many claims you've used against your limit, and the price of your next claim.
• Your airports, each with Open in builder or Start building - and Release when you want the land back (refund rules in Claiming land).

Two things keep the globe from feeling like a static atlas. Pilots flying with the companion app appear as moving aircraft icons in real time - that's Live traffic. And the search bar finds both places and community airports, with your favorites one click away - Search & favorites.