A Vehicle is a generic term for a device that moves on the ground of the airport and regularly reports its position. A Vehicle can be a ground support vehicle or an aircraft.

When Opera receives a new position, it first identifies the Vehicle that reported its position.

Vehicle Identifier and Grouping

Most, if not all objects in Opera are identified by [[Identity|4 identifiers]]. These identifiers are used to group and organize objects in collections.

For example, for Vehicles, the four identifiers can be used as such:

orgId	classId	typeId	name	description
British Airways	C	A321	OO-PMA	Airbus A321 with ICAO24 registration efface
StandardOil	fuel	hydrant	FUEL07	Fuel vehicle ICAO24 aabbcc
LAPD	Security	police	POL123	Mission patrol vehicle ICAO24 abacad

The combination of these four attributes make the Vehicle Identifier.

Vehicle Attributes

Key

The key of a vehicle is its ICAO24 ADS-B address in hexadecimal format (6 hexadecimal digits).

Identifier

See above.

The identifier is used to uniquely identify an object.

Is Aircraft

There is a distinction between aircrafts and ground vehicle or personnel.