Map
The Map tab is your live world view. It shows where you are, which airports you have visited, who controls what, where your crew and aircraft are, and the route of your current run. It is the third tab in the left sidebar. Pan and zoom like any map. When you are zoomed right out you will see a "zoom in to see airports" hint, so close in a little to load the airport markers.
Your aircraft
When FS Kingpin is connected to Microsoft Flight Simulator and you are in a flight, your aircraft shows on the map as a green arrow that rotates to match your heading. Press FOLLOW (top right) to have the map track you as you fly; press it again to free the map.
What the markers mean
| Marker | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Green dot | An airport you have visited (discovered). Bigger dots are bigger airports. |
| Grey dot | An airport you have not visited yet. |
| Green arrow | Your aircraft, when MSFS is connected. |
| Green dashed line | The route of your active mission. |
| Gold star | One of your parked aircraft (Fleet layer). |
| Flask | One of your labs, coloured by what it makes (Labs layer). |
| Portrait, green frame | A crew member flying an active run, moving along their route. |
| Portrait, red frame | An idle crew member waiting at an airport. |
| Coloured ring | Territory influence. Green is yours; other colours are rival factions. |
| Red dashed ring | An active turf war: a contested airport. |
The airport panel
Click any airport to open its panel. Depending on the airport and your level, it shows:
- The basics: ICAO, name, type and elevation, and your distance to it when you are flying.
- Influence: who controls the airport, a bar for each faction's influence, and your hold tier if you have one (see Territory below).
- Market Intel: what the airport buys and sells. This is locked until Level 6, sell prices appear from Level 6, buy prices from Level 10, and a HOT tag marks a premium market from Level 15. See the Crew & Smugglers guide for trading with the Economy tab.
- Aircraft here: any of your planes parked at that airport, and whether they are ready or under repair.
- Your labs here: any labs you own there, with a shortcut to the Lab tab when you are on site.
Travelling from the map
At the bottom of a discovered airport's panel is a Travel here button. It charters you a flight to that airport for a fee, so you can pick up missions or trade from there without flying the leg yourself. It is the quick way to reposition your base of operations.
Territory and rivals
Coloured rings show who holds ground. Your influence is green; each rival faction has its own colour. The more influence a faction has at an airport, the larger and brighter its ring. A faction takes control of an airport once it leads with at least 10 influence there.
As your own influence at an airport climbs, you unlock hold tiers: STRONG at 40 and FORTIFIED at 75. These give perks like cheaper buying, better selling and slower decay, and at FORTIFIED, immunity to attacks and an extra lab batch. A red dashed ring means an active turf war over that airport.
Use the Territory panel (bottom left) to expand the list of factions and toggle any of them on or off so you can see exactly who holds what. The fighting itself is run from the Rivals tab.
Layers you can toggle
The cards at the bottom left turn map layers on and off:
- Crew: your crew on the map. Green-framed portraits move along their routes on active runs; red-framed portraits are idle crew waiting at an airport. See the Crew & Smugglers guide.
- Fleet: gold stars marking where each of your owned aircraft is parked.
- Labs: flask icons for your production labs, coloured by what they make.
- Territory: the faction list described above.
There is also a small legend reminding you that green dots are discovered airports, grey dots are undiscovered, and a dashed line is your active route.