diff --git a/scripts/check-import-directions.mjs b/scripts/check-import-directions.mjs
index 630c7bb49..cae59345b 100644
--- a/scripts/check-import-directions.mjs
+++ b/scripts/check-import-directions.mjs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const navaraPackage = /^(?:(?:three|postprocessing)(?:\/|$)|@navaramap\/)/;
 const RENDERED_LAYER_DIRS = [
   'src/layers/flights/',
   'src/layers/military/',
+  'src/layers/localAdsb/',
   'src/layers/aircraft/',
   'src/layers/shared/',
 ];
diff --git a/scripts/format-scope.json b/scripts/format-scope.json
index b2139818d..63443142a 100644
--- a/scripts/format-scope.json
+++ b/scripts/format-scope.json
@@ -885,6 +885,7 @@
   "src/sdr/usbDevices.test.mjs",
   "src/sources/adsbRecords.test.mjs",
   "src/layers/localAdsb/index.test.mjs",
+  "src/layers/localAdsb/render/cesium.js",
   "src/ui/localSdrControls.test.mjs",
   "src/ui/localSdrMarkup.test.mjs",
   "src/ui/localSdrPresentation.test.mjs",
diff --git a/scripts/package-boundaries.json b/scripts/package-boundaries.json
index cb6ef8514..331d523fd 100644
--- a/scripts/package-boundaries.json
+++ b/scripts/package-boundaries.json
@@ -2600,7 +2600,8 @@
       "src/layers/aircraft/render/navara.js",
       "src/layers/flights/render/navara.js",
       "src/layers/military/render/navara.js",
-      "src/layers/aircraft/qaDrawn.js"
+      "src/layers/aircraft/qaDrawn.js",
+      "src/layers/localAdsb/render/cesium.js"
     ],
     "external": [
       "hls.js",
@@ -3177,7 +3178,8 @@
       "src/layers/shared/color.js",
       "src/layers/flights/render/cesium.js",
       "src/layers/military/render/cesium.js",
-      "src/layers/aircraft/qaDrawn.js"
+      "src/layers/aircraft/qaDrawn.js",
+      "src/layers/localAdsb/render/cesium.js"
     ],
     "external": [
       "hls.js",
diff --git a/src/app/layers/localAdsb.js b/src/app/layers/localAdsb.js
index c6e57b3a9..aed095062 100644
--- a/src/app/layers/localAdsb.js
+++ b/src/app/layers/localAdsb.js
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import { SdrController } from '../../sdr/controller.js';
 import * as render from '../../renderGovernor.js';
 import * as context from '../../data/contextStore.js';
 import * as picking from '../../data/pickRegistry.js';
+import * as selection from '../../data/selectionDispatcher.js';
+import { rendererFor } from './renderers.js';
+import { createLocalAdsbCesiumRenderer } from '../../layers/localAdsb/render/cesium.js';
 import * as trails from '../../data/trailRenderer.js';
 import * as geoid from '../../data/geoid.js';
 import { markDetectionSourcesChanged } from '../../data/detection.js';
@@ -27,6 +30,13 @@ export function createApplicationLocalAdsb({
   displayParams = null,
   resolveAsset = (url) =>
     `${import.meta.env?.BASE_URL || '/'}${url.replace(/^\//, '')}`,
+  // Test seam: the renderer factory (default: the engine's, from the registry).
+  renderer = {
+    create: ({ engine = null, ...options }) =>
+      engine
+        ? rendererFor('local-adsb', engine, options)
+        : createLocalAdsbCesiumRenderer(null, options),
+  },
 } = {}) {
   return createLocalAdsbLayer({
     receiver,
@@ -36,6 +46,11 @@ export function createApplicationLocalAdsb({
       render,
       context,
       picking,
+      selection,
+      // The engine's Local ADS-B renderer from the registry (render/cesium.js
+      // on Cesium); a bare viewer without an engine (unit tests) draws on
+      // Cesium.
+      renderer,
       trails,
       geoid,
       groundSnap: surface?.groundSnap || null,
diff --git a/src/app/layers/renderers.js b/src/app/layers/renderers.js
index 95fb252a8..3817a8f5e 100644
--- a/src/app/layers/renderers.js
+++ b/src/app/layers/renderers.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import { APPLICATION_LAYER_DIRECTORY } from './directory.js';
 import { createFlightsCesiumRenderer } from '../../layers/flights/render/cesium.js';
 import { createMilitaryCesiumRenderer } from '../../layers/military/render/cesium.js';
+import { createLocalAdsbCesiumRenderer } from '../../layers/localAdsb/render/cesium.js';
 
 const ENGINE_KINDS = new Set(['cesium', 'navara']);
 
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ export const layerAvailableOn = (layerId, engineKind) =>
 export const CESIUM_LAYER_RENDERERS = Object.freeze({
   flights: createFlightsCesiumRenderer,
   military: createMilitaryCesiumRenderer,
+  'local-adsb': createLocalAdsbCesiumRenderer,
 });
 
 // The other application layers still draw themselves on Cesium.
diff --git a/src/app/layers/renderers.test.mjs b/src/app/layers/renderers.test.mjs
index a45784824..b21d1ffd1 100644
--- a/src/app/layers/renderers.test.mjs
+++ b/src/app/layers/renderers.test.mjs
@@ -56,10 +56,11 @@ test('the default registry: every layer on Cesium, none yet on Navara', () => {
   }
 });
 
-test('flights and military have extracted Cesium renderers; the others still draw themselves', () => {
+test('the aircraft layers have extracted Cesium renderers; the others still draw themselves', () => {
   assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(CESIUM_LAYER_RENDERERS), [
     'flights',
     'military',
+    'local-adsb',
   ]);
   const viewer = { scene: {}, camera: {} };
   const renderer = rendererFor('flights', { kind: 'cesium' }, { viewer });
diff --git a/src/data/cockpitModels.test.mjs b/src/data/cockpitModels.test.mjs
index 36f8b24d3..13e432229 100644
--- a/src/data/cockpitModels.test.mjs
+++ b/src/data/cockpitModels.test.mjs
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ for (const layer of LAYERS) {
   const source = readLayerSource(layer.path);
 
   test(`${layer.name}: every GLB creation bypasses the tile-contended frame-spread queue`, () => {
-    const calls = [...source.matchAll(/Cesium\.Model\.fromGltfAsync\(\{([\s\S]*?)\}\)/g)];
+    // The aircraft renderer loads through its `loadModel`, Cesium.Model.fromGltfAsync
+    // unless a test injects a loader (phase 3).
+    assert.match(source, /loadModel = \(options\) => Cesium\.Model\.fromGltfAsync\(options\)/);
+    const calls = [...source.matchAll(/(?:Cesium\.Model\.fromGltfAsync|\bloadModel)\(\{([\s\S]*?)\}\)/g)];
     assert.ok(calls.length >= 3, `expected fleet, tracked, and preload model calls; found ${calls.length}`);
     for (const [index, call] of calls.entries()) {
       assert.match(call[1], /\basynchronous:\s*false\b/,
diff --git a/src/data/selectionDispatcher.js b/src/data/selectionDispatcher.js
index b15ae1b81..0bf2a8dcd 100644
--- a/src/data/selectionDispatcher.js
+++ b/src/data/selectionDispatcher.js
@@ -10,10 +10,16 @@
 //   onEscape()          Escape.
 // The rules are the old handlers': a pick another layer owns is not empty
 // space (a pick nobody owns is); `passThrough` picks (trails) never take the
-// click, the next pick does; a `drillThrough` owner (local ADS-B) takes its object from under
-// another layer's; a drag selects nothing; a pointer owned by a tool
+// click, the next pick does; a `drillThrough` owner takes its object from
+// under another layer's; a drag selects nothing; a pointer owned by a tool
 // (inputOwnership) selects nothing. Layers not moved yet keep their own
 // handlers: the dispatcher never acts on an id it does not own.
+// A `lookUnder` owner (local ADS-B) keeps its own old click rule instead:
+// its object on top, or under picks no layer owns and picks it looks under
+// (`lookUnder(id)`: trails), is selected; another layer's object on top, or
+// nothing, is empty space for it (it releases its selection); a click that
+// only meets what it looks under does nothing; no gesture rule (its old
+// handler took every click). To the others it is another layer.
 
 import { isPointerFree as pointerFree } from './inputOwnership.js';
 import {
@@ -75,6 +81,31 @@ export function createSelectionDispatcher(
     return { id, owner: findPickOwner(id) };
   };
 
+  // The look-under rule (local ADS-B's old click handler, kept as is).
+  const lookUnderTarget = (name, owner, event) => {
+    const ownedElsewhere = (id) => {
+      if (id === null) return false;
+      for (const [other, entry] of owners)
+        if (other !== name && safely(() => entry.owns(id))) return true;
+      const found = findPickOwner(id);
+      return found !== null && found !== undefined && found !== name;
+    };
+    const mine = (id) => id !== null && safely(() => owner.owns(id));
+    const under = (id) => id !== null && safely(() => owner.lookUnder(id));
+    const top = resolvePickId(event.picked);
+    if (mine(top)) return { id: top, picked: event.picked };
+    const lookedUnder = under(top);
+    if (ownedElsewhere(top) && !lookedUnder) return 'other';
+    for (const hit of event.drilled ?? []) {
+      const id = resolvePickId(hit);
+      if (mine(id)) return { id, picked: hit };
+      if (under(id)) continue;
+      if (ownedElsewhere(id)) return 'other';
+    }
+    return lookedUnder ? 'under' : null;
+  };
+  const plain = (owner) => typeof owner.lookUnder !== 'function';
+
   const onClick = (event) => {
     if (press) finish(event.position);
     const gesture = completed ?? { travelPx: 0, durationMs: 0 };
@@ -86,6 +117,14 @@ export function createSelectionDispatcher(
       drilled: event.drilled ?? [],
       gesture,
     };
+    for (const [name, owner] of [...owners]) {
+      if (plain(owner)) continue;
+      const target = lookUnderTarget(name, owner, event);
+      if (target === 'under') continue;
+      if (target && target !== 'other')
+        owner.onSelect?.(target.id, { ...ctx, picked: target.picked });
+      else owner.onEmptyClick?.(ctx);
+    }
     const candidates = [event.picked, ...(event.drilled ?? [])].filter(
       (picked) =>
         picked &&
@@ -104,15 +143,16 @@ export function createSelectionDispatcher(
     });
     if (!picks.length) {
       if (!isTrackingClickGesture(gesture)) return;
-      for (const owner of [...owners.values()]) owner.onEmptyClick?.(ctx);
+      for (const owner of [...owners.values()].filter(plain))
+        owner.onEmptyClick?.(ctx);
       return;
     }
     if (!isTrackingSelectionGesture(gesture)) return;
     const first = ownerOf(picks[0]);
     if (owners.has(first.owner)) {
-      owners
-        .get(first.owner)
-        .onSelect?.(first.id, { ...ctx, picked: picks[0] });
+      const owner = owners.get(first.owner);
+      if (plain(owner))
+        owner.onSelect?.(first.id, { ...ctx, picked: picks[0] });
       return;
     }
     // Another layer's object on top: a drill-through owner may still take
@@ -120,7 +160,7 @@ export function createSelectionDispatcher(
     for (const picked of picks.slice(1)) {
       const below = ownerOf(picked);
       const owner = owners.get(below.owner);
-      if (owner?.drillThrough) {
+      if (owner?.drillThrough && plain(owner)) {
         owner.onSelect?.(below.id, { ...ctx, picked });
         return;
       }
@@ -128,7 +168,8 @@ export function createSelectionDispatcher(
     // A pick no layer owns (an unclaimed entity) is empty space, as it was
     // for the old handlers: only another layer's object is not.
     if (first.owner === null && isTrackingClickGesture(gesture))
-      for (const owner of [...owners.values()]) owner.onEmptyClick?.(ctx);
+      for (const owner of [...owners.values()].filter(plain))
+        owner.onEmptyClick?.(ctx);
   };
 
   const onKey = (event) => {
@@ -163,7 +204,8 @@ export function createSelectionDispatcher(
     /**
      * @param {string} name the owning layer's id
      * @param {{ owns: (id: string) => boolean, onSelect?: Function, onEmptyClick?: Function,
-     *   onEscape?: Function, passThrough?: (picked: object) => boolean, drillThrough?: boolean }} owner
+     *   onEscape?: Function, passThrough?: (picked: object) => boolean, drillThrough?: boolean,
+     *   lookUnder?: (id: string) => boolean }} owner
      * @returns {() => void} unregister
      */
     register(name, owner) {
diff --git a/src/data/selectionDispatcher.test.mjs b/src/data/selectionDispatcher.test.mjs
index fdf5bce14..e1ad5ce0b 100644
--- a/src/data/selectionDispatcher.test.mjs
+++ b/src/data/selectionDispatcher.test.mjs
@@ -205,3 +205,54 @@ test('the application has one dispatcher per engine', () => {
   selectionDispatcherFor(engine).destroy();
   selectionDispatcherFor(other).destroy();
 });
+
+test('a look-under owner (local ADS-B) keeps its own click rule beside the others', () => {
+  // x: what lies under each column, top first.
+  const { dispatcher, click } = setup({
+    10: [{ id: 'local-adsb:a' }], // its own marker
+    20: [{ primitive: { tileset: true } }, { id: 'local-adsb:a' }], // under a tile
+    30: [{ id: 'gev-trail:local-adsb-head-1' }, { id: 'local-adsb:b' }], // under a trail
+    40: [{ id: 'gev-trail:x' }], // a trail alone
+    50: [{ id: 'ae01ce' }, { id: 'local-adsb:a' }], // another layer's on top
+    60: [{ id: 'cctv-1' }, { id: 'local-adsb:a' }], // a registry owner's on top
+    70: [], // empty map
+  });
+  registerPickOwner('trails', (id) => id.startsWith('gev-trail:'));
+  registerPickOwner('cctv', (id) => id.startsWith('cctv'));
+  try {
+    const local = recorder();
+    const flights = recorder();
+    dispatcher.register('local-adsb', {
+      owns: (id) => id.startsWith('local-adsb:'),
+      lookUnder: (id) => id.startsWith('gev-trail:'),
+      ...local.handlers,
+    });
+    dispatcher.register('flights', {
+      owns: (id) => id === 'ae01ce',
+      ...flights.handlers,
+    });
+    for (const x of [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70]) click(x);
+    // A long press on empty map still reaches it (its old LEFT_CLICK rule).
+    click(70, { ms: 900 });
+    assert.deepEqual(local.calls, [
+      ['select', 'local-adsb:a', undefined],
+      ['select', 'local-adsb:a', undefined],
+      ['select', 'local-adsb:b', undefined],
+      // 40: a trail alone is not empty map: nothing.
+      ['empty', 0], // 50: another layer's contact releases local's selection
+      ['empty', 0], // 60: the same for a registry owner's
+      ['empty', 0], // 70
+      ['empty', 0], // 70, long press
+    ]);
+    // Flights, as before: its own contact at 50 and empty map at 70 (the
+    // long press does not deselect); a local marker (even under a tile), a
+    // trail or another owner's object is not its empty space.
+    assert.deepEqual(flights.calls, [
+      ['select', 'ae01ce', undefined],
+      ['empty', 0],
+    ]);
+  } finally {
+    unregisterPickOwner('trails');
+    unregisterPickOwner('cctv');
+  }
+});
diff --git a/src/data/trackingClickGesture.test.mjs b/src/data/trackingClickGesture.test.mjs
index c38041382..52a8af792 100644
--- a/src/data/trackingClickGesture.test.mjs
+++ b/src/data/trackingClickGesture.test.mjs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ test('civilian and military click handlers apply duration only at the deselect b
   // each layer answers with a user-origin clear.
   const dispatcher = readFileSync(new URL('./selectionDispatcher.js', import.meta.url), 'utf8');
   assert.match(dispatcher, /if \(!isTrackingSelectionGesture\(gesture\)\) return;[\s\S]+onSelect/);
-  assert.match(dispatcher, /if \(!isTrackingClickGesture\(gesture\)\) return;\s*for \(const owner of \[\.\.\.owners\.values\(\)\]\) owner\.onEmptyClick/);
+  assert.match(dispatcher, /if \(!isTrackingClickGesture\(gesture\)\) return;\s*for \(const owner of \[\.\.\.owners\.values\(\)\]\.filter\(plain\)\)\s*owner\.onEmptyClick/);
   for (const [layer, source] of [['flights', sources[0]], ['military', sources[1]]]) {
     assert.match(source, new RegExp(`dispatcher\\.register\\('${layer}', \\{[\\s\\S]+onEmptyClick: _onEmptyClick`));
     assert.match(source, /function _onEmptyClick\(\) \{[\s\S]+?_clearTracking\(false, \{ origin: 'user' \}\)/);
diff --git a/src/layers/aircraft/render/cesium.js b/src/layers/aircraft/render/cesium.js
index b7d5f2c0b..8a03dca4d 100644
--- a/src/layers/aircraft/render/cesium.js
+++ b/src/layers/aircraft/render/cesium.js
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ const cesiumNearFar = (scalar) =>
  * @param {string} options.spriteLayer The fleet's slot in data/spriteOrder.
  * @param {number} [options.headingOffsetDeg=0] Model nose vs Cesium heading 0.
  * @param {{ billboardCollection?: object, modelCollection?: object }} [options.adopt]
- *   Test seam: drive existing (fake) collections instead of creating them.
+ *   Drive existing collections instead of creating them (test fakes; a
+ *   layer that keeps its own model collection, local ADS-B).
+ * @param {(options: object) => Promise<object>} [options.loadModel] The glTF
+ *   loader (test seam; Cesium.Model.fromGltfAsync).
  * @returns {import('./contract.js').AircraftRenderer}
  */
 export function createAircraftCesiumRenderer({
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ export function createAircraftCesiumRenderer({
   spriteLayer,
   headingOffsetDeg = 0,
   adopt = null,
+  loadModel = (options) => Cesium.Model.fromGltfAsync(options),
 }) {
   let billboards = adopt?.billboardCollection ?? null;
   let models = adopt?.modelCollection ?? null;
@@ -202,7 +206,7 @@ export function createAircraftCesiumRenderer({
       unlit,
       id,
     }) =>
-      Cesium.Model.fromGltfAsync({
+      loadModel({
         url,
         asynchronous: false,
         minimumPixelSize,
@@ -222,7 +226,7 @@ export function createAircraftCesiumRenderer({
       unlit,
       id,
     }) =>
-      Cesium.Model.fromGltfAsync({
+      loadModel({
         url,
         asynchronous: false,
         minimumPixelSize,
@@ -237,7 +241,7 @@ export function createAircraftCesiumRenderer({
       }),
     // Warms Cesium's glTF cache (the retained instance is never drawn).
     preload: (url) =>
-      Cesium.Model.fromGltfAsync({
+      loadModel({
         url,
         asynchronous: false,
       }),
diff --git a/src/layers/localAdsb/index.js b/src/layers/localAdsb/index.js
index fcf54b5d5..b92a2f34c 100644
--- a/src/layers/localAdsb/index.js
+++ b/src/layers/localAdsb/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-import * as Cesium from 'cesium';
+import * as geo from '../../geo/index.js';
 import { CLASS_SCALE_2D } from '../../data/aircraftClass.js';
 import { aircraftIcon } from '../../data/aircraftIcons.js';
 import {
-  horizonOccluder,
   screenProjectedRotation,
   stabilizeScreenRotation,
 } from '../../data/iconOrientation.js';
-import { isPointerFree } from '../../data/inputOwnership.js';
+import { rgbaFromCss } from '../shared/color.js';
 import { pickRenderAltitudeM } from '../../data/renderAltitude.js';
 import { routePlausible } from '../../data/routePlausible.js';
 import {
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ import {
   LOCAL_ADSB_COLOR,
   LOCAL_ADSB_SYNC_MS,
   LOCAL_ADSB_TICK_MS,
-  LOCAL_ADSB_UAT_RING_COLOR,
 } from './policy.js';
 import { localAdsbStatus } from './status.js';
 
@@ -52,10 +50,10 @@ export { localAdsbStatus } from './status.js';
 
 const FEET_TO_METERS = 0.3048;
 const RENDER_HOLD_ID = 'local-adsb';
-/** Picks looked through under a click for a local aircraft. */
-const CLICK_DRILL_LIMIT = 8;
 /** Trail lines pass through their aircraft; a click never stops on one. */
 const TRAIL_PICK_PREFIX = 'gev-trail:';
+/** The model tint (the layer's magenta), engine-neutral. */
+const MODEL_COLOR = Object.freeze(rgbaFromCss(LOCAL_ADSB_COLOR));
 /** The DISPLAY rail's first-run 3D preference, used when no reader is wired. */
 const DEFAULT_DISPLAY = Object.freeze({
   models3d: true,
@@ -86,18 +84,18 @@ const DEFAULT_DISPLAY = Object.freeze({
  * @param {object} options.receiver Local receiver session.
  * @param {object} [options.feeds] Decoder-feed session (start, stop,
  *   getState, subscribe).
- * @param {object} options.services Render, context, picking, detection and
- *   readout operations supplied by the application; optionally `display`
- *   (`getParams()` → `{ models3d, models3dMode }`), `enrichment` (a source
- *   with `getEnrichment`), `trails` (`createTrail`), `geoid`
- *   (`ensureGeoidReady`, `geoidHeight`) and `groundSnap`
+ * @param {object} options.services Render, context, picking, selection
+ *   (`selectionDispatcherFor`), renderer (`create({ viewer, engine,
+ *   loadModel, createTrail })`: the engine's Local ADS-B renderer),
+ *   detection and readout operations supplied by the application;
+ *   optionally `display` (`getParams()` → `{ models3d, models3dMode }`),
+ *   `enrichment` (a source with `getEnrichment`), `trails` (`createTrail`),
+ *   `geoid` (`ensureGeoidReady`, `geoidHeight`) and `groundSnap`
  *   (`createGroundSnap`).
  * @param {() => number} [options.now] Clock, injectable for tests.
  * @param {(url: string) => string} [options.resolveAsset] Model URL resolver.
  * @param {(options: object) => Promise<object>} [options.loadModel] Model
  *   loader, injectable for tests.
- * @param {(canvas: HTMLCanvasElement) => object} [options.createInputHandler]
- *   Click-handler factory, injectable for tests.
  * @returns {object} Data-layer module.
  */
 export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
@@ -107,7 +105,6 @@ export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
   now = Date.now,
   resolveAsset = (url) => url,
   loadModel,
-  createInputHandler = (canvas) => new Cesium.ScreenSpaceEventHandler(canvas),
 }) {
   if (typeof receiver?.getState !== 'function')
     throw new TypeError('Local ADS-B requires a receiver session');
@@ -124,19 +121,15 @@ export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
     removeEntityContextsForLayer,
   } = services.context;
   const { registerPickOwner, unregisterPickOwner } = services.picking;
-  const color = Cesium.Color.fromCssColorString(LOCAL_ADSB_COLOR);
-  const uatRingColor = Cesium.Color.fromCssColorString(
-    LOCAL_ADSB_UAT_RING_COLOR,
-  );
 
-  let viewer = null;
-  let dataSource = null;
+  /** The engine's Local ADS-B renderer for this lifecycle (render/*.js). */
+  let renderer = null;
   let enabled = false;
   let unsubscribe = null;
   let unsubscribeFeeds = null;
   let tickTimer = null;
   let syncTimer = null;
-  let clickHandler = null;
+  let selectionRemove = null;
   let removePreRender = null;
   let renderHeld = false;
   let selectedId = null;
@@ -181,14 +174,14 @@ export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
   }
 
   function markerVisible(marker) {
-    if (!viewer?.camera?.positionWC || !marker.position) return true;
-    return horizonOccluder(viewer.camera).isPointVisible(marker.position);
+    if (!renderer?.view.camera?.positionWC || !marker.position) return true;
+    return renderer.view.horizon().isPointVisible(marker.position);
   }
 
   function markerRotation(marker) {
-    if (!viewer?.scene || !marker.position) return marker.lastRotation;
+    if (!renderer?.view.scene || !marker.position) return marker.lastRotation;
     const projected = screenProjectedRotation(
-      viewer.scene,
+      renderer.view.scene,
       marker.position,
       marker.courseDeg ?? 0,
       marker.lastRotation,
@@ -226,7 +219,7 @@ export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
   }
 
   function fixPosition(marker, fix) {
-    return Cesium.Cartesian3.fromDegrees(
+    return geo.cartesian3.fromDegrees(
       fix.lon,
       fix.lat,
       renderHeightM(marker, fix.altitudeFt, fix.lat, fix.lon),
@@ -238,12 +231,12 @@ export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
     if (!display) return;
     marker.lat = display.lat;
     marker.lon = display.lon;
-    marker.position = Cesium.Cartesian3.fromDegrees(
+    marker.position = geo.cartesian3.fromDegrees(
       display.lon,
       display.lat,
       renderHeightM(marker, display.altitudeFt, display.lat, display.lon),
-      Cesium.Ellipsoid.WGS84,
-      marker.position || new Cesium.Cartesian3(),
+      geo.ellipsoid.WGS84,
+      marker.position || geo.cartesian3.create(),
     );
     if (display.courseDeg !== null) marker.courseDeg = display.courseDeg;
   }
@@ -262,16 +255,15 @@ export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
     );
     marker.evidence = evidence;
     marker.klass = klass;
-    const billboard = marker.entity?.billboard;
-    if (!billboard) return;
+    if (!marker.entity || !renderer) return;
     if (marker.iconKind !== klass) {
       marker.iconKind = klass;
-      billboard.image = aircraftIcon(klass);
+      renderer.markers.setImage(marker.entity, aircraftIcon(klass));
     }
     const scale = billboardScale(marker);
     if (marker.iconScale !== scale) {
       marker.iconScale = scale;
-      billboard.scale = scale;
+      renderer.markers.setScale(marker.entity, scale);
     }
   }
 
@@ -309,7 +301,7 @@ export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
     return {
       id,
       layerId: LAYER_ID,
-      dataSource,
+      dataSource: renderer?.dataSource ?? null,
       layerName: LAYER_NAME,
       source: localAdsbSourceText(record),
       label: localAdsbTitle(record),
@@ -334,34 +326,12 @@ export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
     };
   }
 
-  function uatRing(marker) {
-    return new Cesium.PointGraphics({
-      pixelSize: 24,
-      color: Cesium.Color.TRANSPARENT,
-      outlineColor: uatRingColor,
-      outlineWidth: 1.5,
-      scaleByDistance: new Cesium.NearFarScalar(1000, 3.0, 8_000_000, 0.5),
-      show: new Cesium.CallbackProperty(() => markerVisible(marker), false),
-      disableDepthTestDistance: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
-      distanceDisplayCondition: new Cesium.DistanceDisplayCondition(
-        0,
-        2_000_000,
-      ),
-    });
-  }
-
   // ── Trail of the selected aircraft ──────────────────────────────────────
 
   function releaseTrail() {
     if (!selectedTrail) return;
     selectedTrail.trail?.destroy();
-    if (selectedTrail.head && viewer && !viewer.isDestroyed?.()) {
-      try {
-        viewer.entities.remove(selectedTrail.head);
-      } catch {
-        /* torn down */
-      }
-    }
+    if (selectedTrail.head) renderer?.trails.removeHead(selectedTrail.head);
     selectedTrail = null;
   }
 
@@ -377,31 +347,30 @@ export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
 
   function startTrail(marker) {
     releaseTrail();
-    const createTrail = services.trails?.createTrail;
-    if (typeof createTrail !== 'function' || !viewer?.entities) return;
+    const trail = renderer?.trails.create({
+      color: LOCAL_ADSB_COLOR,
+      width: 2.5,
+    });
+    if (!trail) return;
     selectedTrail = {
       id: marker.id,
-      trail: createTrail(viewer, { color: LOCAL_ADSB_COLOR, width: 2.5 }),
+      trail,
       head: null,
       lastFix: null,
     };
     // Live head: last heard fix → the extrapolated marker, every frame.
-    selectedTrail.head = viewer.entities.add({
+    selectedTrail.head = renderer.trails.createHead({
       // 'gev-trail' namespace: claimed by the trail pick owner so a click on
       // the head segment never reads as empty space.
       id: `gev-trail:local-adsb-head-${++trailHeadSeq}`,
-      polyline: {
-        positions: new Cesium.CallbackProperty(() => {
-          const current = markers.get(selectedTrail?.id);
-          const from = selectedTrail?.lastFix;
-          if (!current?.position || !from) return [];
-          return [from, Cesium.Cartesian3.clone(current.position)];
-        }, false),
-        width: 2.5,
-        material: color.withAlpha(0.9),
-        depthFailMaterial: color.withAlpha(0.45),
-        arcType: Cesium.ArcType.GEODESIC,
+      positions: () => {
+        const current = markers.get(selectedTrail?.id);
+        const from = selectedTrail?.lastFix;
+        if (!current?.position || !from) return [];
+        return [from, geo.cartesian3.clone(current.position)];
       },
+      color: LOCAL_ADSB_COLOR,
+      width: 2.5,
     });
     refreshTrail();
   }
@@ -439,40 +408,22 @@ export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
     rejectedFixes += marker.motion.rejectedFixes - rejectedBefore;
     updateDisplay(marker, at);
     if (!marker.entity) {
-      marker.entity = dataSource.entities.add({
+      // Magenta glyph, 20 px, ×3 near / ×0.5 far, always on top, not drawn
+      // past 2,000 km (the renderer's display distance).
+      marker.entity = renderer.markers.add({
         id,
-        position: new Cesium.CallbackProperty(() => marker.position, false),
-        billboard: {
-          image: aircraftIcon('airliner'),
-          width: 20,
-          height: 20,
-          scale: 1,
-          color,
-          sizeInMeters: false,
-          scaleByDistance: new Cesium.NearFarScalar(1000, 3.0, 8_000_000, 0.5),
-          alignedAxis: Cesium.Cartesian3.ZERO,
-          rotation: new Cesium.CallbackProperty(
-            () => markerRotation(marker),
-            false,
-          ),
-          show: new Cesium.CallbackProperty(
-            () => !marker.modelOwnsVisual && markerVisible(marker),
-            false,
-          ),
-          disableDepthTestDistance: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
-          distanceDisplayCondition: new Cesium.DistanceDisplayCondition(
-            0,
-            2_000_000,
-          ),
-        },
+        image: aircraftIcon('airliner'),
+        position: () => marker.position,
+        rotation: () => markerRotation(marker),
+        show: () => !marker.modelOwnsVisual && markerVisible(marker),
       });
       marker.entity.gevTrackedId = id;
       marker.entity.gevDisplayPosition = () => marker.position;
     }
     refreshClass(marker);
     const uat = localAdsbIsUat(record);
-    if (uat !== Boolean(marker.entity.point))
-      marker.entity.point = uat ? uatRing(marker) : undefined;
+    if (uat !== renderer.markers.hasRing(marker.entity))
+      renderer.markers.setRing(marker.entity, uat, () => markerVisible(marker));
     marker.entity.gevLabelModel = cardModel(marker, at);
     registerEntityContext(marker.entity, contextMetadata(id, marker));
     if (newFix && id === selectedId) refreshTrail();
@@ -513,7 +464,7 @@ export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
   function sync() {
     clearTimeout(syncTimer);
     syncTimer = null;
-    if (!dataSource) return;
+    if (!renderer) return;
     const at = now();
     const live = new Set();
     let added = false;
@@ -527,7 +478,7 @@ export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
     let removed = false;
     for (const [id, marker] of markers) {
       if (live.has(id)) continue;
-      if (marker.entity) dataSource.entities.remove(marker.entity);
+      if (marker.entity) renderer.markers.remove(marker.entity);
       markers.delete(id);
       removed = true;
     }
@@ -582,82 +533,46 @@ export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
     return true;
   }
 
-  function pickedId(picked) {
-    const resolved = services.picking.resolvePickId?.(picked);
-    if (resolved !== undefined) return resolved;
-    if (typeof picked?.id === 'string') return picked.id;
-    if (typeof picked?.id?.id === 'string') return picked.id.id;
-    return typeof picked?.primitive?.id === 'string'
-      ? picked.primitive.id
-      : null;
-  }
-
-  function ownedElsewhere(id) {
-    return Boolean(id) && services.picking.isOwnedByOtherLayer?.(LAYER_ID, id);
-  }
-
   /**
-   * What a click at `position` means for this layer: a local aircraft id,
-   * `'other'` when a sibling layer's contact is under the pointer, `'trail'`
-   * for a trail line, or null for empty map.
-   *
-   * The frontmost pick decides, except that something no layer owns (a
-   * photoreal tile, a ring) or a trail line drawn over or through a local
-   * aircraft does not hide it: the click looks underneath for the aircraft.
+   * Join the engine's selection dispatcher with this layer's own click rule
+   * (`lookUnder`): a click on a local aircraft — on top, or under picks no
+   * layer owns (a photoreal tile, a ring) and trail lines — always
+   * (re)selects it and republishes its card, including the one already
+   * selected (its card may have been displaced; a click on a marker never
+   * reads as "deselect"); another layer's contact on top, or empty map,
+   * releases only this layer's selection, leaving a sibling layer's new
+   * selection intact; a click on a trail line alone does nothing. The
+   * dispatcher picks with a drill of 8 and yields to a tool that owns the
+   * pointer (src/data/inputOwnership.js).
    */
-  function clickTarget(position) {
-    const scene = viewer.scene;
-    const top = pickedId(scene.pick(position));
-    if (top && markers.has(top)) return top;
-    const trail = Boolean(top) && String(top).startsWith(TRAIL_PICK_PREFIX);
-    if (ownedElsewhere(top) && !trail) return 'other';
-    let hits = [];
-    try {
-      hits = scene.drillPick?.(position, CLICK_DRILL_LIMIT) || [];
-    } catch {
-      hits = [];
-    }
-    for (const hit of hits) {
-      const id = pickedId(hit);
-      if (id && markers.has(id)) return id;
-      if (id && String(id).startsWith(TRAIL_PICK_PREFIX)) continue;
-      // A sibling layer's contact above ours takes the click.
-      if (ownedElsewhere(id)) return 'other';
-    }
-    return trail ? 'trail' : null;
-  }
-
   function installInteraction() {
-    if (clickHandler || !viewer?.scene?.canvas) return;
-    clickHandler = createInputHandler(viewer.scene.canvas);
-    clickHandler.setInputAction((click) => {
-      // A tool owns the pointer (src/data/inputOwnership.js): yield the click.
-      if (!isPointerFree() || !enabled) return;
-      const target = clickTarget(click.position);
-      // Clicking a local aircraft always (re)selects it and republishes its
-      // card, including the one already selected: its card may have been
-      // displaced, and a click on a marker must never read as "deselect".
-      if (target && markers.has(target)) {
-        selectMarker(target);
-        return;
-      }
-      // A click on a trail line is not empty map.
-      if (target === 'trail' || !selectedId) return;
-      // Another contact or empty map releases only this layer's selection,
-      // leaving a sibling layer's new selection intact.
-      clearSelection();
-      governorRequestRender('local-adsb-selection');
-    }, Cesium.ScreenSpaceEventType.LEFT_CLICK);
+    if (selectionRemove || !renderer) return;
+    const dispatcher = services.selection?.selectionDispatcherFor?.(
+      renderer.engine,
+    );
+    if (!dispatcher) return;
+    selectionRemove = dispatcher.register(LAYER_ID, {
+      owns: (id) => markers.has(id),
+      lookUnder: (id) => String(id).startsWith(TRAIL_PICK_PREFIX),
+      onSelect(id) {
+        if (enabled && markers.has(id)) selectMarker(id);
+      },
+      onEmptyClick() {
+        if (!enabled || !selectedId) return;
+        clearSelection();
+        governorRequestRender('local-adsb-selection');
+      },
+    });
   }
 
   function releaseInteraction() {
-    clickHandler?.destroy();
-    clickHandler = null;
+    selectionRemove?.();
+    selectionRemove = null;
   }
 
   function installFrame() {
-    if (removePreRender || !viewer?.scene?.preRender?.addEventListener) return;
-    removePreRender = viewer.scene.preRender.addEventListener(frame);
+    if (removePreRender || !renderer) return;
+    removePreRender = renderer.view.on('preRender', frame);
   }
 
   function releaseFrame() {
@@ -671,12 +586,12 @@ export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
     for (const marker of markers.values()) {
       if (rows.length >= maxCount) break;
       if (!marker.position) continue;
-      const carto = Cesium.Cartographic.fromCartesian(marker.position);
+      const carto = geo.cartographic.fromCartesian(marker.position);
       rows.push({
         id: marker.record.icao,
         label: localAdsbTitle(marker.record),
         callsign: marker.record.callsign,
-        position: Cesium.Cartesian3.clone(marker.position),
+        position: geo.cartesian3.clone(marker.position),
         latitude: marker.lat,
         longitude: marker.lon,
         altitudeM: carto?.height ?? 0,
@@ -697,18 +612,25 @@ export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
     /** Decoder-feed session; the Radio card shows its one-line summary. */
     feeds,
 
-    init(nextViewer) {
-      viewer = nextViewer;
-      dataSource = new Cesium.CustomDataSource(LAYER_ID);
-      dataSource.show = false;
-      viewer.dataSources.add(dataSource);
-      if (viewer.scene?.primitives) {
+    /**
+     * @param {object|null} nextViewer The Cesium viewer (null on an engine
+     *   without one).
+     * @param {{ engine?: object }} [context] LayerLifecycle's context.
+     */
+    init(nextViewer, { engine = null } = {}) {
+      renderer = services.renderer.create({
+        viewer: nextViewer,
+        engine,
+        loadModel,
+        createTrail: services.trails?.createTrail ?? null,
+      });
+      renderer.attach();
+      if (renderer.models) {
         models = createLocalAdsbModels({
-          viewer,
-          color,
+          renderer,
+          color: MODEL_COLOR,
           resolveAsset,
           groundSnap: services.groundSnap?.createGroundSnap?.() || null,
-          ...(loadModel ? { loadModel } : {}),
         });
       }
       services.geoid
@@ -727,7 +649,7 @@ export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
 
     async enable() {
       enabled = true;
-      if (dataSource) dataSource.show = true;
+      renderer?.setVisible(true);
       registerPickOwner(LAYER_ID, (pickedValue) => markers.has(pickedValue));
       installInteraction();
       installFrame();
@@ -753,7 +675,7 @@ export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
       unregisterPickOwner(LAYER_ID);
       sync();
       models?.clear();
-      if (dataSource) dataSource.show = false;
+      renderer?.setVisible(false);
       markSourcesChanged('local-adsb-disabled');
       return true;
     },
@@ -786,9 +708,9 @@ export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
       updateRenderHold();
       models?.destroy();
       models = null;
-      if (viewer && dataSource) viewer.dataSources.remove(dataSource, true);
-      dataSource = null;
-      viewer = null;
+      renderer?.detach();
+      renderer?.destroy();
+      renderer = null;
       void receiver.destroy?.();
     },
 
diff --git a/src/layers/localAdsb/index.test.mjs b/src/layers/localAdsb/index.test.mjs
index 263c21210..e474c3409 100644
--- a/src/layers/localAdsb/index.test.mjs
+++ b/src/layers/localAdsb/index.test.mjs
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ import {
   localAdsbReceiverLine,
   localAdsbStatus,
 } from './index.js';
+import { createLocalAdsbCesiumRenderer } from './render/cesium.js';
+import * as selection from '../../data/selectionDispatcher.js';
+import { registerViewerEngine } from '../../globe/cesium/engineFromViewer.js';
+import { createFakeEngine } from '../../globe/testing/fakeEngine.js';
+import {
+  registerPickOwner,
+  unregisterPickOwner,
+} from '../../data/pickRegistry.js';
 
 function fakeReceiver(initial = {}) {
   const state = {
@@ -73,6 +81,13 @@ function fakeServices() {
         },
       },
       picking: { registerPickOwner() {}, unregisterPickOwner() {} },
+      // As src/app/layers/localAdsb.js composes them: the layer's Cesium
+      // renderer, and the engine's selection dispatcher (clicks).
+      selection,
+      renderer: {
+        create: ({ engine = null, ...options }) =>
+          createLocalAdsbCesiumRenderer(engine, options),
+      },
       detection: { markSourcesChanged() {} },
       overlays: { refreshReadout() {} },
     },
@@ -198,9 +213,6 @@ async function enabledLayer(receiver, clock, feeds = null, options = {}) {
     services: { ...services, ...options.services },
     now: () => clock.now,
     loadModel: options.loadModel,
-    ...(options.createInputHandler
-      ? { createInputHandler: options.createInputHandler }
-      : {}),
   });
   layer.init(viewer);
   await layer.enable();
@@ -1051,35 +1063,29 @@ test('the last aircraft expiring removes its 3D model and cancels a pending load
   assert.equal(late.destroyed, true);
 });
 
-/** A viewer with a canvas and scripted picks, plus the layer's click action. */
+/**
+ * A viewer whose engine (a fake globe engine registered for it) scripts the
+ * picks under a click; clicks reach the layer through the engine's
+ * selection dispatcher, as in the app.
+ */
 function clickHarness() {
   const base = fakeViewer();
-  const scene = {
-    ...base.viewer.scene,
-    canvas: {},
-    pickResult: null,
-    drillResult: [],
-    pick() {
-      return scene.pickResult;
-    },
-    drillPick() {
-      return scene.drillResult;
-    },
-  };
-  const handler = { actions: new Map() };
+  const engine = createFakeEngine();
+  const scene = { pickResult: null, drillResult: [] };
+  engine.fake.script('pick', () => scene.pickResult ?? undefined);
+  engine.fake.script('drillPick', () => scene.drillResult);
+  const unregister = registerViewerEngine(base.viewer, engine);
   return {
     scene,
-    viewer: { ...base, viewer: { ...base.viewer, scene } },
-    createInputHandler: () => ({
-      setInputAction(action, type) {
-        handler.actions.set(type, action);
-      },
-      destroy() {},
-    }),
+    viewer: base,
+    release() {
+      unregister();
+      engine.destroy();
+    },
     click() {
-      handler.actions.get(Cesium.ScreenSpaceEventType.LEFT_CLICK)({
-        position: new Cesium.Cartesian2(10, 10),
-      });
+      engine.fake.input('down', { position: { x: 10, y: 10 } });
+      engine.fake.input('up', { position: { x: 10, y: 10 } });
+      engine.fake.input('click', { position: { x: 10, y: 10 } });
     },
   };
 }
@@ -1090,9 +1096,11 @@ test('clicking the selected aircraft keeps it selected and republishes its card'
   const harness = clickHarness();
   const { layer, calls } = await enabledLayer(receiver, clock, null, {
     viewer: harness.viewer,
-    createInputHandler: harness.createInputHandler,
   });
-  t.after(() => layer.destroy());
+  t.after(() => {
+    layer.destroy();
+    harness.release();
+  });
   receiver.set({ aircraft: [record()] });
   await layer.update();
   const entity =
@@ -1111,26 +1119,18 @@ test('a click on a local aircraft under an unowned or trail pick still selects i
   const receiver = fakeReceiver({ mode: 'adsb', connected: true });
   const clock = { now: 100_000 };
   const harness = clickHarness();
-  const owners = new Map();
-  const { resolvePickId } = await import('../../data/pickRegistry.js');
   const { layer, calls } = await enabledLayer(receiver, clock, null, {
     viewer: harness.viewer,
-    createInputHandler: harness.createInputHandler,
-    services: {
-      picking: {
-        registerPickOwner: (id, predicate) => owners.set(id, predicate),
-        unregisterPickOwner: (id) => owners.delete(id),
-        resolvePickId,
-        isOwnedByOtherLayer: (layerId, pickedId) =>
-          [...owners].some(
-            ([owner, predicate]) => owner !== layerId && predicate(pickedId),
-          ),
-      },
-    },
   });
-  owners.set('trails', (id) => String(id).startsWith('gev-trail:'));
-  owners.set('flights', (id) => id === 'abc123');
-  t.after(() => layer.destroy());
+  // The app's pick owners: the trails, and a Flights contact.
+  registerPickOwner('trails', (id) => String(id).startsWith('gev-trail:'));
+  registerPickOwner('flights', (id) => id === 'abc123');
+  t.after(() => {
+    unregisterPickOwner('trails');
+    unregisterPickOwner('flights');
+    layer.destroy();
+    harness.release();
+  });
   receiver.set({
     aircraft: [record(), record({ icao: 'def456', lat: 0.01 })],
   });
diff --git a/src/layers/localAdsb/models.js b/src/layers/localAdsb/models.js
index 50cebe07e..adb8ff978 100644
--- a/src/layers/localAdsb/models.js
+++ b/src/layers/localAdsb/models.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import * as Cesium from 'cesium';
-import { horizonOccluder } from '../../data/iconOrientation.js';
+import * as geo from '../../geo/index.js';
 import { selectModelEligible } from '../../data/modelEligibility.js';
 import { civilAircraftModelSpec } from '../flights/modelSpec.js';
 import {
@@ -7,7 +6,6 @@ import {
   MODEL_ALL_ADD_M,
   MODEL_ALL_KEEP_M,
   MODEL_ALT_CEIL_M,
-  MODEL_HEADING_OFFSET_DEG,
   MODEL_MAX,
   MODEL_MAX_ALL,
   MODEL_MIN_PX,
@@ -27,24 +25,25 @@ const specKey = (spec) => `${spec.url}@${spec.scale}`;
  * magenta, as Flights tints military amber). Each model owns its matrix. A
  * billboard stays the visual until its model is loaded AND placed; a grounded
  * aircraft's model rides the one-shot ground snap plus the class belly
- * offset, and without a resolved ground it stays a billboard.
+ * offset, and without a resolved ground it stays a billboard. The models
+ * are drawn by the layer's renderer (its `models`: the shared aircraft
+ * renderer's model part) and read the camera through its `view`.
  * @param {object} options
- * @param {object} options.viewer Cesium viewer.
- * @param {Cesium.Color} options.color Model tint.
+ * @param {object} options.renderer The layer's renderer (render/cesium.js,
+ *   render/navara.js).
+ * @param {object} options.color Model tint (a colour with red/green/blue/alpha).
  * @param {(url: string) => string} options.resolveAsset
  * @param {object|null} [options.groundSnap] `createGroundSnap()` instance.
- * @param {(options: object) => Promise<object>} [options.loadModel]
  * @returns {object}
  */
 export function createLocalAdsbModels({
-  viewer,
+  renderer,
   color,
   resolveAsset,
   groundSnap = null,
-  loadModel = (options) => Cesium.Model.fromGltfAsync(options),
 }) {
-  const collection = new Cesium.PrimitiveCollection();
-  viewer.scene.primitives.add(collection);
+  const draw = renderer.models;
+  const view = renderer.view;
   /** @type {Map<string, object>} id -> admitted model */
   const models = new Map();
   /** @type {Map<string, number>} id -> generation of an in-flight load */
@@ -53,17 +52,15 @@ export function createLocalAdsbModels({
   let destroyed = false;
   let lastEligibilityAt = 0;
   let eligible = new Set();
-  const scratchHpr = new Cesium.HeadingPitchRoll();
-  const scratchSphere = new Cesium.BoundingSphere(Cesium.Cartesian3.ZERO, 1);
-  const scratchCarto = new Cesium.Cartographic();
-  const scratchGround = new Cesium.Cartesian3();
+  const scratchCarto = geo.cartographic.create();
+  const scratchGround = geo.cartesian3.create();
 
   function release(id) {
     pending.delete(id);
     const model = models.get(id);
     if (!model) return;
     models.delete(id);
-    if (!collection.isDestroyed()) collection.remove(model);
+    draw.remove(model);
     groundSnap?.forget?.(id);
   }
 
@@ -84,14 +81,15 @@ export function createLocalAdsbModels({
     pending.set(id, loadGeneration);
     let model;
     try {
-      model = await loadModel({
+      model = await draw.loadFleet({
         url: resolveAsset(spec.url),
-        asynchronous: false,
         minimumPixelSize: MODEL_MIN_PX,
         scale: spec.scale,
+        // Bounding radius per scale unit (an engine that keeps
+        // minimumPixelSize on the CPU reports the drawn scale with it).
+        radiusM: spec.nativeRadiusM,
         color,
-        colorBlendMode: Cesium.ColorBlendMode.MIX,
-        colorBlendAmount: spec.blendAmount,
+        blendAmount: spec.blendAmount,
         id,
       });
     } catch {
@@ -107,7 +105,7 @@ export function createLocalAdsbModels({
       specKey(civilAircraftModelSpec(marker.klass)) !== key;
     if (pending.get(id) === loadGeneration) pending.delete(id);
     if (stale) {
-      model.destroy?.();
+      draw.destroy(model);
       return;
     }
     model.id = id;
@@ -115,13 +113,13 @@ export function createLocalAdsbModels({
     model._gevBellyM = spec.bellyM;
     // Admitted, not yet the visual: placement turns it on.
     model.show = false;
-    collection.add(model);
+    draw.add(model);
     models.set(id, model);
   }
 
   function regime(preferences) {
     if (!preferences?.models3d) return false;
-    const height = viewer.camera?.positionCartographic?.height ?? Infinity;
+    const height = view.camera?.positionCartographic?.height ?? Infinity;
     return height < MODEL_ALT_CEIL_M;
   }
 
@@ -130,27 +128,17 @@ export function createLocalAdsbModels({
     const cap = all ? MODEL_MAX_ALL : MODEL_MAX;
     const addM = all ? MODEL_ALL_ADD_M : MODEL_PROX_ADD_M;
     const keepM = all ? MODEL_ALL_KEEP_M : MODEL_PROX_KEEP_M;
-    const camera = viewer.camera;
-    const cameraPosition = camera.positionWC;
-    const cull = camera.frustum.computeCullingVolume(
-      cameraPosition,
-      camera.directionWC,
-      camera.upWC,
-    );
+    const cameraPosition = view.camera.positionWC;
+    const inFrustum = view.frustumTester();
     const candidates = [];
     for (const [id, marker] of markers) {
       if (!marker.position) continue;
-      const distanceSq = Cesium.Cartesian3.distanceSquared(
+      const distanceSq = geo.cartesian3.distanceSquared(
         cameraPosition,
         marker.position,
       );
       if (distanceSq > keepM * keepM) continue;
-      Cesium.Cartesian3.clone(marker.position, scratchSphere.center);
-      candidates.push([
-        id,
-        distanceSq,
-        cull.computeVisibility(scratchSphere) !== Cesium.Intersect.OUTSIDE,
-      ]);
+      candidates.push([id, distanceSq, inFrustum(marker.position)]);
     }
     candidates.sort((a, b) => a[1] - b[1]);
     eligible = selectModelEligible(candidates, {
@@ -168,20 +156,23 @@ export function createLocalAdsbModels({
     const model = models.get(id);
     // The vertical sample must hit the tile skin, not this aircraft's own
     // billboard or model.
-    const height = groundSnap?.heightFor?.(viewer, id, marker.position, () =>
-      [marker.entity, model].filter(Boolean),
+    const height = groundSnap?.heightFor?.(
+      view.surfaceOwner,
+      id,
+      marker.position,
+      () => [marker.entity, model].filter(Boolean),
     );
     if (!Number.isFinite(height)) return null;
-    const carto = Cesium.Cartographic.fromCartesian(
+    const carto = geo.cartographic.fromCartesian(
       marker.position,
-      Cesium.Ellipsoid.WGS84,
+      geo.ellipsoid.WGS84,
       scratchCarto,
     );
-    return Cesium.Cartesian3.fromRadians(
+    return geo.cartesian3.fromRadians(
       carto.longitude,
       carto.latitude,
       height + (model?._gevBellyM || 0),
-      Cesium.Ellipsoid.WGS84,
+      geo.ellipsoid.WGS84,
       scratchGround,
     );
   }
@@ -213,7 +204,7 @@ export function createLocalAdsbModels({
         lastEligibilityAt = nowMs;
         refreshEligibility(markers, preferences);
       }
-      const occluder = horizonOccluder(viewer.camera);
+      const occluder = view.horizon();
       for (const [id, marker] of markers) {
         const model = models.get(id);
         marker.modelOwnsVisual = false;
@@ -223,18 +214,9 @@ export function createLocalAdsbModels({
           model.show = false;
           continue;
         }
-        scratchHpr.heading = Cesium.Math.toRadians(
-          (marker.courseDeg || 0) + MODEL_HEADING_OFFSET_DEG,
-        );
-        scratchHpr.pitch = 0;
-        scratchHpr.roll = 0;
-        Cesium.Transforms.headingPitchRollToFixedFrame(
-          position,
-          scratchHpr,
-          Cesium.Ellipsoid.WGS84,
-          undefined,
-          model.modelMatrix,
-        );
+        // The renderer's pose: course + the Flights models' nose offset,
+        // into the model's own matrix.
+        draw.setPose(model, position, marker.courseDeg || 0);
         if (!model.ready) {
           model.show = false;
           continue;
@@ -271,12 +253,11 @@ export function createLocalAdsbModels({
       return models.size;
     },
 
+    /** Drop every model; the renderer removes the collection (detach). */
     destroy() {
       destroyed = true;
       releaseAll();
       groundSnap?.clear?.();
-      if (!viewer.isDestroyed?.() && !collection.isDestroyed())
-        viewer.scene.primitives.remove(collection);
     },
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/layers/localAdsb/render/cesium.js b/src/layers/localAdsb/render/cesium.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fcc0ff99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/layers/localAdsb/render/cesium.js
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+// The Local ADS-B layer's renderer on Cesium (phase 3 Task 12a): the Cesium
+// objects the layer used to build itself, moved here one for one — its
+// CustomDataSource of marker entities (billboard with per-frame position,
+// rotation and visibility callbacks, a 2,000 km display distance, the 978 MHz
+// UAT ring as a point graphic), its model PrimitiveCollection (models load,
+// pose and leave through the shared aircraft renderer's model part), the
+// selected aircraft's trail and live head segment, and the camera reads.
+// Nothing here decides anything: the layer's logic decides, this draws.
+//
+// The renderer (contract shared with render/navara.js):
+//   view                 camera, scene, horizon(), frustumTester(),
+//                        surfaceOwner, requestRender(), on('preRender', fn)
+//   attach(), setVisible(bool), detach()
+//   markers.add({ id, image, scale, position(), rotation(), show() }) →
+//     handle (an Entity on Cesium: the context and readout annotations go
+//     on it), remove(handle), setImage(handle, image), setScale(handle,
+//     scale), hasRing(handle), setRing(handle, on, visible())
+//   models               the aircraft renderer's models (live, loadFleet,
+//                        add, remove, destroy, setPose), or null without a
+//                        primitive collection
+//   trails.create({ color, width }) → Trail | null, createHead({ id,
+//     positions(), color, width }), removeHead(head)
+//   engine, destroy()
+
+import * as Cesium from 'cesium';
+import { createAircraftCesiumRenderer } from '../../aircraft/render/cesium.js';
+import { MODEL_HEADING_OFFSET_DEG } from '../../flights/policy.js';
+import {
+  LAYER_ID,
+  LOCAL_ADSB_COLOR,
+  LOCAL_ADSB_UAT_RING_COLOR,
+} from '../policy.js';
+
+/** Markers (and the UAT ring) are not drawn past this camera distance (m). */
+export const LOCAL_ADSB_DISPLAY_DISTANCE_M = 2_000_000;
+
+/**
+ * Registry factory (src/app/layers/renderers.js): `(engine, options)`.
+ * @param {object|null} engine The Cesium globe engine (null in unit tests).
+ * @param {{ viewer: object, loadModel?: Function, createTrail?: Function }} options
+ *   `loadModel`: the glTF loader (test seam); `createTrail`: the trail
+ *   renderer (data/trailRenderer createTrail; no trail without it).
+ */
+export function createLocalAdsbCesiumRenderer(
+  engine,
+  { viewer, loadModel, createTrail = null } = {},
+) {
+  const color = Cesium.Color.fromCssColorString(LOCAL_ADSB_COLOR);
+  const uatRingColor = Cesium.Color.fromCssColorString(
+    LOCAL_ADSB_UAT_RING_COLOR,
+  );
+  let dataSource = null;
+  let modelCollection = null;
+  let aircraft = null;
+
+  const view = {
+    get camera() {
+      return viewer?.camera;
+    },
+    get scene() {
+      return viewer?.scene;
+    },
+    get surfaceOwner() {
+      return viewer;
+    },
+    horizon: () => aircraft.view.horizon(),
+    frustumTester: () => aircraft.view.frustumTester(),
+    requestRender: () => viewer?.scene?.requestRender?.(),
+    on(event, listener) {
+      if (event !== 'preRender') return null;
+      return viewer?.scene?.preRender?.addEventListener
+        ? viewer.scene.preRender.addEventListener(listener)
+        : null;
+    },
+  };
+
+  const uatRing = (visible) =>
+    new Cesium.PointGraphics({
+      pixelSize: 24,
+      color: Cesium.Color.TRANSPARENT,
+      outlineColor: uatRingColor,
+      outlineWidth: 1.5,
+      scaleByDistance: new Cesium.NearFarScalar(1000, 3.0, 8_000_000, 0.5),
+      show: new Cesium.CallbackProperty(() => visible(), false),
+      disableDepthTestDistance: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
+      distanceDisplayCondition: new Cesium.DistanceDisplayCondition(
+        0,
+        LOCAL_ADSB_DISPLAY_DISTANCE_M,
+      ),
+    });
+
+  const markers = {
+    add(spec) {
+      return dataSource.entities.add({
+        id: spec.id,
+        position: new Cesium.CallbackProperty(() => spec.position(), false),
+        billboard: {
+          image: spec.image,
+          width: 20,
+          height: 20,
+          scale: 1,
+          color,
+          sizeInMeters: false,
+          scaleByDistance: new Cesium.NearFarScalar(1000, 3.0, 8_000_000, 0.5),
+          alignedAxis: Cesium.Cartesian3.ZERO,
+          rotation: new Cesium.CallbackProperty(() => spec.rotation(), false),
+          show: new Cesium.CallbackProperty(() => spec.show(), false),
+          disableDepthTestDistance: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
+          distanceDisplayCondition: new Cesium.DistanceDisplayCondition(
+            0,
+            LOCAL_ADSB_DISPLAY_DISTANCE_M,
+          ),
+        },
+      });
+    },
+    remove(handle) {
+      dataSource?.entities.remove(handle);
+    },
+    setImage(handle, image) {
+      if (handle?.billboard) handle.billboard.image = image;
+    },
+    setScale(handle, scale) {
+      if (handle?.billboard) handle.billboard.scale = scale;
+    },
+    hasRing: (handle) => Boolean(handle?.point),
+    setRing(handle, on, visible) {
+      handle.point = on ? uatRing(visible) : undefined;
+    },
+  };
+
+  const trails = {
+    create: ({ color: css, width }) =>
+      typeof createTrail === 'function' && viewer?.entities
+        ? createTrail(viewer, { color: css, width })
+        : null,
+    // Live head: last heard fix → the extrapolated marker, every frame.
+    createHead({ id, positions, width }) {
+      return viewer.entities.add({
+        // 'gev-trail' namespace: claimed by the trail pick owner so a click
+        // on the head segment never reads as empty space.
+        id,
+        polyline: {
+          positions: new Cesium.CallbackProperty(() => positions(), false),
+          width,
+          material: color.withAlpha(0.9),
+          depthFailMaterial: color.withAlpha(0.45),
+          arcType: Cesium.ArcType.GEODESIC,
+        },
+      });
+    },
+    removeHead(head) {
+      if (head && viewer && !viewer.isDestroyed?.()) {
+        try {
+          viewer.entities.remove(head);
+        } catch {
+          /* torn down */
+        }
+      }
+    },
+  };
+
+  const renderer = {
+    kind: 'cesium',
+    get engine() {
+      return aircraft?.engine ?? engine;
+    },
+    view,
+    markers,
+    trails,
+    /** The aircraft renderer's models, or null (no primitive collection). */
+    models: null,
+    /** The model tint (the layer's magenta). */
+    modelColor: color,
+    attach() {
+      dataSource = new Cesium.CustomDataSource(LAYER_ID);
+      dataSource.show = false;
+      viewer.dataSources.add(dataSource);
+      if (viewer.scene?.primitives) {
+        modelCollection = new Cesium.PrimitiveCollection();
+        viewer.scene.primitives.add(modelCollection);
+      }
+      aircraft = createAircraftCesiumRenderer({
+        viewer,
+        engine,
+        spriteLayer: null,
+        headingOffsetDeg: MODEL_HEADING_OFFSET_DEG,
+        adopt: { modelCollection },
+        ...(loadModel ? { loadModel } : {}),
+      });
+      if (modelCollection) renderer.models = aircraft.models;
+    },
+    setVisible(visible) {
+      if (dataSource) dataSource.show = visible;
+    },
+    /** The data source, for the context slot's metadata. */
+    get dataSource() {
+      return dataSource;
+    },
+    // Removing the model collection destroys it and the models left in it.
+    detach() {
+      if (
+        modelCollection &&
+        !viewer.isDestroyed?.() &&
+        !modelCollection.isDestroyed()
+      )
+        viewer.scene.primitives.remove(modelCollection);
+      modelCollection = null;
+      if (viewer && dataSource) viewer.dataSources.remove(dataSource, true);
+      dataSource = null;
+      renderer.models = null;
+    },
+    destroy() {
+      aircraft?.destroy();
+      aircraft = null;
+    },
+  };
+  return renderer;
+}