diff --git a/scripts/qa-local-adsb-engine-switch.mjs b/scripts/qa-local-adsb-engine-switch.mjs
index e5dbc1f9d..f0dcc2a09 100644
--- a/scripts/qa-local-adsb-engine-switch.mjs
+++ b/scripts/qa-local-adsb-engine-switch.mjs
@@ -97,7 +97,12 @@ await strict.run({ args: ['--use-angle=metal', '--enable-gpu'] }, async (b) => {
   await p.waitForFunction(
     () => window.qaAdsb.mod.getAllPositions().length === 1,
   );
-  assert.ok(await p.evaluate(() => window.qaAdsb.mod.selectAircraft('abc123')));
+  // The selection hook the selectable layers share, by the row's own id.
+  assert.ok(
+    await p.evaluate(() =>
+      window.qaAdsb.mod.selectById(window.qaAdsb.mod.getAllPositions()[0].id),
+    ),
+  );
   for (const kind of ['cesium', 'navara']) {
     await p.evaluate(() => {
       window.qaSelections = [];
diff --git a/src/layers/localAdsb/index.js b/src/layers/localAdsb/index.js
index 1ba7f9c8c..a84ed09c3 100644
--- a/src/layers/localAdsb/index.js
+++ b/src/layers/localAdsb/index.js
@@ -529,6 +529,14 @@ export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
     return true;
   }
 
+  function selectById(id) {
+    if (!enabled || id === null || id === undefined) return false;
+    let icao = String(id).trim().toLowerCase();
+    if (icao.startsWith(ENTITY_PREFIX)) icao = icao.slice(ENTITY_PREFIX.length);
+    if (!icao) return false;
+    return selectMarker(`${ENTITY_PREFIX}${icao}`);
+  }
+
   /**
    * 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
@@ -653,7 +661,8 @@ export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
         installFrame();
         sync();
         const selected = getSelectedEntityContext();
-        if (restore && (!selected || selected.id === restore)) selectMarker(restore);
+        if (restore && (!selected || selected.id === restore))
+          selectMarker(restore);
       }
       return true;
     },
@@ -777,13 +786,16 @@ export function createLocalAdsbLayer({
 
     /**
      * Select a heard aircraft's marker and publish its readout card, exactly
-     * as a click does. The camera does not follow it.
-     * @param {string} icao Lowercase ICAO hex.
+     * as a click does; the selection hook other selectable layers expose
+     * (vessels' selectById). The camera does not follow it.
+     * @param {string} id The ICAO hex of a getAllPositions row, in any case,
+     *   or the marker id (`local-adsb:<icao>`).
      * @returns {boolean} Whether a fresh marker was selected.
      */
-    selectAircraft(icao) {
-      return enabled && selectMarker(`${ENTITY_PREFIX}${icao}`);
-    },
+    selectById,
+
+    /** The same as selectById, by ICAO hex. */
+    selectAircraft: (icao) => selectById(icao),
 
     /**
      * Snapshot loaded locally received aircraft as plain JSON-safe records for the analyst
diff --git a/src/layers/localAdsb/index.test.mjs b/src/layers/localAdsb/index.test.mjs
index bf3ff33b8..7edcba783 100644
--- a/src/layers/localAdsb/index.test.mjs
+++ b/src/layers/localAdsb/index.test.mjs
@@ -612,6 +612,30 @@ test('markers drop when the position is 60 s old and records when silent 60 s',
   assert.deepEqual(layer.getDetectableObjects(), []);
 });
 
+test('selectById selects a heard aircraft by the id its position rows carry, like a click', async (t) => {
+  const receiver = fakeReceiver({ mode: 'adsb', connected: true });
+  const clock = { now: 100_000 };
+  const { layer, calls } = await enabledLayer(receiver, clock);
+  t.after(() => layer.destroy());
+  receiver.set({ aircraft: [record()] });
+  await layer.update();
+  const [row] = layer.getAllPositions();
+  assert.equal(row.id, 'abc123');
+  assert.equal(layer.selectById(row.id), true);
+  assert.equal(layer.selectById(' ABC123 '), true, 'any case, trimmed');
+  assert.equal(layer.selectById('local-adsb:abc123'), true, 'the marker id');
+  assert.deepEqual(calls.selected, [
+    'local-adsb:abc123',
+    'local-adsb:abc123',
+    'local-adsb:abc123',
+  ]);
+  for (const missing of ['ffffff', '', null, undefined, 'local-adsb:'])
+    assert.equal(layer.selectById(missing), false, String(missing));
+  await layer.disable();
+  assert.equal(layer.selectById('abc123'), false, 'nothing while off');
+  assert.equal(calls.selected.length, 3);
+});
+
 test('selecting a marker publishes the readout card and eviction clears it', async (t) => {
   const receiver = fakeReceiver({ mode: 'adsb', connected: true });
   const clock = { now: 100_000 };
@@ -1170,14 +1194,24 @@ test('globe handoff retains the receiver, feed, trail fixes and selection', asyn
   const receiver = fakeReceiver({ aircraft: [record()] });
   const feeds = fakeFeeds();
   let closes = 0;
-  receiver.destroy = () => { closes++; };
+  receiver.destroy = () => {
+    closes++;
+  };
   const clock = { now: 100_000 };
   const { layer, calls } = await enabledLayer(receiver, clock, feeds);
   t.after(() => layer.destroy());
   assert.ok(layer.selectAircraft('abc123'));
   layer.detachRenderer();
   clock.now += 1000;
-  receiver.set({ aircraft: [record({ lon: 0.001, lastPositionAt: clock.now, lastMessageAt: clock.now })] });
+  receiver.set({
+    aircraft: [
+      record({
+        lon: 0.001,
+        lastPositionAt: clock.now,
+        lastMessageAt: clock.now,
+      }),
+    ],
+  });
   await layer.update();
   assert.equal(layer.getAnalystRecords()[0].icao24, 'abc123');
   layer.attachRenderer(fakeViewer().viewer);