- FlightPlan - Pilot's Toolbox
- iTunes
- 2.99 USD
- iPhone, iPod touch
- Jeff Cardillo
Description
FlightPlan is a native iPhone/iPod Touch application for both professional and hobbyist pilots. At its core, FlightPlan functions as an aviation calculator by simplifying many common calculations typically performed with an E6B slide rule computer. FlightPlan makes quick work of your number crunching, and is even used by CFIs to quickly check their student's flight and leg calculations (see Leg Calculator feature).
FlightPlan has evolved beyond the core functionality. It now offers many advanced features, including Weight and Balance calculators (with live plot!) for both airplanes and helicopters, live METARs and TAFs, airport data, flex weight calculator, windstar calculator, etc.
FlightPlan will continue to evolve as I incorporate more user requested features. My goal is to make FlightPlan as "all inclusive" as possible, so please let me know if there are features you are looking for that FlightPlan does not already offer.
The development of FlightPlan is greatly influenced by your comments and feedback so drop by the forum or shoot me an email and say hello!
Please visit the dedicated website for lots more screenshots and product walkthroughs.
The current set of features:
Conversions:
- Avgas kilograms and gal (US) conversion
- Avgas kilograms and litres conversion
-
Avgas Pounds (lbs) and Gallons
- Avgas Pounds (lbs) and Litres
- Celsius and Fahrenheit
- Feet and
Meters
- Gallons (Imperial) and Litres
- Gallons (US) and Litres
- Inches of Mercury to Millibars
- Jet-A1 kilograms and gal (US) conversion
- Jet-A1 kilograms and litres conversion
- Jet A-1 Pounds
(lbs) and Gallons
- Jet A-1 Pounds (lbs) and Litres
- Kilograms and Pounds (lbs)
- Kilometers Per
Hour and Knots
- Kilometers Per Hour and Mach
- Kilometers and Nautical Miles
- Kilometers and
Statute Miles
- Knots and Miles Per Hour
- Latitude/Longitude Formats
- Litres and Gallons
(Imperial)
- Litres and Gallons (US)
- Nautical Miles and Statute Miles
- Miles Per Hour and
Knots
Weather:
- Wind Direction and Speed
- Heat Index
- Dewpoint
- Density Altitude
-
Pressure Altitude
- Cumuliform Cloud Base
- Temperature from PA and DA
- METARs
- TAFs
Navigation:
- Climb Gradient to Climb Rate
- Course, Ground Speed, Wind Correction Angle
-
Course/Distance from 2 Lat/Lon Coords (GPS or manual entry!)
- Critical Point
- Distance for Descent
- Distance from Time & Ground Speed
- Heading, Ground Speed, Wind Correction Angle
- Leg Calculator
- Minimum Flight Level
- Rate and Radius of Turn
- Rate of Descent
- Required Ground Speed
- Runway Crosswind with Gusts
- True Airspeed, Density Altitude, Pressure Altitude
- Time En-route
-
True Airspeed (Rule of Thumb)
- Wind Star
- Airports (AirNav.com)
- Global Airport Data
-
Global Navaids
- NOTAMs & TFRs from NIFC
Fuel:
- Bingo Fuel
- Endurance
- Flex Weight Take Off
- Fuel Burn
- Fuel Rate
-
Fuel Uplift
- Fuel Volume to Weight
- Fuel Weight to Volume
- Joker Fuel
- Point of No Return
Weight and Balance with Envelope Plot!:
- Small Aircraft
- Medium aircraft
- Helicopters
MyLinks:
- Allows users to create links to helpful websites from within FlightPlan. Some useful sites may be
specialized local airport and weather data sites for your country!
News:
- Gives users a way to check for any FlightPlan related news right from the software
User Guides:
- Documentation on advanced features of FlightPlan
What's New
Version 1.22.5 (Nov 18, 2011)
- Updated METAR and TAF data source so that FlightPlan can grab data again.
- METARs will now grab last 6
hours of data instead of 1.
Version 1.22.4 (Nov 1, 2011)
- Adjustment of the black space on the top of the news page.
- Changed NOTAMs (TFRs) data source to FAA and
now it works again.
Version 1.22.3 (Oct 31, 2011)
- Changed NOTAMs (TFR) source to FAA. Works again.
Version 1.22.2 (Aug 27, 2011)
- Updated ADDS METARs / TAFs accessor information to acquire data.
Version 1.22.1 (Apr 19, 2011)
- Airport navigation view and Weather view now show back/forward buttons for navigation
- Replaced background
for calculation screens to look nicer
- Adjusted interfaces slightly
- Updated various graphics for retina
display (more to come)
- Changed Course/Heading, GS, and WCA to use wind direction FROM instead of TO.
- Fixed
issue that could cause crash when entering Weight and Balance after FlightPlan was put backgrounded.
Version 1.22.0 (Mar 8, 2011)
- New Conversion - Avgas Lbs to Gal (imp) and back
- New Conversion - JetA1 Lbs to Gal (imp) and back
Version 1.21.4 (Jan 24, 2011)
- Backward compatibility back to the original iPhone
1.21.3
- Added new background for the windstar.
- Fixed issue where Windstar would only show if other
favorites were enabled.
Version 1.21.3 (Jan 20, 2011)
- Minor text placing adjustments
- Compiled to be backward compatible with older versions of iOS
1.21.2
- Added new background for the windstar.
- Fixed issue where Windstar would only show if other
favorites were enabled.
Version 1.21.2 (Dec 30, 2010)
- Added new background image to Windstar Calculation
Version 1.21.1 (Dec 10, 2010)
- Added hi-res icon for iPhone 4 retina display.
- Windstar - known issue that this will only show in the
Navigation menu if you have one or more other calculations set to be a favorite. A fix will be issued for this soon.
- Minimum Flight Level Calculation fix.
Version 1.20.2 (Nov 28, 2010)
NOTE: there may be an error with the minimum flight level calculation. Please do not rely on it until further notice.
- Weight and Balance Limits Plot points are now labeled with their values.
- Weight and Balance supports up to
12 limit points now.
- On iOS 4.0+ will now resume will you left off!
- Updated a handful of icons on the
homescreen for the retina display. More coming soon!
- Fixed issue with editing oil weight/volume. Now, change
either weight or vol. for either oil or fuel and the other will be calculated.
Version 1.20.1 (Jul 26, 2010)
Changes:
- W&B templates (all) allow for 7 limit points to be entered.
- W&B templates
(Moderate/Heli) now will count any entry with "fuel" in the description as a fuel entry.
- Cumuliform Base
calculation will heed distance setting and convert result accordingly.
- Temperature from DA & PA calculation
will heed distance setting and use meters for input if desired.
- Density Altitude will heed distance setting for
input / output.
- Pressure Altitude will heed distance setting for input / output.
- The old calculation named
"Required Ground Speed" will be automatically removed from your favorites, and the new name "Ground Speed Required" will
be added it the old name was found.
Version 1.20.0 (Jun 23, 2010)
New Calculations:
- Joker Distance
- Bingo Distance
Changes:
- Changed "Required Ground Speed" to "Ground Speed Required" so it catches the eye easier.
-
Improved limits graphing.
- Longitudinal Plotting for Helicopter Weight and Balance
Version 1.19.2 (May 20, 2010)
- Weight and Balance Limits screens will now support up to 5 limit points to be added and used in your envelope calculation.
If you need the limits screen to do something it can't, please contact me and send me a scan (or picture) of the relating pages in the Pilot's Handbook for your aircraft.
Version 1.19.1 (Apr 25, 2010)
- Fixed issue where the simple template for W&B would show the total CG for both total CG and Zero Fuel CG.
- Enhanced W&B graph points to plot in green if within envelope and red if outside.
Version 1.19.0 (Apr 7, 2010)
- Weight and Balance will now plot your graph to show you your envelop (simple and moderate templates)! Look on
the Limits screen.
- On Weight and Balance screens, you will not need to clear 0's out of the fields to begin
putting in your value.
- "Distance for Descent" now called "Distance & Time for Descent", and will now show
time required for descent in minutes
Version 1.18.4 (Mar 18, 2010)
- Fixed issue causing the Great Circle and Course calculation to suffer from a degrade in accuracy in certain
quadrants of the world.
- Great Circle and Course calculation now shows units, and displays distance in KM, NM, and
SM.
Version 1.18.3 (Mar 4, 2010)
Version 1.18.3
- Enhanced limits screen to be able to handle slightly more complicated envelopes.
-
Moved Great Circle and Course calculation in the Navigation list so that it would be in alphabetical order.
Version 1.18.2:
- Weight and Balance Simple template will auto-clear the fuel weight when the volume is
changed.
- Renamed calculation "Course/Distance from 2 Lat/Lons" to "Great Circle and Course"
Version 1.18.1:
This is a small update to improve the Limits screen for Weight and Balance.
Enhancements:
- I have changed the Limits entry screen for Weight and Balance so that the redundant point values for the envelope do not need to be entered, they will be inferred from the previous entered point.
- The limits screen will now check your points to be sure they create a correct envelope "shape". If not, you will be presented with a warning.
- The simple weight and balance template will automatically update values after you edit a field, you do not have to tap "update values" anymore.
Version 1.18.0:
Additions:
- Distance for Descent - Gives the distance it will take to Descent to the desired altitude.
-
Weight and Balance now allows you to define CG limits for the simple and moderate template! If you are inside the
envelope, your results will be shown in green. If you are outside the envelope, your results will be in red. The
helicopter template will be done soon. I am still hoping to get a graph plot integrated as well in a future update.
Fixes and Changes:
- Fixed issue that caused leg calculator not to update the unit labels when the user changed
a unit setting after loading the leg calculator screen.
- Updated W&B moderate template screen to be a bit more
intuitive in its layout.
- W&B moderate template table cell text will now scale down if values grow very
large.
- Adjusted layout of Heli W&B cell slightly.
- About screen changes.
Version 1.18.2 (Mar 1, 2010)
Version 1.18.2:
- Weight and Balance Simple template will auto-clear the fuel weight when the volume is
changed.
- Renamed calculation "Course/Distance from 2 Lat/Lons" to "Great Circle and Course"
Version 1.18.1:
This is a small update to improve the Limits screen for Weight and Balance.
Enhancements:
- I have changed the Limits entry screen for Weight and Balance so that the redundant point values for the envelope do not need to be entered, they will be inferred from the previous entered point.
- The limits screen will now check your points to be sure they create a correct envelope "shape". If not, you will be presented with a warning.
- The simple weight and balance template will automatically update values after you edit a field, you do not have to tap "update values" anymore.
Version 1.18.0:
Additions:
- Distance for Descent - Gives the distance it will take to Descent to the desired altitude.
-
Weight and Balance now allows you to define CG limits for the simple and moderate template! If you are inside the
envelope, your results will be shown in green. If you are outside the envelope, your results will be in red. The
helicopter template will be done soon. I am still hoping to get a graph plot integrated as well in a future update.
Fixes and Changes:
- Fixed issue that caused leg calculator not to update the unit labels when the user changed
a unit setting after loading the leg calculator screen.
- Updated W&B moderate template screen to be a bit more
intuitive in its layout.
- W&B moderate template table cell text will now scale down if values grow very
large.
- Adjusted layout of Heli W&B cell slightly.
- About screen changes.
Version 1.18.1 (Jan 29, 2010)
Version 1.18.1:
This is a small update to improve the Limits screen for Weight and Balance.
Enhancements:
- I have changed the Limits entry screen for Weight and Balance so that the redundant point values for the envelope do not need to be entered, they will be inferred from the previous entered point.
- The limits screen will now check your points to be sure they create a correct envelope "shape". If not, you will be presented with a warning.
- The simple weight and balance template will automatically update values after you edit a field, you do not have to tap "update values" anymore.
Version 1.18.0:
Additions:
- Distance for Descent - Gives the distance it will take to Descent to the desired altitude.
-
Weight and Balance now allows you to define CG limits for the simple and moderate template! If you are inside the
envelope, your results will be shown in green. If you are outside the envelope, your results will be in red. The
helicopter template will be done soon. I am still hoping to get a graph plot integrated as well in a future update.
Fixes and Changes:
- Fixed issue that caused leg calculator not to update the unit labels when the user changed
a unit setting after loading the leg calculator screen.
- Updated W&B moderate template screen to be a bit more
intuitive in its layout.
- W&B moderate template table cell text will now scale down if values grow very
large.
- Adjusted layout of Heli W&B cell slightly.
- About screen changes.
Version 1.18.0 (Jan 18, 2010)
Additions:
- Distance to Descent - Gives the distance it will take to Descent to the desired altitude.
-
Weight and Balance now allows you to define CG limits for the simple and moderate template! If you are inside the
envelope, your results will be shown in green. If you are outside the envelope, your results will be in red. The
helicopter template will be done soon. I am still hoping to get a graph plot integrated as well in a future update.
Fixes and Changes:
- Fixed issue that caused leg calculator not to update the unit labels when the user changed
a unit setting after loading the leg calculator screen.
- Updated W&B moderate template screen to be a bit more
intuitive in its layout.
- W&B moderate template table cell text will now scale down if values grow very
large.
- Adjusted layout of Heli W&B cell slightly.
- About screen changes.
Version 1.17.2 (Dec 3, 2009)
- Fixed issue that would cause PNR to report time left to travel instead of time to travel.
- Improvements to
the user guides have been done.
Version 1.17.1 (Nov 25, 2009)
- Update to insure screen elements are reset after leaving a W&B screen and coming back.
- fixed issue
with Critical Point where it would show time left to travel rather than time already traveled.
Version 1.17.0 (Sep 17, 2009)
- Weight and Balance template for helicopters! This template allows both longitudinal and latitudinal Center of
Gravities to be found on one screen!
- All Weight and balance templates now allow 3 decimal place
precision.
Version 1.16.0 (Jul 3, 2009)
Additions:
New conversions:
- AvGas Gal(US) to Litres and back.
- JetA1 Gal(US) to Litres and
back.
Updates:
iPhone OS 3.0 compatibility updates.






