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  • Bringing real-time weather cameras to more pilots

    As a pilot flying out of Western Maine, I am used to fast-changing weather and sparse station reporting. Deciding when to fly isn’t as easy as just reading a METAR. You need to combine it with radar imagery and a touch of local knowledge to know how a system might develop throughout the region. Is…

  • Composite vs. Lowest Tilt Radar: What Pilots Need to Know

    Lowest Tilt radar can be an important tool for pilots, providing a clearer picture of weather conditions at lower altitudes. We asked KOKI-TV Chief Meteorologist James Aydelott – a longtime ForeFlight user and instrument-rated pilot – to weigh in on the benefits and differences of lowest tilt radar from other radar layers. Weather radar can be…

  • 12 Days of ForeFlight: Feature Focus

    As 2022 comes to a close, we want to inspire our customers to dive deeper into some of ForeFlight’s best features and learn how they can enhance your flight planning and flying workflows in 2023 and beyond. We’ll highlight a different feature every day, so check back through December 23 to learn about all 12!…

  • Feature Focus: Get The Most Out of ForeFlight

    ForeFlight is loaded with powerful features to help you plan and fly with everything you need at your fingertips. Even though many of its most useful features have been available for years, we frequently encounter customers at shows like EAA AirVenture who have never heard of them. So in the interest of maximizing ForeFlight’s value to…

  • Fly with your favorite VFR charts directly in ForeFlight.

    Enhance your VFR flying in Europe with charts, AIPs, and documents from Jeppesen and other popular chart makers, available as add-ons to any ForeFlight subscription that includes the Europe region. View all available VFR add-ons below and learn what’s included so you can make a more informed purchase. NOTE: You can add VFR add-ons to…

  • Find and Update Fuel Pricing in ForeFlight

    ForeFlight makes fuel planning easy with its extensive FBO Directory to help you find fuel at any airport. Save time and money by searching FBOs near your destination ahead of time to find the best pricing. You can quickly find fuel availability for an area by tapping the Layer Selector and enabling the 100LL or…

  • Giant Reports in ForeFlight

    Giant Reports, a colloquial term for a portion of the Airfield Suitability and Runway Report (ASRR), are informational documents created by AMC which are marked For Official Use Only (FOUO), and are exempt from release under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The FOUO designation on Giant Reports currently prevents ForeFlight from organically hosting them…

  • 10 ForeFlight Map Features You Might Not Know About

    Some of ForeFlight’s most useful Map features for day-to-day planning and flying have been around for years yet many pilots are still unaware of them, either because they’re hidden away in a settings menu, or their purpose isn’t immediately obvious. Below are ten of those high-value features and settings that may have flown under your…

  • Top 10 Dispatch Feature Releases of 2021

    ForeFlight Dispatch just keeps getting better, with dozens of updates this year adding powerful new flight planning and collaboration features for flight departments big and small. Here are our Top 10 new Dispatch features from 2021. 1. Integrated Weight and Balance In conjunction with its release on ForeFlight Mobile for Business and MFB customers, Dispatch…

  • Jeppesen NOTAMs in ForeFlight

    Key Takeaways: ForeFlight has adopted Jeppesen’s high-quality NOTAM feed as the sole source of NOTAMs in the app and on the web, an example of the ongoing effort to integrate Jeppesen’s data resources for the benefit of ForeFlight customers. This change expands our global NOTAM coverage to include many previously-unsupported countries from South America to…