ForeFlight 11.2 is available now with a brand new “Passenger” companion app, as well as new features like route line in Profile view, airspace hiding by altitude, 3D View anywhere, and more!
Passenger App
Passenger is the new companion app to ForeFlight Mobile that allows your passengers to follow along with the flight and answers the question “Are we there yet?”
Available on the App Store now, Passenger is free to download and requires no setup. Your travel companions will be able to view the route of flight overlaid on the map, real-time aircraft position, speed, altitude, estimated time of arrival, and more – right on their own iPad or iPhone.
Connectivity between ForeFlight Mobile and Passenger is available for all ForeFlight subscribers. To wirelessly share your route with nearby devices running Passenger, tap into More > Passenger in the ForeFlight Mobile app, then tap Enable & Start. Both devices should have Wi-Fi enabled for the connection to work.
If you make changes to the route, ForeFlight will automatically transmit them to Passenger. Passengers can pan and zoom around the map without affecting anything in your ForeFlight Mobile app. Passenger supports Split View and Slide Over on iPad so users can multitask while staying up to date with flight information.
Be sure to let your friends and family know about Passenger before they join you on your next flight! Learn more at foreflight.com/passenger.
Route Line in Profile View
Profile View now offers a side-on perspective of your route line and inflight progress in relation to terrain, obstacles, and airspace, supplementing the top-down map view and improving your situational awareness.
In the Flight Plan Editor on the Maps view, select an aircraft, create a route, then tap Profile near the bottom-right corner. Profile View shows your planned route line in relation to terrain, obstacles, and airspace. ForeFlight uses your aircraft’s performance data to depict realistic climb and descent profiles, including top of climb and top of descent points. The detailed ForeFlight Performance Profiles that are available with the Performance Plus plan will give the most accurate depiction, but ForeFlight will also use basic performance profiles to show climb and descent. You can zoom and pan left and right in the Profile View to get a closer look at any part of the route.
After takeoff, Profile View automatically switches to an inflight mode that shows your current altitude and the terrain, obstacles, and airspace up to 65 nautical miles ahead of your current position. Tap the route icon in the top right to switch back to the plan view. If you are within the route corridor, the plan view will display your current position and altitude in relation to your planned route.
Profile View is included in ForeFlight Pro plans and above and you can learn more about ForeFlight’s mobile hazard awareness technology at foreflight.com/hazard.
Hide Airspace by Altitude
Declutter ForeFlight’s Aeronautical Map by hiding airspace above a selected altitude, making it easier to focus on airspace more relevant to your route. You can find the “Hide Airspace Above” option in Map Settings > Airspace, and enter altitudes in either feet or flight level (e.g. 18,000 or 180). Erasing the value will turn off the setting and show all airspace. A small banner appears in the bottom-right corner of the map if airspace is hidden to keep you aware of the current setting, and if you climb to within 1,000 feet of hidden airspace along your route, ForeFlight will automatically reveal it, helping you stay aware of airspace when you need to be.
3D View, Anywhere
Access 3D View for any location on Earth, not just airports. 3D View combines high-resolution terrain and aerial imagery to create a realistic representation of wherever you tap and allows you to zoom and rotate the map in three dimensions. To see 3D View, tap-hold a spot on the map, then tap the “3D” button in the top right of the Add to Route window. Use 3D View anywhere to get a better sense of what terrain and obstacles will look like on your route so you’re more prepared for your next flight.
Send Block Times to Logbook
When you send a flight plan that has block times entered in the Flight Log to Logbook, those block times are now carried over and appear in the new Logbook entry. These times are similarly preserved when you send a recorded track log to Logbook, including when a draft Logbook entry is created automatically from a new Track Log. Learn more about Logbook here.
Gogo ATG Support
Gogo’s ATG and AVANCE lines of inflight Wi-Fi systems can now provide GPS position and indicated altitude in ForeFlight. Optionally limit expensive data usage over Gogo’s network by disabling ForeFlight’s internet-connected capabilities like streamed weather data. Along with Satcom Direct Router support, Gogo support is available with Performance Plus and Business Performance subscriptions. See what other connectivity options ForeFlight supports here.
New Europe Coverage
This release brings new AIP charts and data for Italy, Croatia, and Slovenia, including IFR high and low enroute charts, IFR and VFR procedure charts, airport diagrams, VFR ICAO charts for Italy, and AIP documents. Jeppesen’s IFR and VFR aeronautical data is also included for all three countries.
We also have new optional VFR add-ons available, including the Avioportolano VFR Chart and Flight Guide for Italy, DFS VFR 500 Charts for Italy and Croatia, the Slovenian Rogers Data VFR Trip Kit and 1:200k Chart, and the Air Million VFR 1:1,000,000 Chart combo which covers Western, Central, Southern, and some of Eastern Europe, as well as the Azores, Madeira, and the Canary Islands.
Visit foreflight.com/europe to learn more about what features European pilots can benefit from, and see all available charts and data with prices here.
