Our March release includes Enhanced VFR Map Data, Airports without Codes, Ownship Colors, and added Runway Analysis Aircraft Support.
Enhanced VFR Map Data
You can now view, plan, and file with VFR Checkpoints and Visual Reporting Points on the Aeronautical Map layer in Europe, the US, and Australia. Visual Reporting Points are also responsive to the touch. Tap to view additional information or to add them to a flight plan.
In Europe, these points display names along with the nearest airport. That airport code will show in the FPL view next to the Visual Reporting Point’s name.
These points are also visible on your route in the NavLog, Profile View, and 3D View.
In the Flights view, you will see shortcodes for these points in your route which combine the ICAO code for the associated airport and the point’s name. Preflight briefings display both the expanded name and shortcode.
To support filing flight plans that include VFR waypoints, ForeFlight automatically converts Visual Reporting Points to coordinates on the ICAO flight form.
VFR Aeronautical Details Toggle
Easily declutter the Aeronautical Map by hiding VFR data with a new toggle in Map Settings.
This toggle will disable Visual Reporting Points and VFR Checkpoints, plus HIRTA, Low Points, bird refuge areas, model aircraft flights areas, VFR routes, VFR & IFR flight corridors, entries and exits into airports, traffic circuits, and all no-overfly and nature areas that ForeFlight supports in Europe.
Airports Without Codes
Plan and file flights to and from small airfields that lack an official ICAO or IATA code designation just as you would with larger airports.
Supported airport types without code designations include airfields, heliports, gliderports, hang gliderports, and ultralight fields. Tap these airports to view additional details and add them to your flight plan, and search for them by name using the Search bar.
When you file a flight plan with one of these airports, ForeFlight will automatically file the departure or destination as ZZZZ in Section 16 of the ICAO flight plan and add the latitude and longitude under Section 18.
Ownship Colors
Improve the visibility of your ownship marker or just fly a bird of a different color with Ownship Colors. In addition to the default blue color, options for red, pink, orange, yellow, green, and dark gray are also available.
Set both the color and shape of your ownship in More > Settings > Ownship Marker.
New Runway Analysis Aircraft Support
ForeFlight’s advanced Runway Analysis product for turbine aircraft now supports the following aircraft:
- Cessna 525 Citation CJ1
- Cessna 525 Citation CJ1 with Tamarack Winglets
- Cessna 525 CitationJet
- Cessna 525 CitationJet with Tamarack Winglets
