Pilot’s Guide to
FOREFLIGHT MOBILE
55th Edition
Covers ForeFlight Mobile v9.5 on iPad
Setting-up ForeFlight Mobile..............................................................21 Planning a Flight......................................................................................22
Planning a flight using the Flights form........................................................................22
Destination Services................................................................................................................................23 Navlog, Briefing, Messages...................................................................................................................24
Planning a flight on Maps using the Flight Plan Editor..........................................25 Planning a flight on Maps using Touch.........................................................................26 Planning a flight on Maps using Search........................................................................27
About the Design ..................................................................................................................32 Finding an Airport using Search ......................................................................................32 Favorites/Recents/Browse .................................................................................................33
Finding an Airport Using Browse .......................................................................................................33 Favorite Airports List...............................................................................................................................33 Recent Airports List..................................................................................................................................35 Favorite and Recent Airport Sync.......................................................................................................35
Viewing Airport Weather....................................................................................................36 Model Output Statistics (MOS) Forecasts.....................................................................37 Runway Winds........................................................................................................................39
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Viewing a Procedure ............................................................................................................40 Swipe to Change Plates.......................................................................................................41 Using Geo-Referenced Procedures.................................................................................43 FBO Information ....................................................................................................................44
Comments..................................................................................................................................................44 Fuel prices...................................................................................................................................................45
Airport/Facility Directory (A/FD) or Canada Flight Supplement (CFS)...............46 Airport and Aircraft Flight Tracking................................................................................47
About the Design ..................................................................................................................48 Pinch, Zoom, and Pan..........................................................................................................49 Changing Maps / Map Layers...........................................................................................49
Aeronautical Maps Features.................................................................................................................59 Aeronautical Maps Symbols.................................................................................................................61
Maps Settings .........................................................................................................................62 Map Touch...............................................................................................................................65 Smart Airway Labels.............................................................................................................67 Airport popup.........................................................................................................................68 Weather Layer Color Coding.............................................................................................69 Attitude Indicator / Synthetic Vision (iPad only)........................................................71
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: ATTITUDE INDICATOR DISPLAY.............................................72
Stratus 2/2S Positioning.........................................................................................................................74 Calibrate the AI/SV display ...................................................................................................................74 Synthetic Vision required downloads...............................................................................................75
Finding an Airport, Navigation Aid, or Aircraft using Search................................76 Airspace Information............................................................................................................77 Route Line ................................................................................................................................78 Working with the NavLog, Edit and Profile Views.....................................................78
Overview.....................................................................................................................................................78 Flight Plan Editor......................................................................................................................................80 Procedure Advisor....................................................................................................................................82 Reverse ........................................................................................................................................................90 Route Advisor............................................................................................................................................91 Route Editor................................................................................................................................................92 NavLog View..............................................................................................................................................93 Profile View.................................................................................................................................................94 Single-waypoint Search.......................................................................................................................100
Track Up ....................................................................................................................................................101 Distance Rings ........................................................................................................................................102
Glide Advisor™........................................................................................................................................104 Track Vector.............................................................................................................................................106
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Ruler ........................................................................................................................................107 Viewing and Hiding the Instrument Panel................................................................108 Using Favorite Routes.......................................................................................................110 Using Recent Routes..........................................................................................................110 Favorite and Recent Route Sync ...................................................................................110 Clearing a Route..................................................................................................................111
About The Design...............................................................................................................112 Runway Proximity Advisor ..............................................................................................112 Cabin Altitude Advisor......................................................................................................113 Traffic Alerts..........................................................................................................................113 TFR Alerts...............................................................................................................................113 Sink Rate.................................................................................................................................115 500’ AGL.................................................................................................................................116 Device Disconnect..............................................................................................................116 Destination Weather Frequency...................................................................................117 New Flight Plan Loaded From Panel ...........................................................................118
Pack............................................................................................................119
About the Design................................................................................................................119 Pack for a Flight...................................................................................................................121
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About the Design................................................................................................................123 Using Sync.............................................................................................................................123
About the Design................................................................................................................126 Using Cockpit Sharing.......................................................................................................126
About the Design................................................................................................................127 About Plate Binders...........................................................................................................128 Creating a Binder................................................................................................................128 Managing Plates..................................................................................................................128 Plate Controls.......................................................................................................................129 NOTAM Advisor for Approach Plates and Airport Diagrams..............................131 FBOs on Airport Diagrams...............................................................................................132 Printing Plates From a Binder.........................................................................................133 Ensuring Your Plates Don’t Expire................................................................................133
Plates and Taxi Diagrams on a Map................................................134
About the Design................................................................................................................134 Displaying a Plate on a Map............................................................................................135 Changing or Hiding the Plate on a Map.....................................................................136 Adjusting Plate Transparency........................................................................................136
Track Logs................................................................................................137
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About the Design................................................................................................................137 Enabling Track Logging....................................................................................................137 Start/Stop Logging.............................................................................................................137
Track Log Listing.................................................................................................................138 Synchronizing Track Logs to other Devices..............................................................139 Viewing a Track Log on an iPad or iPhone ................................................................140 Sharing Track Logs.............................................................................................................140 Exporting Track Logs to other Apps ............................................................................141 Viewing Track Logs in ForeFlight on the web..........................................................142
Documents..............................................................................................143
About the Design................................................................................................................143 About Document Binders................................................................................................144 Creating a Binder................................................................................................................144 Adding Documents from a Catalog.............................................................................144 Document Syncing.............................................................................................................145 Importing Documents from iTunes or other Apps.................................................149 Viewing a Document.........................................................................................................150 Searching in a Document ................................................................................................151 Adding and Removing Bookmarks...............................................................................152 Managing Documents in a Binder................................................................................152 Deleting Documents from your iPad...........................................................................153
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Annotating Plates and PDF Documents.......................................154
About the Design................................................................................................................154 Types of Annotations........................................................................................................155 Adding and Editing Annotations..................................................................................155
Choosing Annotation Color...............................................................................................................156 Fill Color: Transparent or “No Fill”....................................................................................................157 Drawing/Ink.............................................................................................................................................158 Text Box.....................................................................................................................................................158 Rectangle..................................................................................................................................................159 Ellipse (Circle)..........................................................................................................................................160 Line .............................................................................................................................................................160 Polygon.....................................................................................................................................................160 Polyline......................................................................................................................................................161 Sticky-note...............................................................................................................................................161
