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Flight Planning

iFly GPS upgrades include intelligent flight planning, graphical weather, X-Plane integration

By General Aviation News Staff · January 22, 2020 ·

Intelligent flight planning, based on patent pending technology, optimizes a route based on time or cost while considering airspace, winds, aircraft performance, fuel costs, and more.

FAA to decommission HIWAS in January

By General Aviation News Staff · December 26, 2019 ·

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The decision follows decreased demand for inflight services from flight service specialists as pilots use other ways to get weather information.

The quest to end traffic jams at busy airports

By General Aviation News Staff · September 2, 2019 ·

“Pacer enables GA pilots to make informed decisions about when to depart and, if possible, adjust their plans to avoid busy departure time slots.”

ASA Flight Planner Pad meets new FAA requirements

By General Aviation News Staff · August 26, 2019 ·

The flight planner pad sells for $4.95.

FAA mandates use of international flight plan format

By General Aviation News Staff · August 10, 2019 ·

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Pilots are encouraged to start using the international form now.

Who you gonna call?

By General Aviation News Staff · June 4, 2019 ·

In the latest Chart Supplement, in the communication paragraph listed for each airport, an ATC agency and telephone number will be given.

ForeFlight adds takeoff and landing performance calculations

By General Aviation News Staff · May 30, 2019 ·

The new feature allows pilots to calculate runway distances and aircraft speeds before every flight.

Newest version of Aero Charting includes user-defined waypoints, flight track recorder

By General Aviation News Staff · May 30, 2019 ·

The latest release of the free app includes user-defined waypoints, graphical route creation, and a flight track recorder.

Free flight planning app debuts

By General Aviation News Staff · February 12, 2019 ·

A free app provides the basics needed to plan, navigate, and fly the whole of US airspace.

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