Aviation I-Phone Apps

[S.O.B.]

I was wondering if folks would be interested in posting the goods and the bads. I know there are several out there.

 

[Goober]

Have to put a big plug for AeroWeather in here. Real-time TAF/METAR info for any ICAO field. Will do the translation for the coded info as well into plain English too (i.e. "wait, does 5 or 6 mean icing or turbulence or is it the other way around," etc.). And it's free.

 

[Python]

AirWX.

It costs a few bucks (I think it was $5 when I got it), but it has real time METARs and TAFs, wx charts, nearest airport, flight computer, airport diagrams, approach plates, A/FD pages etc. It even has low level enroute IFR charts and sectional charts for the area around an airport that you choose. Pretty ridiculous actually.

 

[RotorHead04]

http://www.foreflight.com/

This one is tremendous ... particularly if you own the iPad ... I'd take an iPad running this guy over paper charts and a DMK any day ... if only it was legal!

 

[aggieoarsman]

+1 For Foreflight. Contains everything you need and is intuitive to use. I have it on my iPhone and it works great.

 

[seilfly]

• +1 for Aeroweather
• Weatherbug is not aviation-specific but gives you a great radar picture (for precipitation)
• Not an application, but I keep a shortcut to this URL on one of my iPhone app-pages to easily access the lastest SFC Analysis and Progcharts: http://aviationweather.gov/adds/progs/

 

[Banjo33]

Run a search on AW. Someone else asked this question a couple of months back and there were a few recommendations posted.

 

[lowflier03]

+1 for Aeroweather

Also Navmonster.com
Has an iphone specific site and allows you to view metar/taf, IFR charts, VFR charts, Terminal area charts, Aerodrome info, approach plates, etc. Charts, approach plates and an IFR supp all in 1 website.

 

[nugget61]

• Weatherbug is not aviation-specific but gives you a great radar picture (for precipitation)

I noticed today that the radar on the free version of this app runs about 10 minutes behind the actual (as reported by wx websites). Don't know anything about the paid version though.

 

[ryan1234]

Here's a helpful website for sorting out aviation iPhone Apps:

http://www.airlinepilotapps.com

The site basically gives you screenshots, functions and a handful of reviews for each. It also organizes the apps into flight planning, weather, games, navigation, etc.