It shows real-time commercial aircraft information in a map, so you can zoom in on any airport and check all the planes that are taxiing, cruisings or departing. You’ll be able to locate an aircraft, follow their movements, and get other info like type of aircraft, plate, squawk code, airline, origin, destination, estimated time of arrival, speed, altitude, vertical speed and much more. With this tracking system, you can see any commercial flight anywhere in the world.
It’s a great tool for pilots of all levels.ĭownload for Android | iOS 6) Flightradar24 (Europe) / Plane Finder (US)
It shows zulu, local and home time zones. Useful conversions: Celsius-Fahrenheit, Nautical Miles-Kilometers, Feet-meters, Pounds-Kilograms, Avga Gallons-Pounds, etc. There are functions to help you with calculations for groundspeed, fuel required, inflight calculations, weather-related functions (crosswind, pressure and density altitudes), and weight and balance feature, which allows you to store data from multiple planes and then edit the various weights and arms for quick calculations. It provides images from satellites all over the World with great resolution and for any location, you can display: basic forecast (temperature, rain and snow accumulation, wind speed, wind gusts, and wind direction), Wind comparison, Meteogram (temperature and dew point, wind speed and wind gusts, pressure, precipitation, altitude, cloud cover, cloud base), Airgram (wind barbs, temperature and cloud cover at different altitudes) and Waves forecast.ĭownload for Android | iOS 5) My E6B/Sporty’s E6B
It brings you all the forecasting models: global ECMWF and GFS, plus local NEMS, AROME, and ICON (Europe) and NAM (US) It’s not specially designed for pilots but it includes great visualizations of wind conditions. But keep practicing and you’ll get the picture pretty fast. Plus you need to fly, navigate and talk at the same time. If you are just starting out or you struggle with ATC communications this is a very useful app, it can be hard at the beginning because it’s like learning a new language. There are tail strikes, bird strikes, hail storms and more. LiveATC also keeps recordings of interesting ATC communications. You can tune in and listen to a lot of ATC frequencies: Clearance Delivery, Ground, Tower, Departure and Approach.Ī very useful tool for student pilots or aviation enthusiasts to familiarize themselves with communications! To listen to live air traffic control over the world in real-time.
You can use AeroWeather free version first and then decide if you’d like to upgrade to AeroWeather Pro.ĭownload for Android | iOS 3) LiveATC Air Radio
And it comes with an Apple Watch App, which shows either a list of stations as defined in the Apple Watch group or all nearby stations based on your current location. It also integrates airport NOTAMs webcam images around airports, US ATC delay information and FlightServices access. Very useful for pilot’s flight preparation and also to just get very precise weather. This app has been created to check the precise weather conditions (METAR) and forecasts (TAF) from airports around the world.
You can’t go wrong with this app, so just try free for 30 days and say bye to paper charts.ĭownload for Android | iOS 2) AeroWeather Pro
Garmin Pilot is a comprehensive app with aviation tools to help you plan, file and fly.įeatures of the Garmin Pilot application include: