Product Tour: Feature List

Below is the list of all the major features of the World Flight Planner application.

Planning

  • generate routes manually or by point-and-clicking on a map (ie. rubberband-style route creation)
  • access to the most current data for planning
  • automatically adjust your flight plan for wind and temperature
  • print out flight and navigation logs in multiple formats
  • wind matrix calculates route flight times and fuel burn at various altitudes
  • effortlessly determine the MOCA for a route
  • view airports, navaids, airways and airspace on your planned route
  • easily calculate aircraft weight & balance for any configuration
  • support for VFR waypoints (Canada)
  • can create custom airports, waypoints and navaids

Weather

  • view animated weather radar imagery overlaid on your route map
  • easily visualize SIGMET, AIRMET and other weather
  • pinpoint location of PIREP

Mapping

  • view airways, navaids, airports and airspace along the route
  • view terrain, including terrain clearance and elevation profile, of the route
  • view weather radar, SIGMET and PIREP overlaid on route maps
  • view RCO/RTR transceiver locations

Aeronautical Information

  • easily access NOTAM details
  • get detailed information on navaids and airways
  • see a visual display of airspace
  • METARs can be decoded
  • determine sunrise/sunset at any airport

Safety

  • list/view any airspace (class C, terminal, restricted) that your route crosses
  • view terrain clearance for any route at a given altitude
  • calculate the MOCA for any route, on or off airways
  • receive warnings of any potentially unsafe condition
    • planned altitude at or near route MOCA
    • required fuel low or outside contingency limits
    • flights through restricted airspace
  • easily access significant meteorological events (SIGMET)
  • access the most up to date information

Miscellaneous

  • can be used from any desktop computer with an Internet connection
  • web-based application means no software to download, install or keep updated
  • support for browser and mobile device geolocation
  • export planned routes to the G1000 and most portable GPS units (or any unit supporting the GPX or FPL file formats)

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