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What Reddit Says About Flight Calculator Apps

We compiled 15 Reddit discussions about Flight Calculator apps from 7 subreddits. Here's what real users recommend, complain about, and debate.

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Is there a performance calculation app for GA aircraft?

r/flying
Yes. Only one I know is for C172, lookup c172 performance on the app store it's a blue logo with a plane in it. It has the factory POH already in the app you just have to upload serial number and model letter, and it will calculate w&b, ...

Are there any FAA certified flight calculator apps for flight planning? : r/flying

r/flying
I do electrical engineering and manufacturing engineering, but HP graphing calculators are popular with pretty much any type of engineering that involves in-the-field work. ... I agree with the others. Learn to use the whiz wheel/flight computer. I myself when flight planning do use the Sporty'...

Keep track of total flights, aircrafts, airports and miles visited and flown

r/awardtravel
Another vote for TripIt. I have an android, so TripIt is my to go app ... I’m partial to Jetlovers as it runs other stats on airlines, days of the week & months w/ cumulative miles flown & number of flights

Some new flight calculator tools released!

r/DualUniverse
I am not a software engineer, and have very little JS experience, so if you look at the source, know it is not, nor does it need to be optimized, pretty, or efficient in any way. it computes in a few ms so i truly do not care about "best practices" or any other such nonsense that does not ...

Best Personal Flight Tracking App?

r/aviation
Flighty. There’s a free version, but paid unlocks more features including year over year history.

What’s the best navigation app to use in the sim that’s free.?

r/MicrosoftFlightSim
... VFR or IFR? I would probably say a combination of Sky Vector and Chartfox. I can't get enough of the sim! ... Was bored and wanted to create a sim dashboard I can use in my house dashboards and just have a way for my family to follow my flights

websites/apps that will track airline prices

r/TravelHacks
Google Flights, Skyscanner, Kayak are some.

Use of calculator app in flight?

r/aviation
If you're VFR and flying part 91, then use whatever you want... if you're IFR or under an air carrier or operating certificate, then use whatever the operator of the flight determines will not interfere with nav/com equipment. An iPad or iPhone in Airplane Mode running Foreflight or an E6B...

best fre flight computer app on ipad that can give Heading and distance from a radial/dme fix to a radial/DME fix

r/flying
You can always do a point to point ... Not sure about iOS but FltPlan Go is free on Android and has quite a few things in its tools section. ... This community is for discussion among pilots, students, instructors and aviation professionals.

I Built A Free Tool To See The Cost in Points and Miles in Google Flights

r/TravelHacks
I saw this the other day in the Amex thread. Been using it ever since — works great for domestic flights, i know you mentioned it’s in the works but looking forward to seeing support for international airlines.

Which flight computer/calculator should I use for the private pilot exam?

r/flying
I mainly use the CX2 for flight planning though as it has a calculator function so I can do my weight and balance too on the same device.

Is there an app to know your speed, altitude and more while flying on an airliner without wifi?

r/aviation
Garmin Pilot app, which displays all of the above plus your position on aviation charts. It’s really cool but requires a subscription. Probably overkill for a passenger. ... Thanks. I'll download it and try on my next flight

Flight time calculation

r/flying
It seems you need someone to do the calculation for you. Or you could just Google how far it is between 2 airports. Or get a plotter and a chart like a pilot. ... Sectional and a plotter. Have fun, Magellan! ... Is there a way to have this map with labels to find my way around it easily. ... Just cl...

What is the best free electronic logbook that automatically calculates night time?

r/flying
There is no space to add departure and landing times, and no automatic calculation of times within a flight. Archived post. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Share ... Not any free ones that are any good other than myflightbook that I’m aware of. I bit the bullet and got LogTen...

With flighty ramping their prices, what are good free alternatives for tracking and live activities?

r/flighty
Given you can usually buy Apple credit at a discount (I get mine as supermarket cards at a 12% discount) it put the lifetime cost through App Store . just lower than the gift card route. I’ve still got plenty of subscription time left to figure out thoughts on biting the bullet, or whether Flighty w...

Key Subreddits

r/flyingr/awardtravelr/DualUniverser/aviationr/MicrosoftFlightSimr/TravelHacksr/flighty

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