Upgraded Airport And Facility Directory Has Over 20,000
Entries
iFlightPlanner, LLC unveiled its highly anticipated upgrade to
iFlightPlanner.com this week with the introduction of route
rubberbanding and the ability for users to create, save, and use
custom waypoints in their flight planning. These latest features
build on the existing functionality of iFlightPlanner.com’s
sectional and IFR charts in the familiar Google Maps interface by
giving pilots the ability to interactively point, click, and drag
their routes around weather, airspace, or to any number of custom
locations.
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iFlightPlanner.com has also upgraded their Airport/Facility
Directory (A/FD) by adding graphical and colorcoded facility type
and usage identifiers to each listing. These identifiers, along
with the ability to sort a directory that includes over 20,000
certified entries down to a manageable size based on user-defined
settings, is all geared towards helping pilots get to the
information they need as quickly as possible.
These upgrades, which the company is dubbing
“iFlightPlanner v2.5”, were the direct result of
feedback and interactions users had with iFlightPlanner.com
cofounders John Burnside and Andy Matthews. “We listened to
the iFlightPlanner.com community and simply responded with the
features they were asking for,” said Matthews, a private
pilot and iFlightPlanner.com’s Director of Business
Development. “We may want to develop a feature that we think
will help pilots plan more efficiently and fly safer, but unless
that idea connects with those who are going to use it on a daily
basis, it won’t fly.”
Paul Catterson, a private pilot from Parker, Colorado, attests
to the weight that user feedback carries at iFlightPlanner.com.
“I had sent them a note a few weeks back with some
recommendations, received a very timely response, and they
contacted me last week to get a preview of the changes they made on
my and other pilots' recommendations. And they pretty much nailed
everything I had wanted ... and then some!”
As a result of that feedback, iFlightPlanner.com now features a
full array of web and mobile-based flight planning utilities which
includes an intuitive flight planning wizard that guides pilots
through route planning, certified weather briefings, weight &
balance calculations, and filing of VFR and IFR flight plans.
Additional iFlightPlanner.com features include:
- Detailed navigation logs containing forecasted winds,
temperatures, fuel burn, and ETAs.
- Comprehensive Airport/Facility Directory complete with airport
diagrams and procedure plates.
- Searchable Flight Instructor Directory providing CFIs
opportunities to build their student base.
- Full-featured mobile.iFlightPlanner.com accessible from any
internet capable device.
All these features are free for anyone who creates an account at
iFlightPlanner.com. Premium memberships are also available for
$9.95 per month, $24.95 quarterly, or $89.95 annually which include
the new custom waypoints feature, a graphical weight & balance
calculator, and an enhanced online logbook.
All users have access to the full-featured iFlightPlanner Mobile
site via mobile.iFlightPlanner.com.