Boeing’s ForeFlight electronic flight bag app is now available for general, business, and military aviation pilots to use in Australia. ForeFlight received approval from Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority for use as an aviation data service provider, according to the company, under Civil Aviation Safety Regulation 175, which "establishes standards and legislative requirements for the quality and integrity of data and information used in air navigation.”
The approval paves the way for pilots to use ForeFlight’s VFR and IFR en route charts and procedures, airport charts, weather resources, and items such as regulatory documents and aviation handbooks. The product supports all non-commercial operations, according to ForeFlight. The company designed ForeFlight Mobile for general and business aviation, the Military Flight Bag for defense operators, Dispatch on the web for flight departments, and Runway Analysis for jets and turboprops.
Pilots can view weather information such as global forecast layers, Metars, TAFs, and static forecast weather imagery from Airservices Australia. Notams are available for each airport, and many can be depicted on the map to show, with a tap, their description, altitudes, and active time.
Flight planning has already been available through ForeFlight in Australia, and ForeFlight connects directly to the global AFTN network, which allows customers “to file, amend, and cancel flight plans without signing into their NAIPS account for an even more streamlined process,” according to the company.
Heli-Expo attendees can try the ForeFlight Mobile app and its helicopter-specific features at Booth B3207.