ForeFlight has added the HondaJet HA-420 to its runway analysis service, with obstacle analysis for one-engine inoperative departures and takeoff and landing distance performance. The runway analysis service is in addition to the existing en route performance planning and weight and balance calculations in ForeFlight.
To create the runway analysis models, ForeFlight and Honda Aircraft “worked closely together to verify the quality and accuracy of the finished models,” according to ForeFlight. Honda Aircraft gave ForeFlight developers access to digitized high-resolution performance data, which is more accurate than having to scan flight manual pages. This sped up the process of developing the runway analysis models and prevented potential errors from digitizing scanned data.
HondaJet pilots can use runway analysis as a seamless part of their preflight planning, and ForeFlight incorporates and displays departure and destination airports, route, forecast weather, fuel at takeoff and landing, and weight and balance outputs based on passenger, payload, and fuel information. To complete the obstacle analysis, pilots need to select the departure runway, and the one-engine inoperative route and procedure is instantly available.
“The team at Honda has gone above and beyond by providing digital aircraft performance data to help our engineers ensure the utmost quality and reliability of our Runway Analysis product,” said ForeFlight CEO Tim Schuetze.