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Air Navigation Pro app for iPhone and iPad


4.2 ( 5712 ratings )
Travel Navigation
Developer: Xample Sarl
Free
Current version: 8.3.385, last update: 3 months ago
First release : 06 Jan 2009
App size: 202.14 Mb

Discover our flight planning & real-time navigation app for free for 28 days!
- Everything you need to fly around the world
- Plan your flight in a few minutes
- Fly relaxed with up-to-date information

Air Navigation Pro is a high-quality flight assistant app for pilots worldwide. Benefit from the following main features:

MOVING MAP
Plan and navigate using our interactive moving map. Choose between aeronautical charts, satellite or our vector map as a background. On top of that, the moving map displays waypoints, NOTAM, obstacles and airspaces from our comprehensive, always up-to-date worldwide aeronautical database. Tap on any waypoint directly on the map to easily create a route. Personalize the values shown on the navbar to have exactly the information you need: altitude, vertical speed, bearing, distance to the next waypoint, ETA calculations, etc. Choose the airport departure and arrival procedures for your route to have them also displayed on top of the moving map.

ENHANCED TRAFFIC AWARENESS
Get visual and audio alerts in all languages for nearby conflicting traffic. Choose your preferred traffic icon between generic, aircraft or TCAS symbols. Your safety is important to us, which is why we partnered with SafeSky to ensure our users have live traffic data during their flight. Benefit from the native integration with SafeSky included in our new Smart Lite, Smart Classic and Smart Advanced subscriptions—a two-in-one package!

ADVANCED WEATHER LAYERS
In addition to the basic weather reports & forecast of winds, TAF and METAR for your flight, subscribers of the Smart Advanced plan can activate see-through weather layers on top of the moving map. Available layers include rain radar, wind, pressure, clouds and rain, visibility, gust and for Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Balkans, we also have GAFOR. Tap on any point on the map to see the weather information for that area. Review the weather forecast for up to three days ahead.

NOTAM
After creating your route, set the departure time in the future to have the moving map display the NOTAM active for that specific time. NOTAM on the map change color dynamically based on their status.

SMARTCHART
Our cutting-edge SmartChart is a highly detailed and intelligent vector-based map that adapts to your needs, providing you with adequate information at any zoom level. The SmartChart optimizes the display of shadows to easily distinguish between valleys and mountains, and the text remains perfectly aligned, guaranteeing optimal readability. Including the latest significant improvements with forests and detailed airport information.

ELEVATION PROFILE & SYNTHETIC VIEW
Enable the profile view below the navbar for enhanced situational awareness of the elevation ahead of you or along your route. Choose the corridor width between 0 to 5 NM and overlay options: airspaces, NOTAM, obstacles, wind components, populated places, etc. Switch to the synthetic view for additional terrain information, plus an artificial horizon with altitude and vertical speed indicators. This function can also be used to pan around while preparing for your flight. Activate TAWS on the moving map as well as on the synthetic view.

AERONAUTICAL CHARTS & APPROACH CHARTS
We offer the most extensive worldwide catalog of aeronautical charts, including the ICAO charts. Have the georeferenced approach charts displayed on top of the moving map or the 3D view.

BRIEFING
Prepare your flight with our briefing section by creating documents with NOTAM and weather charts & stations relevant to your planned route. Optimize time by creating an aircraft profile which will be used in the Briefing section to pre-fill for you the ATC Flight Plan and calculate the W&B.

AND SO MUCH MORE!

Please note that WiFi-only devices do not include an internal GPS receptor; for these devices, an external sensor is required. Refer to our user manual on our website: www.airnavigation.aero for more information.

Pros and cons of Air Navigation Pro app for iPhone and iPad

Air Navigation Pro app good for

i feel ripped off after paying 37.99 when my friend paid 19.99 last month for the old version and his upgrade was free. why is there no airspace for canada? north east please! i dont have gps in my 172 and airnav with airspace would be awesome. please include this in the next udate
I spent the cash and bought this app to have a back up nav tool where all the maps are stored on my iphones memory. This way I can use the gps to navigate even while my cellular chip is turned off. Therefore allowing me to get accurate direct to courses without using my cell phone data. When navigating on victor airways, this tool allows you to cross referencing your position with the aircraft VOR/DME. A little pricy, but a great great great tool to have in the cockpit!
I am a "weekend warrior" private pilot, licensed in the mid 90s, just getting back into it after a few years off. I actually got my flight review and "re-curency" signed off today! After dloading the App a few days ago, and playing around with it at home thinking it was too good to be true, I flight tested this App today with my instructor and we were both blown away by it! The refresh rate on an iPhone4 was very good! For some one like me, that cant really justify dropping $1000+ on an aviation GPS, this is a perfect solution! I wouldnt necessarily count on it as a primary nav source, as per the "disclaimer", but for a solid back-up to good old chart reading and radio navigation, this is awesome!
Update: METARS and TAFS are now functioning normally! Excellent program! Thanks again. Outstanding wish list: Canadian Elevation database and geo-referenced approach charts. I have used this program for several years and wrote a favourable (5 star) review in June 2010. Since downloading version 4.04 the weather feature (METARS TAFS) has become inoperative. I sent an email 5 days ago via the Support email address but have received no reply. Please address this ASAP. ALSO, please supply Canadian elevation data. Canadian flier
Have personally used this to fly over 3000nm in both Canada and the USA, including flying into the Washington DC SFRA. Its extremely helpful and accurate. I would / have recommended this to many other pilots. Only a couple things missing which I suspect they may add. Airport diagrams. Geo-located would be nice A timer x 5. Ie fuel tank switch, etc click resettable. Auto gps connect, via Bluetooth with iPhone, you now manually do it, no big deal just a nuisance.
I wrote a review on a past update that made the app slower and less responsive. Clearly the developers are listening and the updates since then have made this app better than before. This is a great tool in the cockpit and I recommend it to all my pilot friends. Keep up the great work!

Some bad moments

Excellent application but with the new update, a green line appeared on iPhone while the application is running... Has to be fixed rapidly please!
The software opens , loads the warning screen( do not use as main navigation system , duh! ) and closes. No responses from developer, poor customer service when you pay not only the tablet software but as well the desktop software. I should have read reviews hinting there are bugs and poor customer service. I will turn to other alternatives (and free) I disagree with the posts where bugs have been allegedly corrected, this new version is not working
First - I did my account PUCJS and I have been confirmed it after your e-mail. It was truth because my photo and other informations are there im my profile. Whats the matter? When I am in the Air Nav Pro in my iPhone 6 Plus I cant entry with my credential and password when Im going to Configuration > Air Navigation Services > Account Information > user ID = PUCJS and password. The message from your system is "connection error, retrying". There isnt any error. Second - other day I did one route and it apoears in Configuration > Air Navigation Services > Routes Manager. I have one route "Rio Grande" there. I cant do the upload. Why?
So expensive and they cant even center or differ true to magnetic tracks and headings. Disappointing!
A couple of years ago I bought the Air Navigation Pro and found it an excellent and reliable tool. I even "fell in love" with it when it saved me unnecessary embarassment in a situation where due to external circumstances I ended up unprepared for the short urgent flight I needed make to a controlled airport. The application did everything I needed it to do and did it in a way I could hardly complain. Moving map (commercial - ICAO), extra instruments, comfortable route planning, automatic log, ... everything I needed. A couple of years passed and I returned to flying and - of course - to using the Air Navigation Pro. Now in its latest version, and... I cant recommend it anymore to anyone who flies outside of virtual reality! It became bloated and unreliable to the point that a bad look at the screen can make it crash. It crashes even without looking at it. It crashes when you touch it. It crashes mid-flight and loses the log data, which makes the automatic log rather useless. Gosh! Guys - you had an EXCELLENT application! Now - If you crash your X-plane of FSX when trying to deal with this apps problems thats not much of a deal. But if you crash your Piper/Cessna/whatever you fly in the real world - thats something different. I cant recommend using it in-flight. A real pity. Its been a fantastic tool once. Hey - Xample Sarl - can you give me back the version Ive been using some three years ago?
It would be good except for the fact that the app isnt stable. I keep loosing maps at different zoom levels.