Foreflight Tricks

Remember when Garmin first came out with their GNS 430? What a wonderful list of features it had. But, even after a few years in service, it turned out that many pilots were intimidated by the sophisticated routing capability and few ventured beyond using direct-to for navigation.

Key Takeaways:

• Many ForeFlight users only utilize a fraction of the application's sophisticated features, primarily sticking to basic maps and charts, underscoring a common underutilization of advanced tools.
• The "Airports" section offers useful capabilities such as customizable Favorites lists for quick weather overview, a Runway tab that helps choose wind-appropriate approaches and lists applicable procedures, and direct access to A/FD information and user comments.
• The "Maps" section provides advanced flight planning tools including route reversal, ATC-cleared route suggestions via the Route Advisor, saving favorite routes, diverse map and overlay options, and a unique finger-tip ruler for quick distance and time calculations.
• For pre-flight organization and in-flight utility, the "Plates" section allows creating customized binders of procedures and airport diagrams, offers chart annotation capabilities (e.g., drawing taxi routes), and encourages users to explore various personalization settings via the "More" button.

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