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New ForeFlight Safety Update Includes Runway Alert

The app's updated safety features also include ADS-B traffic breadcrumbs and day/night map overlays.

ForeFlight’s latest update includes new safety features such as runway alert notices, ADS-B traffic breadcrumbs, and day and night overlay in maps. [Courtesy: Foreflight]
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Key Takeaways:

  • ForeFlight's latest app update introduces new safety features to enhance pilot situational awareness, including runway alert notices, ADS-B traffic breadcrumbs, and a day/night map overlay.
  • The critical "aircraft on-runway" alert system provides warnings to pilots on final approach and to aircraft already on the runway, directly addressing recent concerns over increased runway incursions.
  • Other features, such as ADS-B traffic breadcrumbs, allow pilots to review recent flight paths of nearby aircraft to determine runway usage, with this specific feature requiring a Pro Plus subscription.
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ForeFlight’s latest app update includes new safety features such as runway alert notices, ADS-B traffic breadcrumbs, and day/night overlay in maps.

The flight planning app’s new aircraft on-runway feature provides critical warning systems by notifying pilots on final approach if there is an airplane on the runway upon which they intend to land. The feature also warns the crew of the aircraft on the runway that another is approaching. For the function to work, aircraft must be connected to an ADS-B or FLARM, or “flight alarm” receiver.

Amelia Walsh

Amelia Walsh is a private pilot who enjoys flying her family’s Columbia 350. She is based in Colorado and loves all things outdoors including skiing, hiking, and camping.

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