Anyone Still Use Airnav?

Jay Honeck

Jay Honeck

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It's time for my annual ad renewal with Airnav, and I'm wondering if anyone still uses them?

With Garmin Pilot's continued growth, it has become my go-to source for airport information, supplanting Airnav. I suspect Foreflight users have done the same, but I'm prepared to be surprised. Is Airnav still part of your preflight checks?
 
I like AirNav's trip planning feature since I often need to make a fuel stop, and it helps me find the most economical airports from a fuel cost perspective. While there I do tend to look at the fuel prices of the different FBOs and look up phone numbers as well. So yes, I do use them.
 
Sometimes, it's quick access to a lot of information.
 
I use their website for pre-planning.... it seems the fastest way to find if there's an airport in/near a given town or city is to put the name of the town and "airnav" into google. I don't subscribe to it though.
 
I didn't know there was a subscription, but I like the user reviews of FBOs. Also, If I'm just in a pre-planning mode, I don't start GP because it takes forever to start (well, seconds, and much longer than hitting the airnav bookmark and typing in the identifier.)

That said, I've honestly never seen an ad for you on there, so that may be a bigger reason to reevaluate than whether or not GP is a good alternative.
 
SCCutler said:
Every day.
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Me too. Not as much as I used to for planning purposes except to look up FBO reviews. but for a quick information lookup, that's where I go. In fact I've have looked for things on AirNav 4 times today already. Someone mentions an airport in a discussion and I'm curious enough to type Airnav [airport ID or name] in a Google search box. Just faster than the other ones I use.
 
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All the time. Quick ref for weather, runways, closest town. I do flight planning on the computer, not the tablet.
 
I rarely use it, in fact didn't even know about the trip planning feature. Only time I use it is when I google an airport and Airnav is the first result. Besides that, I never pay attention to ads on sites like that.
 
Every non-local flight. There is no better comprehensive source for fuel price, FBO info, etc. Foreflight has most/all of that info, but it's in a format that isn't as easy to use. Plus I love the fuel planning feature of Airnav for fuel stop selection.
 
midlifeflyer said:
Someone mentions an airport in a discussion and I'm curious enough to type Airnav [airport ID or name] in a Google search box. Just faster than the other ones I use.
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Frequent user for the same reason.
 
Yes I still use it, especially for fuel pricing.
 
Grum.Man said:
I rarely use it, in fact didn't even know about the trip planning feature. Only time I use it is when I google an airport and Airnav is the first result. Besides that, I never pay attention to ads on sites like that.
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wow, pretty much the same for me. rarely use it, didn't know it have flight planning.
 
I use Airnav to do some quick lookups during flight planning. I actually use the flight planner on landings.com sometimes. It's crude relative to Foreflight and Skyvector, but one thing it will give you that the others won't is a terrain elevation profile of your route, which is useful for mountain flying.
 
Just foreflight and fltplan for me
 
AirNav every cross-country, but no subscription (didn't know there was one).
 
Yup, also for pre-planning.

midlifeflyer said:
Someone mentions an airport in a discussion and I'm curious enough to type Airnav [airport ID or name] in a Google search box.
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I type Airnav.com/airport/[ID] into the location bar. Saves me an extra click and denies the Borg of a microscopic bit of my personal info.
 
Jay Honeck said:
Is Airnav still part of your preflight checks?
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Absolutely!

I left a review for y'all a while ago. It seems it has never made it in. No idea why. Maybe they didn't like my good rating? (remember, only drama sells to idiots)
I'll try to write you a good review again. Maybe they'll let it slip in this time.
Looking fwd to our stay in April!!
 
asicer said:
I type Airnav.com/airport/[ID] into the location bar. Saves me an extra click and denies the Borg of a microscopic bit of my personal info.
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I added my own search to the Chrome browser.
I just use AN as keyword plus airport ID and it takes me there. Very useful for looking up multiple airports on the desktop before a flight.
 
RotorDude said:
AirNav every cross-country, but no subscription (didn't know there was one).
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There isn't a subscription. I actually dug around airnav.com looking for one but then I reread his post. He's trying to decide whether or not to keep paying to advertise his hotel on Airnav.
 
Thanks for the responses. Guess I will renew our ad for another year.

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Add me to the list of use it for airport information but don't flight plan with it.
 
Jay Honeck said:
Thanks for the responses. Guess I will renew our ad for another year.

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A suggestion Jay: when you get a mostly positive review on Airnav, thank the guy rather than just busting his balls and calling him cheap. Same goes for TripAdvisor, the least bit of constructive criticism and you tend to go after the poster. Doesn't sell the friendly innkeeper persona. I can tell how much you believe in your concept and put into running your business based on your posts, but you don't always come across as the most hospitable guy on the internet.
 
I use it every day and sometimes several times a day . As I shop for my next airplane , I look at how far away the Airport is that a plane is based . For local flying I get AWOS phone numbers and write down Freq , Runways and Elevations . Verrrry handy source .
 
asicer said:
Yup, also for pre-planning.



I type Airnav.com/airport/[ID] into the location bar. Saves me an extra click and denies the Borg of a microscopic bit of my personal info.
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Yep. That works too. But I often don't know the airport ID and I save clicks by allowing Google to sell me something and having AdBlock take care of the pop-ups.
 
I like AirNav and use it often, especially on unfamiliar cross country trips. I do check the reviews.
 
rsleeds said:
A suggestion Jay: when you get a mostly positive review on Airnav, thank the guy rather than just busting his balls and calling him cheap. Same goes for TripAdvisor, the least bit of constructive criticism and you tend to go after the poster. Doesn't sell the friendly innkeeper persona. I can tell how much you believe in your concept and put into running your business based on your posts, but you don't always come across as the most hospitable guy on the internet.
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I tend to agree with the feedback regarding the Airnav comment, particularly since it's the only one published right now. That said, I took a look at the TripAdvisor reviews and I must say I was impressed with some of the restraint that I imagine he employed when writing the responses. People will literally complain about anything. Sand at the bottom of a hot tub near the beach? YGTBSM.

FWIW...I tend to believe that smart customers are smart enough to detect BS reviews, so if a few BS reviews by stupid customers scare off other stupid customers, then it's a win-win for everyone.

For me, when I look at reviews I look for trends, and how the establishment responded to constructive criticism. That said, a reasonable person discusses the issue with the establishment to make it right so that a bad review is not necessary. Seems like a lot of people see something they don't like and keep it to themselves until its time to write the review.
 
Oh, and FWIW, I look at it and ForeFlight if it's a new airport I've never been to and I'm trying to find info on FBOs, businesses, restaurants, fuel etc. it's an easy find and one of the top google returns if you just search by locid.
 
Best feature is the link to google maps, I use it to see what's around it (hotels, restaurants, etc). I don't use 100LL
 
I use it all the time to see what an airport is like. Never tried their flight planning, have to check it out.
 
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