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    Question about ForeFlight Map Ruler feature?

    So when you place two fingers at a distance apart on the Maps page, a ruler pops up and the tape on the top and bottom side of the ruler lists magnetic course, distance, and the estimate time in route between the two points on each end of the ruler. If the two points on each end of the ruler...
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    ATIS and METAR: true or magnetic?

    I was taught that if you read a wind direction in text form it will be based on true north, such as METARS, TAFS, and wind aloft forecasts and if it’s spoken, the wind direction will be based on magnetic such as ATIS, AWOS, ASOS. However I spent the last half hour listening via the ATC app to...
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    ForeFlight Flight Planning Errors

    I have found a number of errors in the ForeFlight Flight planning engine. I planned a flight in a Cessna 172S traveling 55 miles at 4,500 feet at 2,400 rpms with a cruise true air speed of 108 knots. I exported this flight from the Maps page to the Flights page and then viewed the Navlog on the...
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