Is there a way to import FlightAware track logs to ForeFlight ?

I am starting to use ForeFlight's Logbook and one of the options is to attach a track log in the Logbook entry. This is great going forward but how can I bring in old track logs in. FlightAware has the track log of my flight. It can also export this to KML file. Is there a way to import to ForeFlight?

 

LMGTFY

https://support.foreflight.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005085508-How-do-I-import-User-Map-Shapes-KML-or-KMZ-Shape-files

 

Won't help you with this, but if you have FF on an ipad that you bring on the flight with you, you can set FF to automatically record flights. It will save then under track logs and you can make log book entries from them. You can also manually record flights with FF, but I like the auto feature better. One less thing to remember.

 

This, unfortunatelly, will only import shapes etc to show as a map layer. It will not import track log data. Looking at it a little bit more, it looks like ForeFlight can only import track logs from a G1000 exported csv files. So I guess the next step is the searching of a tool that can convert .kml files to G1000 csv files. (or figure out the G1000 csv file format and build a tool on my own )

 

Did you have any luck with this? I am in a very similar boat.
FlightAware has a perfect record of my flight, but I can't find a great way to get it into ForeFlight.
I tried running it through GPSBabel, but didn't have any luck.
The forum won't let me upload, so I'll drop a sample of the CSV ForeFlight is rejecting here:

Code:

#airframe_info, log_version="1.00", airframe_name="Cessna 182T", unit_software_part_number="", unit_software_version="12.03", system_software_part_number="", system_id="", mode=NORMAL,
#yyyy-mm-dd," hh:mm:ss"," hh:mm"," ident"," degrees"," degrees"," ft Baro"," inch"," ft msl"," deg C"," kt"," kt"," fpm"," deg"," deg"," G"," G"," deg"," deg"," volts"," volts"," amps"," amps"," gals"," gals"," gph"," deg F"," psi"," Hg"," rpm"," deg F"," deg F"," deg F"," deg F"," deg F"," deg F"," deg F"," deg F"," deg F"," deg F"," deg F"," deg F"," ft wgs"," kt"," enum"," deg"," MHz"," MHz"," MHz"," MHz"," fsd"," fsd"," kt"," deg"," nm"," deg"," deg"," bool"," enum"," enum"," deg"," deg"," fpm"," enum"," mt"," mt"," mt"," mt"," mt"
Lcl Date," Lcl Time"," UTCOfst"," AtvWpt"," Latitude"," Longitude"," AltB"," BaroA"," AltMSL"," OAT"," IAS"," GndSpd"," VSpd"," Pitch"," Roll"," LatAc"," NormAc"," HDG"," TRK"," volt1"," volt2"," amp1"," amp2"," FQtyL"," FQtyR"," E1 FFlow"," E1 OilT"," E1 OilP"," E1 MAP"," E1 RPM"," E1 CHT1"," E1 CHT2"," E1 CHT3"," E1 CHT4"," E1 CHT5"," E1 CHT6"," E1 EGT1"," E1 EGT2"," E1 EGT3"," E1 EGT4"," E1 EGT5"," E1 EGT6"," AltGPS"," TAS"," HSIS"," CRS"," NAV1"," NAV2"," COM1"," COM2"," HCDI"," VCDI"," WndSpd"," WndDr"," WptDst"," WptBrg"," MagVar"," AfcsOn"," RollM"," PitchM"," RollC"," PichC"," VSpdG"," GPSfix"," HAL"," VAL"," HPLwas"," HPLfd"," VPLwas"
2021-04-09,"13:37:42","-06:00",,"38.584850","-92.143350","932","29.68",,,"79",,"0",,,,,"123",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
2021-04-09,"13:38:17","-06:00",,"38.576070","-92.131960","1207","29.68",,,"76",,"787",,,,,"173",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

will ForeFlight accept a .kml file? if so you can export that from FlightAware.

In flightAware, click on "View Track Log" center near the top
- click on the "Google Earth" image at the top.
- it will give you the option to save as a .kml file

 

In general FF can import .kml files. It is somewhat limited in the elements it understands. That is how my layer for AM radio stations works.

It is not hard to read, parse, and modify .kml files. They are just a particular xml based format.

 

As long as my iPad is in the plane and Foreflight is on, it will record a track log of every flight. It begins when the plane begins to move and ends when the plane comes to a full stop.

 

I know MyFlightbook will import KML flight logs. I don't know all the other ways it's superior to Forelight, but I'm sure they are legion.

 

MyFlightbook is superior to FF in what way.

 

I can’t think of anything FF does better in terms of logging.

 

FF is not designed for logging. It is designed to be an electronic flight book.

 

While ForeFlight will accept KMLs, it will only import shapes, not paths - and only as custom map layers, not track logs.
What I’m after is to create a track log from the FlightAware data. I was hoping to recreate a G1000 log (which ForeFlight will accept as track logs)…but I haven’t had any luck.

 

If you've an original G1000 log I can use for an example, I can write some code to convert to it. Looking at the foreflight site, it is only a CSV file, like the example you posted earlier in the thread. Your example is likely missing something in the header or something simple, but difficult to find, that prevents FF from reading the file. I used to write excel VBA code to bring data in/out of Garmin units.

 

That's exactly what I'm lacking, unfortunately. I don't have access to a G1000, so I'm relying on random stuff I find in forums here and there - so who knows how dated it is.
From what I gather, it is CSV, but the fields are fixed-width. I don't know that for sure (no original file), but one of the samples kind of supported the theory.
If anyone has a G1000 that could provide an unadulterated file, it would be much appreciated. I've reached out to a Reddit community (r/flying) as well, but no sample files from there yet either.

 

I'll look as well for the file format. I've traces I'd like to save as well. If I get something working, I'll send it to you and otherwise make it available to all.

 

It has the feature the OP is asking for, to begin with.

 

And one feature out of hundreds makes it superior?

 

I did say I don't know all the ways it's superior, right? And I'll never know because Foreflight only runs on iOS..... I guess that's another one.

 

Yes it’s running on iOS is indeed one of the things that makes it superior.

 

Running only on iOS certainly isn't. Myflightbook has iOS and Android apps and will run anywhere you have a web browser. It's also open source and free, with fantastic support. But if you love Foreflight, use it.

 

Foreflight's logging is trash. This might be overkill but I export everything and have my own Tableau dashboard.. you can do great circle routing, actual routes flown, all sorts of cool stuff. If you really want to geek out you can do some really stuff with Python

 

I didn't see any newer discussion on this topic, and it didn't seem like there was any definite conclusion for how to import FlightAware tracklogs into ForeFlight.

I was interested in doing this myself, so I whipped up a quick python script that converts from FlightAware's KLM files to a minimal G1000 CSV file that ForeFlight will import.

I haven't posted enough to include links yet, so you'll have to do some googling to find the script (maybe someone else can follow up with a direct link). It's on my github page, user name aleiby, project name klm2g1000.

One thing I noticed was that ForeFlight appears to cut off data at the end - or maybe FlightAware isn't exporting the entire track, unclear. FlightAware clearly has more data than they export to the KLM, which is unfortunate. We could probably pull data directly from flightaware.com itself instead of importing KMLs, but that's more effort than I wanted to spend on this right now.

I welcome any improvements folks want to submit. I only got things far enough along for my own personal needs, but figured I'd share in case it would be useful to anyone else.

 

From what I have seen, it looks as foreflight borrowed a lot of feature from MyFlightbook. Just my opinion.

 

Can't help with ForeFlight, but here's what you can do with MyFlightbook: get the KML or GPX file off of FlightAware (or whatever other source you have). If you're using the website, you can attach it to a flight and optionally press "AutoFill" to detect things like landings, airports, night flight, and so forth. If you're using the iOS or Android app, you can "send" the file to MyFlightbook and it will prompt you to create a new flight based on that data (effectively pressing "autofill" for you). As long as the data has timestamped coordinates (ideally, but not necessarily, including speed), it should be able to do a good job of filling in the details of the flight.

 

https://github.com/aleiby/kml2g1000

 

Sorry to revive an older thread but I feel like I’m hitting my head against a brick wall trying to run this Python script. I changed the directory in the .py file but when I try to run it I get a syntax error at the srcDIR line. Anyone get this to work on Windows?