About Airmate
Now with real time traffic! Airmate is a free and easy to use flight planning and weather app for pilots, improving situational awareness and providing instant access to airport data and aviation maps, up to date weather...
Now with real time traffic!
Airmate is a free and easy to use flight planning and weather app for pilots, improving situational awareness and providing instant access to airport data and aviation maps, up to date weather and NOTAMs, traffic around.
IFR and VFR airport plates are freely available in US (FAA charts), Europe, and more than 200 other countries. Many of them are georeferenced and could be overlaid on the aviation chart. A powerful Plate Manager allows to download in advance all airport plates in a country, they could be easily printed and viewed.
During the flight, the moving map will display the aircraft location along the route, show airports and aeronautical data details and traffic around, warn you if your planned route is crossing restricted areas. A profile view is available to display terrain elevation, crossed areas and forecasted weather across the route. Airmate can also display a backup aircraft attitude indicator and flight parameters in an EFIS-like view. In the whole world, Synthetic Vision displaying in the EFIS-like view the ups and downs of rolling terrain ahead is available. In selected countries, Airmate can display scenery if this option is purchased.
Airmate includes a worldwide aeronautical database updated free of charge with airports, navigation beacons, waypoints, airways, obstacles, regulated and restricted areas. Topographic maps and elevation data for most countries may be downloaded free of charge, as well as additional aviation map overlays such US Sectionals. A procedure database provide details of departure (SID), arrival (STAR) and instrument approaches in the USA, and you could add those procedures to your planned flight route (the procedure database includes all US airports, we are workding to add airports in other countries). Once loaded, the procedure path is displayed on the aeronautical map, including curved paths and racetracks.
When coupled with a supported external ADS-B received, Airmate will display nearby traffic on the moving map, and receive FIS-B weather and NOTAM during the flight. To improve safety, Airmate can display neighbouring traffic received over mobile network. Such traffic include commercial airlines and transponder-equiped aircrafts, FLARM gliders, aircrafts whose pilots are using Airmate and other users using other safety broadcasting equipment.
Airmate is able to transmit the flight plan data to supported avionics such Dynon SkyView.
Thanks to the Auto Route feature, you could search and select the best route for your flight, and then file your VFR or IFR flight plan. Once filed, your flight plan could easily be managed, delayed or cancelled.
Airmate will also record your flights and allow to replay them later or export the flight path in gpx format, you could take pictures from the app during flights. Pilot log entries are automatically computed from flown flights.
A Satellite map display mode in flight planning or replay mode allows to familiarize with significant landmarks.
Airmate will save planned and flown flights, user waypoints and user aircrafts in the cloud and sync them between your devices and Airmate web flight planning.
Airmate brings social features to the community. Pilots may leave ratings, tips and comments to share their experience with fellow pilots, and report fuel prices and handling fees. They could find friends, instructors, flight schools, aviation events and aircraft to rent near their home airport or any visited airport. A planned flight may be shared with other pilots by indicating the number of seats available for additional passengers.
Airmate may be connected to most flight simulators to keep flying skills sharp, and will manage also AHRS and simulated traffic data transmitted by the flight simulator. Planned flights and personal waypoints may be imported and exported.
Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Apr 16, 2024
Version 3.15
Update fixing a plate download failure for the first operation and including previous version improvements:
- Download of airport diagrams and approach plates for a whole country now done with a country package with additional integrity checks.
- Real time position sharing with other Airmate users may be enabled or disabled from the layers button (disabled by default for privacy)
- Improved mapping controls, with the ability to switch anytime between map vector, raster and Satellite views
- Increased zooming capability on the Satellite view
- Improved display of nearby traffic received either over the mobile network (no equipment needed) or a supported ADS-B receiver or avionics.
- Improvement in the traffic warning window showing potential conflicting traffic (informational only, Airmate is not an approved collision avoidance device, and the pilot-in-command remains the only responsible for collision avoidance).
- Traffic received from mobile network or a connected hardware receiver may be forwarded to other apps (Airmate Premium required)
- Improved display for Flight Information Sectors (FIS)
- Fix a loading issue for some IFR approaches where legs may be loaded in duplicate.
- Fix an issue in the downloading of Airmate data for Dynon SkyView USB drive programming affecting subscribers in the USA region
- Thousands of Airmate airport diagrams now available in the USA for airfields without FAA diagrams (for information only).
- Fix display issues on iPhone 14 and 15 devices
- Fix an issue in the Airmate Pro option management that was sometimes incorrectly disabled, conversion of Airmate Pro to Airmate Premium.
- Miscellaneous other improvements.
- Fix various other issues and crashes.
- Include a worldwide aeronautical database at cycle 2404 (April 18th, 2024), automatically updated
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Airmate since it was posted on our website on 2020-05-14 19:06:35.
The latest version is 3.15 and it was updated on 2024-04-19 19:04:27. See below the changes in each version.
Airmate version 3.15
Updated At: 2024-04-16
Changes: Apr 16, 2024
Version 3.15
Update fixing a plate download failure for the first operation and including previous version improvements:
- Download of airport diagrams and approach plates for a whole country now done with a country package with additional integrity checks.
- Real time position sharing with other Airmate users may be enabled or disabled from the layers button (disabled by default for privacy)
- Improved mapping controls, with the ability to switch anytime between map vector, raster and Satellite views
- Increased zooming capability on the Satellite view
- Improved display of nearby traffic received either over the mobile network (no equipment needed) or a supported ADS-B receiver or avionics.
- Improvement in the traffic warning window showing potential conflicting traffic (informational only, Airmate is not an approved collision avoidance device, and the pilot-in-command remains the only responsible for collision avoidance).
- Traffic received from mobile network or a connected hardware receiver may be forwarded to other apps (Airmate Premium required)
- Improved display for Flight Information Sectors (FIS)
- Fix a loading issue for some IFR approaches where legs may be loaded in duplicate.
- Fix an issue in the downloading of Airmate data for Dynon SkyView USB drive programming affecting subscribers in the USA region
- Thousands of Airmate airport diagrams now available in the USA for airfields without FAA diagrams (for information only).
- Fix display issues on iPhone 14 and 15 devices
- Fix an issue in the Airmate Pro option management that was sometimes incorrectly disabled, conversion of Airmate Pro to Airmate Premium.
- Miscellaneous other improvements.
- Fix various other issues and crashes.
- Include a worldwide aeronautical database at cycle 2404 (April 18th, 2024), automatically updated
Airmate version 3.13
Updated At: 2024-01-26
Changes: Jan 26, 2024
Version 3.13
This version offers the following improvements:
- improvements and fixes to Weight & Balance computation, including many aircraft profiles added.
- Weight & Balance data is now saved for every planned flight (passenger, fuel and luggage data).
- worldwide aircraft traffic from the network is now shown by default in planning aviation map and displayed during flight. This may be changed in Settings. Sharing own position with the network for traffic awareness is proposed when starting a flight for the first time, this may be changed in privacy Settings.
- improved traffic view displayed automatically with traffic alert when a conflicting traffic is detected (for information only, as Airmate is not an approved traffic warning device).
- clicking on a traffic on the map will display aircraft picture if available.
- downloading and displaying the Pilot Operating Handbook in the aircraft configuration page for selected aircrafts.
- Airmate Professional and Airmate Military subscribers may now load continent-wide IFR and VFR charts in a single operation.
- available menu choices and map buttons and capabilities are now configurable for the whole fleet for operators using Airmate Professional EFB.
- aeronautical map switched by default in IFR mode for IFR flights.
- antenna symbol color reflects mobile network availability.
- the navigation log and briefing may be computed without taking into account enroute winds.
- fix aeronautical database download issue on some devices with limited memory.
- fix a display issue for some georeferenced rotated maps.
- various other fixes.
- embeds a worldwide aeronautical database at cycle 2401 (Jan 25th, 2024), automatically updated.
Airmate version 3.12
Updated At: 2023-11-20
Changes: Nov 20, 2023
Version 3.12
This release offers the following improvements:
- a search field is now available when dragging down the flight list to quickly find any flight in the list
- improved flight vector drawing with scale in minutes and configurable size.
- improved ruler shown with two finger press gesture.
- added display of VFR routes
- fix issues in Weight & Balance computation using metric units
- flight log may now be computed without taking wind into account
- fix some weather data display issues due to changes in weather servers of some authorities
- fix local time computation according country or device configuration.
- photo imagery is now displayed also during past flight replay
- aural warning when descending below 500ft when terrain data available for the flight
- for professional users, provide access to full GEN, ENR and AD parts of the official AIPs in 200 countries (Airmate Professional subscription required)
- various other fixes and improvements
- embeds worldwide aeronautical database at cycle 2311 (Nov 2nd, 2023), automatically updated
Airmate version 3.11
Updated At: 2023-09-02
Changes: Sep 2, 2023
Version 3.11
- added Data Manager functionality to download aeronautical data and program USB drive for Dynon SkyView Airmate database subscribers.
- Airmate may now be launched from Safari browser or external applications by calling an URL of the form airmate://
- Auto-zoom inhibited while user is manually zooming in or out to avoid conflicts
- Improved display of surrounding traffic
- expanded supported languages.
- fix minor issues.
- embeds worldwide aeronautical database at cycle 2308(August 10th, 2023), automatically updated.
Airmate version 3.10
Updated At: 2023-07-24
Changes: Jul 24, 2023
Version 3.10
This new release brings minor updates:
- while flying, the Advanced Route Editor that may be displayed on top of the aeronautical map now includes Load Departures, Load Arrivals and Load Approaches buttons to conveniently load approaches according ATC instructions.
- Airmate could display the known traffic around you even without ADS-B traffic receiver (using the Network Traffic layer button). This feature is in beta test for now and may work intermittently. We expect to release final version of this feature with many improvements in September after collecting your feedback.
- Airmate traffic may be shared with traffic hubs to help with collision avoidance. Privacy settings allow to disable this sharing.
- Fixed various presentation issues on some devices
- Embeds worldwide aeronautical database at cycle 2307 (from July 13th, 2023), automatically updated
Airmate version 3.9
Updated At: 2023-05-01
Changes: May 1, 2023
Version 3.9
Version 3.9 fixes a bug when rotating the map in Flight mode. Il also provide a direct link to the app privacy policy.
This release also includes all new features of previous version:
- added informational Weight & Balance computation with graphs. The weight & balance computation takes into account the planned trip and loaded fuel, it is only informational and has to be checked against aircraft POH for the aircraft flown.
- improved aircraft configuration tools to define aircraft data for weight & balance computation.
- default weight & balance data profiles may be imported automatically for convenience, the imported profile should be carefully reviewed and edited using the aircraft approved pilot manual for the actual aircraft flown.
- the advanced route editor may now be displayed on top the map, either while planning or during flight, in order to change easily the route. A new Route button toggles the route editor display on top of the map.
- improved Satellite view bringing a much higher resolution for flight planning.
- temperature scale may be selected between °C and °F (°F being the default in the USA).
- preflight briefing printed pages are now generated using the preferred page size (A4 or US Letter)
- seaplane bases added on the map display.
- fix various display issues on some devices, especially when device rotated in landscape mode.
- embeds worldwide aeronautical database for cycle 2304 (April 20th, 2023), automatically updated.
Airmate version 3.8
Updated At: 2023-04-19
Changes: Apr 19, 2023
Version 3.8
New features and improvements include:
- added informational Weight & Balance computation with graphs. The weight & balance computation takes into account the planned trip and loaded fuel, it is only informational and has to be checked against aircraft POH for the aircraft flown.
- improved aircraft configuration tools to define aircraft data for weight & balance computation.
- default weight & balance data profiles may be imported automatically for convenience, the imported profile should be carefully reviewed and edited using the aircraft approved pilot manual for the actual aircraft flown.
- the advanced route editor may now be displayed on top the map, either while planning or during flight, in order to change easily the route. A new Route button toggles the route editor display on top of the map.
- improved Satellite view bringing a much higher resolution for flight planning.
- temperature scale may be selected between °C and °F (°F being the default in the USA).
- preflight briefing printed pages are now generated using the preferred page size (A4 or US Letter)
- seaplane bases added on the map display.
- fix various display issues on some devices, especially when device rotated in landscape mode.
- embeds worldwide aeronautical database for cycle 2304 (April 20th, 2023), automatically updated.
Airmate version 3.7
Updated At: 2023-02-07
Changes: Feb 7, 2023
Version 3.7
Airmate 3.7 brings many improvements:
- Display realistic photo scenery in the Synthetic Vision for supported countries (starting with France, other being added soon). Photo scenery can be downloaded free of charge, but their continuous display on Synthetic Vision requires a subscription to Photo option.
- It is possible to pan on the Synthetic Vision display to look around.
- Airfields nearby are now shown on Synthetic Vision display as well the next waypoint in the route.
- A radar reflectivity layer covering most of Europe is now available.
- Allow to send recorded flight track to partners for debriefing (Click & Takeoff).
- Fix issues in GPX and PLN import, fix a crash when exporting waypoint or flights on iPad.
- Various minor fixes for flight plan filing
- Various minor other fixes.
- Embeds worldwide aeronautical database at AIRAC cycle 2301 (Jan 26th, 2023), automatically updated.
Airmate version 3.4
Updated At: 2022-07-23
Changes: Jul 23, 2022 Version 3.4
- New waypoint management menu: a Manage Waypoints choice in App Settings allows to view and manage user waypoints.
- Added import/export capability of planned flight routes stored in gpx format (rtept). Opening such a gpx file in Airmate will automatically launch the import operation.
- Flown flights stored as gpx tracks (trkpt) may now be opened with Airmate that will display them using the flown flight track viewer.
- During waypoint creation, coordinates may now include decimal separator and decimal digits.
- Fix issues in bulk waypoint creation from gpx file.
- Profile view is not displayed automatically at flight opening, except if defined in Settings
- Improved vertical navigation in the profile view
- Miscellaneous minor fixes
- Embeds worldwide aviation database at AIRAC cycle 2207 (July 14th, 2022), automatically updated.
Airmate version 3.2
Updated At: 2022-04-24
Changes: Apr 24, 2022 Version 3.2
- expand the procedure database by adding numerous RNAV procedures worldwide.
- Fix a presentation issue in the flight planning form
- Fixed few issues with dark mode
- In the route editor, airways identifiers matching US airport codes (e.g. Y50) are now properly recognized as airways if following a waypoint belonging to the route
- Embeds aviation database at AIRAC cycle 2204 (April 21, 2022), automatically updated.
