Hot Air is a complete balloon flight companion, built by balloon pilots for balloon pilots. From preflight planning to postflight review, it delivers live tracking, flight recording, waypoint navigation, wind profiling, and more — all designed specifically for the unique needs of hot air ballooning.
Whether you’re a student pilot, a commercial operator, or flying for fun, Hot Air helps you stay organized, informed, and connected.
Features include:
• Live tracking on street or satellite maps
• Wind profiling by altitude during climb and descent
• Waypoint navigation with bearing, distance, and estimated time
• Automatic flight recording with 3D export support
• Custom map overlays (KML/KMZ)
• Offline-capable with map caching
• Real-time flight sharing with crew or friends
• Detailed flight logs for crew, passengers, propane, and temperature
• Flight summaries and totals for logs or checkrides
• Interactive map history of takeoffs and landings
• Export to HTML, KML, or GPX
• Payload calculator for accurate weight and balance
• Integrated weather data and forecasts
• Improved UTM 4x4 waypoint format support
Additional features:
• Real-time heading projection
• Built-in data backup and restore
• Localized in English, French, Czech, and Slovak
• Fully optimized for iPhone and iPad (portrait and landscape)
Note: Continued use of GPS can reduce battery life. Use an external battery for longer flights.
This is the best app for every free balloon pilot. Still after 3 years now, on top!
Hot air
Byvestuk
Perfect app! Logs my flights the same way my garmin would do. Able to export to kmz. Good overview of all my balloon flights. You can also easily update all details of the flight (eg who crewed, inside temp of rhe balloon etc.). I will advise all balloonists to use this app!
a necessary
RSbel
For balloon pilots it really has become a necessaryGood appWith some small details added, it would be the pefect app for ballon pilots
Indispensable
Mathloubxl
Top app of you are a hot air Balloon pilote: a must have! Great work from shawn who is always available to help you with the app. Tank you shawn!
• Fixed Map Tab database issue
• Flight Details now supports full-screen view
• Fixed database conversion issue when updating from the original iOS app to the current version
• Added “Navigate To” option when selecting an airport pin
• Fixed altitude restriction issue in the Wind tab when reviewing flight details
• Added backend crash reporting to help identify and resolve issues faster
• General screen updates and performance improvements
• Updated the error screen related to the required “Always” Location setting
Version 15.10
The developer, Cato Technologies LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Location
Usage Data
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Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Size
120.3 MB
Category
Navigation
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Apple Watch Requires watchOS 9.0 or later.
Location
This app may use your location even when it is not open, which can decrease device battery life.
Cato Technologies LLC has not identified itself as a trader for this app. If you are a consumer in the European Economic Area, consumer rights do not apply to agreements between you and the provider.