Airmate 4+

Flight planning/weather

Myriel Aviation SA

    • 4.5 • 417 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Airmate is a free and easy to use flight planning and weather app for pilots, including many social sharing features.

Thanks to Airmate flight planning form, you will get instant access to airport data and aviation maps, up to date weather and NOTAMs.

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, 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 using the device internal sensors or a supported external AHRS-capable ADS-B receiver or supported aircraft avionics. 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 photographic landscape on Synthetic Vision when Photo scenery 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. 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 (in the USA using your http://1800wxbrief.com account). 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 numerous 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, including from/to flight simulators.

Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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What’s New

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.

Ratings and Reviews

4.5 out of 5
417 Ratings

417 Ratings

Popsflys ,

Great Backup for Student Pilot

I’m a Student Pilot with low hours and have played with AirMate on a couple of flights. Recently, I flew a solo 135 mile cross country with it and the Dual 160 GPS for the Bluetooth. I tried to use it only as a backup, but it was hard to do. Pilotage and Dead Reckoning seems to want to take the backseat, when you are able to see exactly where you are and if on or off course. Still learning how to use it the easiest and best way, but I like it and for sure, the free price is very attractive.

Developer Response ,

Many thanks for your positive review! We are happy you enjoy the app, and are working to bring new features and a new improved map, while keeping the app simple to use and of course free. Safe flights!

Kaz (Hamburger) Miller ,

Thoroughly Impressed

I was using Garmin Pilot before this but I’m so impressed with AirMate that I will probably stick with this for a while. I will admit that the map update process is more cumbersome than Garmin but it’s really not bad. My old iPad can barely run SynthEye from Garmin but works perfectly fine with AirMates version. The GPS navigation is just as good as any other system for how I use it and I’ve even been able to use this app in MS Flight Simulator. Very well done and I hope the developers are proud of the excellent product they’ve made. And made for free!

B R Frost ,

Best (Free) Flight Planning Software on the Market

I typically use this to plan routes in Microsoft Flight Simulator. However, that does not stop its superior accuracy and ability to achieve what i want it to. Highly recommend this app if you do not wish to pay for a monthly subscription to other applications of the same quality(i.e. ForeFlight, Garmin Pilot, etc. Overall a very good free flight planner that is a must for any aviation enthusiast, simulator pilot or professional.

Developer Response ,

Many thanks for your 5-star review that is much appreciated. We are happy you enjoy Airmate both with Microsoft Flight Simulator and in flight. We continue to work hard to improve the app and bring new features. Happy flying!

App Privacy

The developer, Myriel Aviation SA, 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 Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

  • Purchases
  • Contact Info
  • Search History
  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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