The NGA Aeronautical Application (Aero App) is an Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) mobile application developed by and for the DOD and FAA flight crews. The Application provides flight crews with the flight publications and data required to execute the unique mission of the U.S. War Fighter. Aero App increases situational awareness and improves safety of navigation by providing easy access to aeronautical information including Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File (DAFIF), Digital Flight Information Publications (D-FLIP) products, including Georeferenced Airport Diagrams and Instrument Approach Procedures (IAPs), Arrival Procedures, Departure Procedures, Takeoff and Landing Minimums, Supplements, Airfield Qualification Program (AQP), Giant Reports, Electronic-Instrument Procedure Library and Host Nation Charts. Aero App is designed to enhance the use of aeronautical Flight Information Publication (FLIP) data and manage individual FLIP products.
As the world's authoritative source for aeronautical data, NGA is able to provide flight crews access to data on over 47,000 airfields worldwide via the application. In addition, the Aero App features an integrated E6B flight computer for flight planning on the ground and in the air calculations; a note pad; access to user documents and custom user maps. Connect to the internet, GPS or an ADS-B device to view traffic and weather information such as NOTAMs, METARs, TAFs, and Air Force weather. Overlay navigational data on the Moving Map such as Military Training Routes, Air Refueling Routes, Contract Fuel Locations, Terrain, Special Use Airspaces and much, much more.
Aero App is FREE and authorized for the following: US military, government agencies, Civil Air Patrol, foreign military partners and contractors flying missions in support of the DOD.
For more information on the NGA Aero App visit https://aeroapp.info.
As a new aviator this is a great start for free! Need to add the ability to Electronically file IFR flight plans and to add approaches to your flight plan route, additionally need to add wind correction and along with the total distance on the route add an estimated time of flight the route would take.
Typical Government Developed App
Leebo4bama
This is, BY FAR the most user unfriendly app developed! Nothing is intuitive in the flight planning process and very difficult in finding where the flight plan tab is located (a small arrow in the bottom left corner of the moving map tab that doesn’t have any lettering referencing flight plan)! If you have airspace overlays on and you long press a location to try to add that location to the flight plan a window pops up that will not allow you select the waypoint - only the type of airspace you long pressed. There is no color weather radar capability for the app also. DAFIF management is absolutely frustrating with changing your password and then downloading your particular area of interest. (There is a quick tab that allows you to select CONUS or other regions when you finally get there. Even that process is laborious and not intuitive). WHEN your password expires (after you have received emails four weeks out) the number displayed on the geoaxis website is NOT the number you call! When you call that number you are told to call another number because they don’t handle Aero app password reset requests. What isn’t told to anyone is the Aero app is managed by a different entity that piggybacks NGA products for the app. On top of all this your PKI certificates can drop from the server and not allow you to sign in until you sign in to a government computer and reset your account! If our command did not require us to have this app for flight I would delete it immediately. Spend $200 on ForeFlight and avoid ALL THE HASSLE! Almost worthless.
Instructor Pilot
rrodrigggg1
I have been using this app from many years and I highly recommend it to my students for their planning not only IFR/VFR but for tactical mission planning as well here at USAACE. The number 1 complain continues to be having to update the password, which with todays face recognition and fingers print access to keychain on IPads is truly not an issue at all. Airdrop/Sharing cycles with other users is fantastic. The DOD FLIP access and downloads within cycles has no match. The Aero App Data Server is a must. It allows the user ti take their experience to the next level; specially by using the Convert TIIF files into MBTTiles tool. Two recommendations: 1 Please bring satellite imagery back u ser the map selection tab. 2 Allow users to AirDrop/Share user flies such as MBTiles. The number two recommendation is particularly important when users create routes on Falcon View that can later one be converted into MBTiles for their tablets as a backup to a MFD failure.
Great App For the Military Pilot
"Sheldon"
Considering this is free to US Military this is an amazing app. I have extensively used foreflight as well so I feel that I can offer some points in comparison. Overall, as one would expect foreflight is a much more polished product. That being said a foreflight military flight bag subscription can be rather expensive. However Aero App offers the ability to view GIANT reports while foreflight does not. This is a very helpful feature for pilots who fly heavier aircraft and have to worry about pavement strengths and taxiway clearances. Additionally the E6B feature of Aero App has some nice features. Also, Aero App now offers Jeppesen plates which can be helpful when there are no FLIP plates available to the field to which you are flying. Both Aero App and Foreflight offer ADS-B connectivity. I have not used this feature so I can't speak to it for either app. Some negatives-Aero App currently does not offer any satellite, radar or graphical weather for locations outside of the United States. (It does offer METARS and TAFS oversees.)-Aero App does not allow for word searches in planning pubs such as the AFD, AP's, FIH, Enroute Supps etc. Although in a pinch you can easily transfer the document from the app into a document reader and complete a word search that way. In summary, if you are given a free or significantly discounted Foreflight subscription I would probably use that. In the past couple of years I have seen Aero App continue to improve and I hope it continues to do so, as I believe it is a nice, free alternative to many of the other EFB apps on the marketplace. In my case I will likely switch to using Aero App exclusively when my Foreflight subscription expires instead of shelling out the couple hundred dollars for another Foreflight military flight bag subscription. For me, Aero App has everything I need and it is free. As always of course, your mileage may vary.
Enhancement
ADS-B Traffic: Pilots can customize how nearby traffic relative to the ownship is displayed on the Map using various filter options, including distance and altitude limits, as well as an option to show the ownship’s track.
Bug Fixes
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
Version 1.2510.2061
The developer, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 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 Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
Seller
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Size
133.7 MB
Category
Navigation
Compatibility
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Location
This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
