Pilot EFB iOS · iPadOS

Pilot EFB

A fast, offline-first flight app for airline and GA pilots.

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Important: Pilot EFB is not a certified Electronic Flight Bag. It is an informational and organisational tool only. See the full disclaimer below before using.

Scope & intent

What Pilot EFB is, and isn't

Pilot EFB does a small set of things well and is deliberately clear about where its boundaries are. Here is exactly what it is, and what it is not.

What Pilot EFB is

Pilot EFB is built for airline and general-aviation pilots who want a fast, reliable, offline-first toolkit on their phone.

  • Offline-first. SQLite is the source of truth on your device. The app works fully without an internet connection.
  • Raw text always preserved. Decoded METAR, TAF, and NOTAM fields supplement the raw text. They never replace it.
  • Snapshots are immutable. Saved weather and NOTAM briefings are SHA-256 hashed and verified on display.
  • Privacy by design. No location data, no advertising identifiers. Your logbook never leaves your device unless you export it yourself.

What it is NOT

Pilot EFB is intentionally narrow. It does not replace certified tools and we do not pretend otherwise.

  • NOT a certified Electronic Flight Bag (EFB).
  • NOT for operational decisions, dispatch, primary navigation, or regulatory compliance.
  • NOT a replacement for company OPS, official MET sources, or NOTAM authorities.
  • NOT a moving map or terrain-awareness system.
  • NEVER presents outputs as authoritative.

Important: please read before using

Our safety disclaimer is currently being finalised and will be published here shortly.

Features

What's in the app

Eight modules, hundreds of features. All work offline. All include explicit source attribution and disclaimers on every aviation data block.

  • Weather & Briefing

    Live METAR and TAF decoded into flight-rules badges, wind alerts, and plain-language summaries. SIGWX charts, SIGMET/AIRMET warnings, and winds aloft across 9 flight levels included.

    • VFR/MVFR/IFR/LIFR badges with ceiling and visibility detail
    • Winds aloft at 9 flight levels with global coverage
    • SIGMET/AIRMET alerts with severity and raw text
    • Personal minimums checker flags your own limits
    • Offline cache with stale badges and source timestamps

  • NOTAMs

    Grouped, keyword-highlighted NOTAMs with a diff view showing what changed since your last fetch. Route-based batch fetch covers all airports in a single request.

    • Route-based fetch for up to 10 airports at once
    • Diff view: NEW, CHANGED, CANCELLED per airport
    • Time-window filter, category filter, free-text search
    • Immutable SHA-256 snapshots saved to flight folders

  • FTL Calculator

    EASA ORO.FTL and FAA Part 117 rules engine. Remaining FDP, cumulative limits, rest timer, what-if scenario planner, and a plain-English explanation of every calculation.

    • EASA ORO.FTL and FAA Part 117 both supported
    • What-if planner: model extra sectors or delays
    • Roster import from CSV
    • Augmented crew, split duty, disruptive schedule detection

  • Electronic Logbook

    Fast HH:MM entry with smart defaults. Night time auto-calculated from airport coordinates and actual block times. PDF export styled after the EASA Part-FCL Appendix 1 format (personal reference only; not an authority-approved logbook). Configurable currency rules.

    • Night time auto-calculated from block times and position
    • PDF export styled after EASA Part-FCL Appendix 1 layout, CSV import/export
    • Configurable currency rules with expiry countdown
    • Per-aircraft totals, Smart Groups, career carry-forward

  • Flight Hub

    A flight folder that becomes your day's command centre. Enter your route once and weather, NOTAMs, and FDP pre-fill from your legs. Completing the flight generates logbook entries automatically.

    • Weather and NOTAMs pre-filled from your planned route
    • FDP derived from your planned sectors automatically
    • Completion generates logbook entries in one tap
    • Immutable SHA-256 briefing snapshots for every save

  • Built for iPhone

    Home screen widgets, Lock Screen widgets, Live Activities on the Dynamic Island, Apple Watch companion, and Siri Shortcuts. Cockpit red-light mode for night-vision preservation.

    • METAR, FDP, currency, and Zulu clock home screen widgets
    • Live Activity shows FDP countdown on Dynamic Island
    • "Hey Siri, brief me on EGLL" reads weather aloud
    • Cockpit red-light mode preserves night vision

Also inside the app

Dozens more tools, all offline

Descent planning
CDFA profile diagram
Winds aloft (9 levels)
SIGMET/AIRMET alerts
Personal minimums
Speed conversions
Altitude conversions
Density altitude
Crosswind calculator
TAS/Mach calculator
EET/ETA calculator
Fuel uplift calculator
Airport reference
Runway information
Airport favourites
Sunrise/sunset times
Night time auto-calc
PDF export (EASA format)
Currency tracking
Custom checklists
What-if FDP planner
Roster import
NOTAM priority scoring
Timer and stopwatch
Compass rose
Phonetic alphabet
Squawk codes
Zulu clock

And much more besides. New tools added with every update.

Inside the app

Screenshots

A quick look at the modules pilots use most, built for the cockpit on iPhone and iPad.

  • Briefing summary

    METAR + TAF for up to 4 airports with flight-rules badges.

  • METAR detail

    Raw text on top, decoded fields below. Source + timestamp visible.

  • FTL dashboard

    Remaining FDP, cumulative limits, rest timer.

  • NOTAMs

    Grouped by airport, keyword highlights, time-window badges.

  • Logbook

    Fast HH:MM entry, smart defaults, totals.

  • CDFA descent profile

    Visual glidepath with altitude gates and stepdown fixes.

Compliance

Disclaimers

The verbatim disclaimer text shown inside the app. Pilot EFB is an informational reference only, never a replacement for certified systems, official sources, or your operator's approved procedures.

Being finalised

The verbatim disclaimer text is currently being finalised and will be published here shortly.

Privacy

Privacy policy

Being finalised

Our Privacy policy is currently being finalised and will be published here shortly.

Cookies

Cookies & storage

Last updated: 2026-06-03

This statement explains the cookies and similar browser storage used by this website (pilotefb.com). It is provided so you know exactly what is stored on your device when you visit, as required by the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and the UK GDPR.

The short version

This website runs no tracking, advertising, or analytics, sets no third-party cookies, and includes no third-party embeds. We do not profile you, and nothing about your visit is shared with anyone. The only things stored are strictly necessary for the site to work, and anything optional is off until you choose to allow it.

Strictly necessary (always on)

These are essential for the site to function, set no advertising identifier, are first-party only, and never leave your browser. Under regulation 6(1) of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR), storing information strictly necessary for a service you explicitly requested is exempt from the consent requirement. Both items below meet this test and are always active:

  • theme (browser local storage): Remembers whether you chose the light, dark, or system colour theme, so the correct theme is shown on your next visit and the page does not flash the wrong colours while loading. The site defaults to the dark theme; this value is written when you choose a theme (including "system", which follows your device's appearance setting).
  • cookie_consent (browser local storage): Records the cookie choice you make below, so we can honour it and not ask you again. Storing your own consent decision is itself strictly necessary.

Optional analytics and performance (off by default)

We do not currently use any analytics, so today this category activates nothing. We include it so that, if we ever add privacy-respecting analytics to understand usage and improve the product, it will run only with your prior opt-in consent, never before. It defaults to off, and is set only if you turn it on.

Managing or withdrawing your choice

You can change or withdraw your choice at any time, as easily as you gave it, using the "Cookie settings" link in the site footer (or the "Manage cookie preferences" button in this section), which reopens the consent options. You can also clear this site's local storage in your browser's privacy settings, which resets everything to the defaults above (theme back to the dark default, and the consent banner will appear again).

If we materially change the categories of optional storage we use, we will ask for a fresh choice rather than relying on your previous decision — this ensures your consent always covers what we actually do.

Related

For how the website and the Pilot EFB app handle personal data more broadly, see our privacy policy.

Legal

Terms of use / EULA

Being finalised

Our Terms of Use / EULA are currently being finalised and will be published here shortly.

Accessibility

Accessibility statement

Last assessed: 2026-06-04

This statement applies to pilotefb.com.

Our target

We aim for this website to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA. WCAG 2.1 AA is the standard referenced by the UK's Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations 2018 and is widely recognised as the appropriate benchmark for commercial websites.

What we do

  • Semantic HTML landmarks (<header>, <main>, <footer>, <nav>) are used throughout so keyboard and screen-reader users can navigate by region.
  • All interactive elements (links, buttons, form controls) have visible focus indicators that meet the WCAG 2.1 AA focus-visible requirement.
  • Touch targets in the mobile menu and cookie consent panel meet the 44 × 44 px minimum.
  • The colour-contrast ratio between body text and background meets or exceeds 4.5:1 in both light and dark themes.
  • Motion that scrolls elements into view is suppressed for users with prefers-reduced-motion: reduce set in their OS preferences.
  • Images that carry meaning have descriptive alt text; purely decorative images use alt="".
  • The page uses a logical heading hierarchy and never skips heading levels.

Known limitations

  • PDF logbook export (in the app): Exported PDFs are not currently tagged for screen-reader access. We intend to address this in a future app update.
  • Third-party content: Any external links open in the same tab; we cannot guarantee the accessibility of third-party websites we link to.

We are a small team and this site is under active development. If you find an issue not listed here, please tell us.

How to report an accessibility problem

If you experience any difficulty using this website, email hello@pilotefb.com with the subject line "Accessibility". Please describe what you were trying to do and what happened. We aim to acknowledge reports within 5 working days and to resolve or explain issues within 30 days.

Enforcement

If you are not satisfied with our response and you are in the UK, you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS): equalityadvisoryservice.com.

Support

Support

If something doesn't work, you've found a bug, or you have feedback for the next release. Get in touch.

Email

We aim to reply within a few days. Please include your iOS version and a short description of what you were doing when the problem happened.

hello@pilotefb.com

In-app feedback

Once installed, the in-app feedback form (Settings → Feedback) sends text and an optional screenshot directly to the same address. It's often faster than typing on your phone.

For data deletion requests, see the privacy policy above.