[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":512},["ShallowReactive",2],{"guide-\u002Fguide\u002Ftools\u002F":3,"guide-nav-\u002Fguide\u002Ftools\u002F":496},{"id":4,"title":5,"appVersion":6,"body":7,"date":471,"dateModified":472,"description":473,"draft":474,"extension":475,"faqs":472,"howTo":476,"keyTakeaways":483,"meta":488,"metaDescription":472,"navigation":489,"order":490,"path":491,"section":492,"seo":493,"stem":494,"__hash__":495},"guide\u002Fguide\u002Ftools.md","Tools","1.0.0",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":457},"minimark",[10,18,23,46,55,59,98,103,106,111,115,118,212,223,236,240,256,261,271,276,283,287,290,295,304,309,313,326,331,341,346,350,355,360,367,374,384,389,392,404,408,429,433],[11,12,13,14,17],"p",{},"The fifth tab is the flight bag's junk-drawer problem, solved. ",[15,16,5],"strong",{},"\ngathers every utility in Pilot EFB - unit converters, wind and descent\ncalculators, planning helpers, checklists, timers, a scratchpad, expense\nrecords - in one place, organised the way you would narrate a sortie\nrather than alphabetically. Nearly all of it runs entirely on the\ndevice, offline, and nearly all of it is free. This chapter is a tour of\nthe cabinet: how to find a tool fast, and a close look at a few that\nshow how the whole family behaves.",[19,20,22],"h2",{"id":21},"one-tab-every-utility","One tab, every utility",[11,24,25,26,29,30,33,34,37,38,41,42,45],{},"The hub opens on three zones. A ",[15,27,28],{},"search box"," pinned at the top - it\nnever scrolls away, so you can filter from anywhere in the list. A\n",[15,31,32],{},"Pinned"," row of your own shortcuts: it starts with sensible defaults\n(Unit converters, Descent & approach, Crosswind, Fuel uplift), and\n",[15,35,36],{},"Manage"," lets you swap in up to eight of your own. And below, the full\n",[15,39,40],{},"browse menu",". As you use tools, a ",[15,43,44],{},"Recently used"," row appears\nbetween the two, so the tool you reached for on yesterday's turnaround\nis one tap away today.",[47,48],"guide-shot",{"alt":49,"caption":50,"height":51,"src":52,"variant":53,"width":54},"The Tools tab hub: title Tools with subtitle Conversions, calculators, checklists, a Search tools box, a Pinned row with Unit converters, Descent & approach, Crosswind and Fuel uplift tiles plus a dashed Pin tile, then the Plan & file section starting with Flight plan form and Airport distance tiles","The hub: sticky search, your pinned shortcuts, and the full menu below.",2622,"\u002Fguide-images\u002Ftools\u002Fhub","iphone",1206,[19,56,58],{"id":57},"browse-by-phase-of-flight","Browse by phase of flight",[11,60,61,62,65,66,65,69,65,72,75,76,65,79,65,82,85,86,89,90,97],{},"The browse menu groups every tool by where it belongs in a flying day:\n",[15,63,64],{},"Plan & file",", ",[15,67,68],{},"Fuel",[15,70,71],{},"Wind & runway",[15,73,74],{},"Descent & approach",",\n",[15,77,78],{},"Conversions",[15,80,81],{},"Time & sun",[15,83,84],{},"Reference & learn",", and ",[15,87,88],{},"Logbook &\nadmin",". The calculators that live inside a hub browse as their own\ntiles too - Required ROD, ",[91,92,96],"a",{"href":93,"className":94},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-top-of-descent",[95],"glossary-link","Top of descent"," and the rest sit right beside\nthe Descent & approach hub that houses them - so nothing is buried two\ntaps deep.",[47,99],{"alt":100,"caption":101,"height":51,"src":102,"variant":53,"width":54},"The browse grid scrolled to the Descent & approach section: tiles for the Descent & approach hub (All 8 calculators + guide), Holding pattern, Required ROD, Top of descent, Required gradient, CDFA profile, Stepdown fixes, Altitude gates, Visual approach and VDP","Descent & approach in the browse grid: the hub tile, then its calculators as tiles of their own.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Ftools\u002Fhub-browse",[11,104,105],{},"Prefer typing? The search box reaches every tool in the tab, including\neach calculator inside the converter and descent hubs - more than forty\ndestinations from one field.",[47,107],{"alt":108,"caption":109,"height":51,"src":110,"variant":53,"width":54},"The Tools search with wind typed: 3 results - Crosswind and Wind triangle tagged Wind & runway, and Holding pattern tagged Descent & approach","Search cuts across every section - and tags each result with where it lives.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Ftools\u002Fhub-search",[19,112,114],{"id":113},"what-is-in-the-cabinet","What is in the cabinet",[11,116,117],{},"The full catalogue, by section. Everything here is free except\nPer-diem.",[119,120,121,133],"table",{},[122,123,124],"thead",{},[125,126,127,131],"tr",{},[128,129,130],"th",{},"Section",[128,132,5],{},[134,135,136,144,151,158,171,190,197,204],"tbody",{},[125,137,138,141],{},[139,140,64],"td",{},[139,142,143],{},"Flight plan form, Airport distance, Track correction (the 1-in-60 rule), Weights",[125,145,146,148],{},[139,147,68],{},[139,149,150],{},"Fuel uplift, Fuel burn, Fuel temperature",[125,152,153,155],{},[139,154,71],{},[139,156,157],{},"Crosswind, Wind triangle",[125,159,160,162],{},[139,161,74],{},[139,163,164,165,170],{},"The Descent hub's eight calculators, ",[91,166,169],{"href":167,"className":168},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-holding-pattern",[95],"Holding pattern",", Cold-temp correction",[125,172,173,175],{},[139,174,78],{},[139,176,177,178,183,184,189],{},"The Unit converters hub - speed, distance, altitude, temperature, mass, pressure, Mach, ",[91,179,182],{"href":180,"className":181},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-true-airspeed",[95],"true airspeed",", time, ",[91,185,188],{"href":186,"className":187},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-density-altitude",[95],"density altitude",", runway distance, coordinates and a pressure-altitude reference",[125,191,192,194],{},[139,193,81],{},[139,195,196],{},"World clock, EET and ETA, Sunrise \u002F sunset, Timers, Duration arithmetic",[125,198,199,201],{},[139,200,84],{},[139,202,203],{},"Learn & Reference, Checklists, Decode raw text",[125,205,206,209],{},[139,207,208],{},"Logbook & admin",[139,210,211],{},"Per-diem (Pro), Scratchpad, Voyage reports",[11,213,214,215,218,219,222],{},"Two honest framings worth knowing before you lean on the planning\nhelpers. The ",[15,216,217],{},"Flight plan form"," builds a correctly bracketed ICAO FPL\nmessage you can copy or share as text - it files nothing, and says so on\nscreen: \"Helper only - file through an approved channel; verify against\nthe current ICAO FPL format & your ANSP's requirements.\" And ",[15,220,221],{},"Voyage\nreports"," are informal personal write-ups: anything you share out of\nthem carries \"Personal record only - not a formal occurrence report.\"",[11,224,225,226,229,230,235],{},"The ",[15,227,228],{},"Scratchpad"," is the odd one out - not a screen but a quick sheet\nfor ",[91,231,234],{"href":232,"className":233},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-atis",[95],"ATIS"," copies, clearances and gate numbers, and its tile shows a dot\nwhenever something is written on it.",[19,237,239],{"id":238},"the-descent-family","The descent family",[11,241,242,243,248,249,252,253],{},"Descent & approach is the biggest family - eight calculators behind one\nhub: Required ROD, Top of descent, Required gradient, ",[91,244,247],{"href":245,"className":246},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-cdfa",[95],"CDFA"," profile,\nStepdown fixes, Altitude gates, Visual approach and VDP, with a\nplain-English ",[15,250,251],{},"guide"," below them explaining the maths they share.\nEvery screen in the family carries the module's framing, verbatim:\n",[15,254,255],{},"\"Approximate - use approved procedures.\"",[47,257],{"alt":258,"caption":259,"height":51,"src":260,"variant":53,"width":54},"The Descent hub, Pick a calculator: rows for Required ROD, Top of descent, Required gradient, CDFA profile, Stepdown fixes, Altitude gates, Visual approach - with the disclaimer Approximate, use approved procedures at the foot","One hub, eight calculators, one honest footer on every screen.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Ftools\u002Fdescent-hub",[11,262,263,264,266,267,270],{},"Here is ",[15,265,96],{}," worked: FL350 down to 10,000 ft on a 3.0\ndegree path. The answer leads - 78.51 NM out, drawn as a profile - and a\n",[15,268,269],{},"3:1 cross-check"," (the rule-of-thumb 3 NM per 1,000 ft, 75.0 NM here)\nsits beside it so the computed figure is never your only reference. Your\ninputs are still on the screen below the answer, and the tool remembers\nthem next time you open it.",[47,272],{"alt":273,"caption":274,"height":51,"src":275,"variant":53,"width":54},"Top of descent with a result: a descent profile chart from TOD at FL350 to Target at 10,000 ft labelled 5.2 percent \u002F 3.0 degrees, the answer 78.51 NM, a 3:1 cross-check of 75.0 NM, a Send to button, and the current altitude field reading 350 FL - the footer Approximate, use approved procedures beneath","Result first: 78.51 NM to TOD, with the 3:1 rule cross-check right beside it.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Ftools\u002Fdescent-tod",[11,277,278,279,282],{},"A result worth keeping can be handed on: ",[15,280,281],{},"Send to..."," passes a one-line\nsummary - inputs, answer, and a \"Reference only\" stamp with the UTC time\nit was computed - to your notes and other parts of the app. Nothing is\nfed anywhere silently; the handoff is always your tap.",[19,284,286],{"id":285},"crosswind","Crosswind",[11,288,289],{},"The crosswind tool takes a runway number and the wind, and shows the\npicture two ways: a compass rose with the runway laid through it and the\nwind arrow on it, or an approach view down the centreline.",[47,291],{"alt":292,"caption":293,"height":51,"src":294,"variant":53,"width":54},"The Crosswind tool: a compass rose with runway 09\u002F27 drawn through it and a wind arrow from the southwest, captioned Wind from 240 degrees at 15 kt, above the Runway field reading 27 and the Wind direction field reading 240","Runway 27, wind 240 at 15 - the compass view makes the geometry obvious.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Ftools\u002Fcrosswind",[11,296,297,298,303],{},"Type runway 27 and wind 240 at 15 kt and the components resolve to a\n13.0 kt headwind and 7.5 kt of crosswind from the left. Note the caution\nprinted right beside the inputs: runway numbers are magnetic, so enter\nthe magnetic wind from the tower or ATIS - a ",[91,299,302],{"href":300,"className":301},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-metar",[95],"METAR"," reports wind in true\ndegrees, and it should not go straight into this tool without applying\nlocal variation. The guide repeats it because the app does: the trap is\nreal.",[47,305],{"alt":306,"caption":307,"height":51,"src":308,"variant":53,"width":54},"The Crosswind tool's inputs and result: wind direction 240 and speed 15 kt, the caution that runway numbers are magnetic while METAR wind is true, then the output card - headwind 13.0 kt, crosswind 7.5 kt from the left - and a Send to button","Components plus the honest caution: magnetic runway, true METAR wind - mind the variation.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Ftools\u002Fcrosswind-result",[19,310,312],{"id":311},"decode-raw-text","Decode raw text",[11,314,315,316,319,320,325],{},"Weather and NOTAMs do not always arrive through the app - they turn up\nin company emails, ACARS printouts and OPS briefings. ",[15,317,318],{},"Decode raw\ntext"," takes whatever you paste - a METAR, ",[91,321,324],{"href":322,"className":323},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-taf",[95],"TAF"," or NOTAM, several at\nonce - and runs the app's own decoders on it, entirely on the device.\nThe paste card says the quiet part out loud: \"Informational only - not\nfor operational use.\"",[47,327],{"alt":328,"caption":329,"height":51,"src":330,"variant":53,"width":54},"Decode raw text: the Paste a report card holding a raw METAR for EGLL, Decode and Clear buttons, a format picker set to Auto with METAR, TAF and NOTAM options, and the start of the decoded output reading 1 METAR decoded","Paste, decode, done - on the device, with nothing sent anywhere.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Ftools\u002Fdecode-top",[11,332,333,334,337,338],{},"The decoded card reads like the app's own weather screens - cloud,\nceiling, temperature, QNH - but the provenance line is deliberately\ndifferent: ",[15,335,336],{},"\"Source: pasted text - decoded on device.\""," No provider is\nclaimed, because there was no fetch. If the report's day-and-time groups\ncarry no month or year, the tool says which date it resolved them\nagainst and warns that an older report may resolve to the wrong day.\nNothing pasted here is saved, and the screen ends with the weather\nframing, verbatim: ",[15,339,340],{},"\"Reference only - verify officially.\"",[47,342],{"alt":343,"caption":344,"height":51,"src":345,"variant":53,"width":54},"The decoded METAR's detail: cloud FEW 3,500 ft, no ceiling reported, an estimated cumuliform cloud base, temperature 18 and dewpoint 12, QNH 1013 hPa - then the line Source: pasted text, decoded on device, a note about resolving day and time groups against the decode date, and the footer Reference only, verify officially","Decoded honestly: the source is your own paste, and the footer still says verify officially.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Ftools\u002Fdecode",[19,347,349],{"id":348},"checklists","Checklists",[11,351,352,354],{},[15,353,349],{}," are personal, reusable and resettable. The app ships four\npresets - Approach briefing, Pre-departure (airline), Pre-flight (GA)\nand Shutdown - and you can run them as they are, clone and edit them, or\nbuild your own from scratch. Tap a checklist to run it; every run starts\nclean.",[47,356],{"alt":357,"caption":358,"height":51,"src":359,"variant":53,"width":54},"The Checklists screen: a tip explaining tap to run, pencil to edit, swipe to delete and long-press for all actions, then four preset rows - Approach briefing 12 items, Pre-departure airline 9 items, Pre-flight GA 12 items, Shutdown 6 items - and an empty Your checklists section","Four starter presets, and room for your own - tap one to run it.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Ftools\u002Fchecklists",[11,361,362,363,366],{},"These are personal aides-memoire, and the runner frames them exactly\nthat way, verbatim: ",[15,364,365],{},"\"Reference only - not a certified checklist.\"","\nYour aircraft's approved checklist remains the checklist.",[19,368,370,371],{"id":369},"per-diem","Per-diem ",[372,373],"pro-badge",{},[11,375,376,377,380,381],{},"The one Pro tool in the tab. ",[15,378,379],{},"Per-diem"," is a single workspace for\nlayover money: log expenses by trip (receipt photos included), estimate\na whole trip from your logged duties, keep company or US GSA rate cards,\nand pull tax-year and monthly reports as PDF or CSV. It is records and\narithmetic, not advice - the workspace says so on screen, verbatim:\n",[15,382,383],{},"\"Records & estimates only - not financial advice.\"",[47,385],{"alt":386,"caption":387,"height":51,"src":388,"variant":53,"width":54},"The Per-diem workspace: a Total logged card reading Nothing logged yet with zero expenses, trips and currencies, segments for Expenses, Estimate, Reports and Rates, an Add an expense button, an empty state offering Estimate from duties, and the footer Records and estimates only, not financial advice","The per-diem workspace - expenses, estimates, rates and reports on one page.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Ftools\u002Fper-diem",[11,390,391],{},"One honesty note: if you logged expenses before Per-diem became a Pro\ntool, your rows stay on your device, and the plain CSV export stays free",[393,394,395],"ul",{},[396,397,398,399,403],"li",{},"your own records are never locked behind a paywall.\n",[91,400,402],{"href":401},"\u002Fguide\u002Ffree-vs-pro","Free vs Pro"," has the full pricing picture.",[19,405,407],{"id":406},"doorways-from-the-rest-of-the-app","Doorways from the rest of the app",[11,409,410,411,415,416,419,420,424,425,428],{},"You rarely need to start from the Tools tab. ",[91,412,414],{"href":413},"\u002Fguide\u002Fhome","Home"," carries\na ",[15,417,418],{},"Quick tools"," grid you can customise, and a flight folder's More\npane carries a tools row for the day you are briefing - see\n",[91,421,423],{"href":422},"\u002Fguide\u002Fbrief","Brief",". The calculators meet your data halfway, too: with\na flight active, tools like Crosswind and Top of descent offer an\nexplicit \"Use active flight\" chip to pull the frozen METAR wind or your\nplanned cruise level - always a tap you choose, never a silent fill. And\nthe ",[15,426,427],{},"Learn & Reference"," tile jumps to the Learn tab's guides and\nquick references, from the phonetic alphabet to Q-codes.",[19,430,432],{"id":431},"where-next","Where next",[393,434,435,440,445,452],{},[396,436,437,439],{},[91,438,414],{"href":413}," - the Quick tools grid and how to customise it.",[396,441,442,444],{},[91,443,423],{"href":422}," - the briefing package the folder's tools row\nbelongs to.",[396,446,447,451],{},[91,448,450],{"href":449},"\u002Fguide\u002Fweather","Weather"," - the station workbench behind the\nweather these tools cross-check.",[396,453,454,456],{},[91,455,402],{"href":401}," - what Pro unlocks, priced.",{"title":458,"searchDepth":459,"depth":459,"links":460},"",2,[461,462,463,464,465,466,467,468,469,470],{"id":21,"depth":459,"text":22},{"id":57,"depth":459,"text":58},{"id":113,"depth":459,"text":114},{"id":238,"depth":459,"text":239},{"id":285,"depth":459,"text":286},{"id":311,"depth":459,"text":312},{"id":348,"depth":459,"text":349},{"id":369,"depth":459,"text":370},{"id":406,"depth":459,"text":407},{"id":431,"depth":459,"text":432},"2026-08-26",null,"The Tools tab's utility catalogue - pinned shortcuts, search, phase-of-flight browsing, and the calculators, converters, checklists and admin tools inside.",false,"md",{"name":477,"steps":478},"Run a calculation in Pilot EFB",[479,480,481,482],"Open the Tools tab and find your tool - search by name, or browse the phase-of-flight sections.","Type your inputs. The result updates live, and the calculator keeps them for next time.","Where it helps, hand the result on - Send to... passes a stamped, reference-only summary to other parts of the app.","Treat every output as reference only, and fly by your approved sources and procedures.",[484,485,486,487],"Tools is the fifth tab - converters, calculators, checklists and admin utilities in one place, grouped by phase of flight and searchable from one box.","Pin up to eight tools you actually use, and the tab remembers your recent ones; each calculator also remembers its last inputs.","The safety-critical calculators carry their framing on screen - every descent screen ends \"Approximate - use approved procedures.\"","Everything in the tab is free except Per-diem, which is Pro.",{},true,120,"\u002Fguide\u002Ftools","Toolkit",{"title":5,"description":473},"guide\u002Ftools","kc6AtD-Q8ZRulEv6RsJXJyd-rZOfQqoUx-2Auv6v5Ik",{"prev":497,"next":503,"position":510,"total":511},{"path":422,"title":423,"description":498,"section":499,"order":500,"appVersion":6,"draft":474,"minutes":501,"number":502},"Inside the flight folder's briefing - verdict chips, an honest trust check, the FDP reading of your day, and weather and NOTAM panes per airport.","Plan and fly",110,7,"11",{"path":504,"title":505,"description":506,"section":492,"order":507,"appVersion":6,"draft":474,"minutes":508,"number":509},"\u002Fguide\u002Fcommunity","Community","The community feature board - browse pilots' ideas, vote with a free account, suggest your own, and how moderation keeps the space honest.",130,4,"13",12,17,1787929982839]