Aviation Apps you NEED in 2024

FREE aviation apps you can download today if you like aviation. These help you plan flights, help you during a flight, if you're a student pilot and want to learn to fly and on the ground after a flight.
Whether you're a seasoned pilot, a plane-spotter, or simply fascinated by the world of flight, these apps will provide you with entertainment and/or information, from real-time flight tracking and weather updates to games and educational resources.
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[@StefanDrury]

A few people mentioned the distance planner tool is only available to premium (paid) users of the Windy app. My bad, I didn't notice that. I do pay for a premium subscription to Windy mainly because it's an awesome product and I want to support the developers. But you can absolutely get loads of useful and accurate weather information from just the free version. But my apologies if that is confusing from the video. Thanks everyone who mentioned that 🙏 stef

[@economicintuition]

Stefan, where’s your first impressions video of the G7?!? Haha

[@wcjoshua1994]

Ever heard of Airmate app? Might have a review on it?

[@jesphillips2193]

​@@economicintuitionI just saw the flying reporter video of the G7, and I immediately thought the same thing lol

[@Froestenpust]

LiveATC for Android in Google Playstore costs 4,19€ in Germany. Not a big deal, but also not "free". Maybe in down under, it's free?

[@Blxz]

Good video. It's hard to get good recommendations that don't cost 500 bucks a year, offer more than minimal utility, and aren't designed for millionaires. Thanks for these!

[@ted363636]

Live ATC + Flight Radar - best entertainment while waiting for a flight, especially when conditions are bad and there's for example heavy snow at the airport :)

[@speedracer9132]

Live ATC app is not free, the website is

[@ted363636]

@@speedracer9132 yeah I fire up website, then it works in the background

[@Toine72K]

I'm so happy to see that I am not the only geek doing this :)

[@golfnovember]

Yeah, I was about to ask, when did it become free?

[@kevinphillips9408]

Great information. Thank you so much

[@vsznry]

Bookmarking this. BTW Stefan, what did you do before KZbin?

[@Auburnwoodsman]

Hi mate, great channel! Great to see another Englishman down here flying! I’m in New Zealand and just started my ppl!

[@juandavidortizt]

Suscribed, really like your style. Thanks for the recommendations

[@user-ns1ch5cj7p]

Hey stef I saw you the other day outside when VH-🌎MS was getting fixed and Wanted to ask if you will be flying to Avalon next year but missed you I’m a student at MFS thanks and love your work

[@jimjernigan3670]

Awesome tip on that Windy feature! Also a big fan of GRAMET. I've found it to be extremely accurate. I wish there was a way to pay for it or something to bypass the Captcha system. Thanks!

[@peterjones6733]

Brilliant info from someone who’s clearly Very practical!!

[@Toine72K]

Hi Stefan, nice overview! For weather, I find Aeroweather very helpfull to get (and decode) METARs and TAF's for airports in my vicinity. When I go old-school with map, compass and stopwatch (my ipad failed on me a couple of times due to overheating so I like to be prepared), I like E6B Pathfinder to help with calculation of wind correction for headings and groundspeed. for my navplan.

[@jessasdad]

I love AeroWeather….i use it every day. There is a free version, but even the paid version is very reasonable for what you get.

[@tyronevanwyk3652]

Thanks cool. I didn’t about autorouter. It is really nice. Appreciate

[@emesny]

Like everything, it’s a work in progress but definitely has some log analysis I haven’t seen elsewhere.

[@JasonMatthewGardner]

Great software tips. Request: I’d love you to do three separate KZbin videos. Preflight, In-flight, and Post-flight. Each video from start to finish of that particular leg, what you do during that stage, including the tools you use and why. I think that would be helpful for me. As I’ve spoken with other pilots, we have different ways of approaching each mission stage. I found your process to be very organized, and I think we would find that very helpful

[@pjh9873]

This was another great video that you made for the benefit of your viewers. Thanks for telling and showing how you use it. It's a nice personal touch that you are trying to help me (and others) and I feel more and more connected with your channel (and you). It's great to get to know you better and helps convince me to head to Australia one day. I had the best vacation of my life in the south island of New Zealand a few years ago and I thought I'd go back, but maybe it should be your world. Thanks for caring to help your fans and internet friends. Greetings from the USA.

[@Formula1Fail84]

11:15 Just remember the first letter from each region E in europe Y is around Australia, K around US, W around Singapore/ Malaysia and V around India O around Gulf... I remember OMDB KLAX WSSS YSSY VIDP and EGLL and so its a good tip to figure out the 1st letter of ICAO

[@Canadian.Pilot.Shannon]

C for 🇨🇦

[@StefanDrury]

Good tips. When I was editing this I remembered O was for Middle Eastern countries, but when put on the spot I just had a massive brain fart.

[@Canadian.Pilot.Shannon]

@StefanDrury lol. Pretty sure that's all of us! 😂

[@youwebz]

And I am pretty sure I know who you might work for….

[@julianturecek2373]

Cool! So many great suggestions. Thanks Stef.

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks, glad that was useful

[@julianturecek2373]

@@StefanDrury and now I’m addicted to airport codes!

[@MultiMaverick9]

Great video Stefan

[@appart-hotelstempologis9335]

Live ATC is great for learning aviation jargon in another language. I'm currently doing my PPL in France and in French. I'm pretty good at French but Live ATC helping lots with all the aviation jargon :)

[@edwardguthridge459]

Good content stef keep it coming

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks Edward

[@srdriggers3290]

Lots of useful information thank you. Windy is very useful for sailing as well. I was wondering what size and type of iPad you are using?

[@FranksMSFlightSimulator]

Very useful video this one. Cheers.

[@TheLincolnshireFlyer]

I use the nav trainer and find it really useful 😊

[@jumbo.fly17]

THANKS I LEARN A LOT OF STUFF FROM YOU FROM PARIS WITH LOVE 😁

[@ZenonZolek]

Great video, I'm not a pilot but I can use these in MSFS 👍 thank you

[@azzurripro]

He Stef, are you coming over for the Aldinga airshow in Adelaide. think you had flown into Aldinga once on your trip up north.

[@micheldeprez7253]

Hi Stefan, I think the version of Windy you are using is "Premium" right with a paid subscription? I don't have options for VFR etc and adding waypoints.

[@gabinlehenanff7499]

Hey Stef ! You didn’t speak about sort Of « TCAS » application. What do you currently use to provide from collision ? Thanks mate

[@AvationA380__Qantas]

Good video it is good to see this early in the year thanks for the advance

[@StefanDrury]

No worries, thanks for watching.

[@TheTransportMan759]

Great video

[@ThreeTreeCellars]

I have OpenADSB showing aircraft in the area, xWind which calculates cross wind component, and Aviator Weather, which translates METAR, TAF and NOTAMs for any airport that reports them.

[@EpicElmoRageZ808]

Great video!

[@machine-1086]

So useful mate

[@MrAndrewLarmour]

Hope you have a great flight to Wycheproof - I grew up there. Make sure you climb the world's smallest mountain, Mt Wycheproof and the only town in Victoria where the railway runs down the middle of the highway (Broadway) - the bakery is highly recommended for lunch!

[@johnschuster1770]

Pilot hello from the States. Just found your channel and subscribed. It looks interesting.

[@StefanDrury]

Pilot hello back to the US, thanks for subscribing, welcome to the channel.

[@rockerkunal]

what do you suggest for something that'll give a moving map for navigation especially for complex taxiways

[@CrayonboxAviationAdventures]

I love apps too, especially if they are free 😊

[@MrOsvaldoFreire]

Unit plus and Windy are nice. The rest are up to you.

[@ItsJackYGAW]

Could these work for sim flying as well?

[@mrnlng]

I'm currently going through my PPL right now. Getting an iPad Mini for an EFB, this will come in handy. Thanks very much!

[@StefanDrury]

Fantastic, glad it helps, and all the best for your PPL training.

[@LunarLithos]

Heya Stef good vid mate looking at getting an ipad what one do you have?

[@StefanDrury]

I use an iPad Mini 6. I find it’s a good size for the cockpit.

[@GlenAndFriendsCooking]

Auto Router - never heard of that one, I'll have to download and see if it works here in Canada.

[@StefanDrury]

It's a website not an actual app, but the link is in the video description. I have a bookmark on my homescreen and use it a lot, great system.

[@petercawthorne2476]

Great info mate, wasn't aware of the windy features. I was disappointed that I had a pop-up ad for a scam featuring an AI generated popular newsreader spruiking a program developed by Gina Rhineheart for Aussies to make thousands of dollars per day. I guess you don't get any say on what ads we see though. Keep up the great GA content 👍🛩️

[@sssigsauer2266]

Yeah I use Flight ATC just to see what’s going on. It’s a good tool to see how busy the controllers are on a given day. How quick are they able to get back to aircraft with information and so on. By the way greetings from West Texas, U.S.A.

[@andrewstoakes1365]

Use most of the app all the time but didnt know that Windy could do that.. Cheers!

[@TheFloozi]

What is your opinion of the Trent Palmer case in USA? To me it seems like a 100% legitimate PSL low pass to determine suitability of the field.

[@WIngsWithoutBarriers]

I’ve been to Wycheproof along my solo circumnavigation. Its a good strip and I would recommend Charlton which is about 15 nm away aswell but PPR. Both towns are pretty good. Apple/google maps where livesavers for me at big unfamiliar airports

[@StefanDrury]

Thanks Hayden, good to know. Hope the editing of your trip is going well!

[@WIngsWithoutBarriers]

Its taking a lot longer than I thought it would be 😂! But I’ll keep chipping away at it

[@AeronauticalOfficial290]

I do exactly the same thing with live ATC except i do it without going to the airport

[@Blue-6]

Good morning Stef!

[@StefanDrury]

Good morning

[@Blue-6]

@@StefanDrury 😉

[@mvtec4945]

wot a thoroughly nice bloke

[@ridingwithbaz2736]

I do wish you included links in the description. But non the less awesome apps

[@TheAvationKid]

Request for Stef: May you do some Flight Sim Videos? I remember those MSFS and XP11 videos, Those were very fun! Now we have XP12 and then MSFS 2024 is coming out in a few months!

[@william12341]

and there’s lot of great addons being added to msfs

[@TheAvationKid]

@@william12341 Yeah!

[@tonymax6632]

Be very careful with an iPad on the flight deck. (Or any loose objects). A Chinook went down not so long back, when the pilot monitoring dropped an iPad down on to the anti-torque pedals. When pilot flying applied pedal input , the pedals jammed. The PM could not reach down to retrieve the iPad due their harness. It was all over in a few seconds. Fly safe - learn from the mistake of others; and not your own. Take care. Great channel Stefan.

[@timwilliams8299]

AirCalc is great for working out inflight winds/tas etc for those of us that fly with six pack :p

[@wareairaviationservicesllc4933]

Is that a #Pivotcase you are using?

[@marsgal42]

Windy is great! I know some Important People who use it, unofficially, to supplement official weather data. I've flown with a Bad Elf GPS for years and its app draws pretty maps. Much better GPS data than the iPad's internal GPS. Best of all, it amuses me. 🙂

[@petermarin]

This is great. Slightly different question: is there any free you can use to track your own flight while flying commercial? Google and Apple Maps can’t seem to want to lock in the gps enough while in flight mode

[@MichaelGolpe]

Flight Radar 24: Lite, I just downloaded it and it seems to be able to do it. 😃👍

[@petermarin]

@@MichaelGolpehmm you managed to allow it to track your flight while in the air?

[@MichaelGolpe]

@@petermarin No, sir, the app description seems to show that option.

[@kurtreber9813]

Windy is the only app that predicts barometric pressure, enabling flight planning the night before.

[@Canadian.Pilot.Shannon]

In Canada we use Garmin Pilot, Foreflight, SkyVector, and Flt Plan Go. Interesting to see what's around the world!

[@DavidBromage]

When you get to Wycheproof, make sure to walk or ride up what is officially the smallest mountain in the world.

[@AntoniosSpiliotopoulos]

How do you download navtrainer? It says it's for an older version of Android so I can't download it.

[@madaboutsnooker147]

we need an app scanning the max9 doors for missing bolts.... that what we need....

[@PilotGates_]

Please link the apps in the description

[@boogerwood]

Great video. Unfortunately, in the states, some of those cost money. Then again, for what we spend... they're still cheap.

[@lokeram7864]

It makes me so sad we have to pay for LiveATC…. But at least it’s only $4

[@frankmuller73]

​@@lokeram7864 I paid , but very good I uses for learning , my home airport is jandakot

[@Watson1]

Oh what size SIM card?

[@levimor98]

We're the link for those apps?

[@justincase5272]

AirNav: aeronautical and airport information released by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) such as runway distances, airfield traffic patterns, airport frequencies (common traffic advisory frequency (CTAF), tower, ground, Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS)/Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS)/Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS), instrument landing system (ILS), approach and departure, center or ARTCC, clearance delivery, emergency, and Flight Service Station (FSS)/fixed-base operator (FBO) frequencies), airport operations, facilities and services, chart location, navigational coordinates and locations, radio aids, ownership information and other pertinent information that all pilots need when traveling into or out of an airport or around the United States National Airspace System (NAS). The same information is published in the Airport/Facility Directory (A/FD), updated every 56 days.

[@andrewthomas43]

What is the idea size tablet to use in flight? I have an iPad Pro12, which is a little big in flight…

[@StefanDrury]

I personally prefer the size of the iPad Mini, but I do know pilots who fly with a full sized iPad. Depends on the aircraft you're flying and your personal preferences, but for me the iPad Mini 6 is what I use.

[@andrewthomas43]

@@StefanDrury cheers, will look into the iPad mini. Tend to fly in the 172’s and PA28’s at RVAC, so also need to look at the yoke attachments available as well to suit.

[@neon_Nomad]

The best is the one you already have

[@TianyiWei]

As much as I cannot use Windy for flight planning purposes, I like it more than GAF

[@maqelepo]

best Apps, believe it or, they work even better on the ground

[@Nothingstutube]

Is it ture, if a solar flare hits power grids on earth, all planes fall out the sky? Its an absolute genuine question. How creative can you get explaining this concept to a unaware person like myself. But i assume many more people would want to know that conceptual thought.

[@neilrussell3259]

Most aircraft, airliners in particular, are hardened for things like this.

[@aviation_747]

could you do free flight sim apps?

[@pilotpawanc]

Nav trainer can't be downloaded

[@chrishay4991]

Windy requires a subscription to access the route planner.

[@CKM1109]

E6BX!

[@jessasdad]

The LiveATC app costs $3.99 in the US.

[@TheTruthcometh]

Flight radar doesn't give RWY info.

[@user-wn1xo8ei4r]

i m atc

[@7nthGalaxy]

looks like live ATC is not free in uk its £3.99 but i would imagine , worth it

[@dinukajeremyperera7854]

Not a pilot but I listen to ATC just before bed. lol I'm too much of a flight geek

[@mattfarina9212]

Nav Trainer, at least in the Apple Store, isn't free.

[@aimesblack]

Actually can’t listen to our atc here in Germany sadly

[@cube_sphere]

Yes! You can buy a plane, but you need a free apps for it😂😂😂

[@TheInvoice123]

Careful snakes under pallet

[@nicomaverik]

The FIRST feature you showed is PAID 😢

[@tench745]

"If there's one thing us pilots love more than technology, its..." Airplanes. We love airplanes more than technology, right?

[@jacquesclouseau2274]

Google Earth is even better. It includes three-dimensional terrain and partly 3D buildings.

[@kamelthorn]

We are the worst, do you have free coffee and donuts at the FBO, is breakfast included, is the business lounge open on this rate, are drinks free in the business lounge, if it’s free we will be there!

[@BenReddic-nt1lr]

First

[@StefanDrury]

Yep, can confirm!

[@CarlosAlberto-ii1li]

I don't need.

[@tobberfutooagain2628]

More foolishness to keep your eyes inside, instead of outside the cockpit…

[@robertshaver4432]

LGBTQ is San Fransisco international. Hope you're up on your pronouns lol

[@kn7x802]

Free app or mostly in app purchases?