Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Apps
AOPA FlyQ Pocket 1.1
Available exclusively to AOPA members, AOPAFlyQ Pocket for Android is the powerful flight planning app everypilot needs. It’s brilliantly easy to use and astonishingly fast.AOPA FlyQ Pocket is the result of a partnership between AOPA andSeattle Avionics Software. FlyQ Pocket combines the convenience ofthe AOPA Airports app with aviation weather and flight planningcapability. FlyQ Pocket harnesses the legendary AOPA Airportsdatabase, putting FBO and aviation business information detailsonly a tap away. Now you can plan a flight on your Android phone ortablet with an auto-router that wind-optimizes your flight to getyou there as fast as possible. Victor Airways, GPS Direct routing,Jet Airways—AOPA FlyQ Pocket is ready for it all.Using AOPA FlyQ is simple because all major functions (Airportand FBO Information, Weather, and Flight Planning) are always justa tap away. FlyQ. Fly Smarter.This app is verified for touch screen usage only at this time.Slide out keyboards are not currently supported.AOPA FlyQ for Android may function differently across variousdevices and Android versions. Ongoing device testing is inprogress.Airport InformationStart AOPA FlyQ and within seconds it finds the nearest airportsand displays details about them—without even tapping a button. Wantmore info about an airport? Tap the airport and all the details youneed appears instantly. On the first airport page, you immediatelysee operational information, runways, navaids, and an embeddedsatellite map image of the airport. Want to call the local ATIS?Tap the phone number and your phone quickly connects you. Tap theweather tab and see the current temperature and sky conditions, aNexrad radar image of the area, the nearest METARs and TAFs,winds-aloft, and even an official DUAT weather briefing. All withjust one tap. One tap zooms the METARs, TAFs and weather graphicsto full screen, large font versions that anyone can read—even inturbulence. Another tap gives you an easy-to-read 7 day forecast.Quickly find the FBO details you need—fuel information, telephonenumbers, rental cars, nearby attractions and more.Weather InformationWant to see what the weather is like at your current location?Tap the Weather tab and AOPA FlyQ instantly locks on to your GPSposition and displays temperature, Nexrad images and local METARsand TAFs. Or choose from a large gallery of US and Canadian weathergraphics, many of which are animated. Quickly check the weatheranywhere on the globe by entering an airport identifier, city name,even a zip code. Of course, AOPA FlyQ keeps track of your recentselections for quick future access and stores graphics andMETARs/TAFs on the phone so they’re available even when you’re notconnected to the Internet (such as in flight).Flight PlanningNo time to plan a flight? Give us 30 seconds and watch AOPA FlyQassemble the perfect wind-optimized flight plan between any two USairports. Tell AOPA FlyQ where to depart, where to land, and how tofly there (Victor airways, Jet Airways or GPS Direct) and AOPA FlyQplots the whole course including all the navaids andintersection—not a simple straight line. It even uses thewinds-aloft forecast to give you the ideal altitude for each leg ofyour trip. To make your life easier, AOPA FlyQ automaticallyrequests an official DUAT weather briefing so you’re good to go.And since filing the flight plan takes one tap it’s easy and quickto fly safely. AOPA FlyQ remembers your recent flights and homeairport so you can often plan a flight by picking from a list ofrecently used airports rather than typing.Moving Map and Approach PlatesAOPA FlyQ Pocket does not include a moving map or approachplates because it’s designed for pre-flight planning rather thanin-flight use.
