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A complete flight operations software solution specifically designed for remote contexts.
FlightSpan provides flight crews with tools for flight planning, daily flight logs/journey logs, weight and balance, takeoff and landing performance, departure and arrival briefings with company runway charts, flight tracking and two way communications (when paired with a v2 Tracker), moving map with capability to use custom/company navigation charts, Notam and hazard identification tracking and more.
more DHC-300 aircraft type seat update
Suppress all checklists if checklist autofire switch is off
Bug Fix for refresh loop
10.16.1 19 Aug
New Features
- Scratch Pad flights, including all associated flight planning, can now be converted to actual flights
- Lowest Safe Altitudes / Minimum En Route Altitudes can now be added to stored routes and displayed on both the Map and the Basic Flight Plan / Nav Log.
Enhancements
- Checklists no longer overlay tab data; they have been moved to the right of the displayed data. Manually open a checklist from any tab by swiping left from the right edge.
- Long checklists are no longer compressed; instead, they are full size and auto scroll down to reveal the additional items that are off the bottom of the page
- Estimated and Actual fuel are now automatically captured and displayed on the Basic Flight Plan / Nav Log
- If you provide takeoff/go-around target power data to FlightSpan Support, it is now displayed on the Takeoff and Landing Performance Tabs
- The Landing Reduce and Takeoff Reduce Runway chart elements now display maximum takeoff weight and maximum landing weight together with the weight reduction amount
- Added the ability to log Holding and Intercepting/Tracking on the IMC and Hood columns on the DFR to facilitate pilot proficiency tracking in FlightSpan Ops
- Where TAFs are available but METARs are not, a white dot is now displayed
- Large NOTAM blocks can now be collapsed
- Runway Chart change history is now hidden by default; tap the Show Change History button to view
- If Zero Fuel Weight is out of limits, it is now displayed with an amber dot on the mini CG graph
- When sending a manifest with pax names that exceed the v2track character limit, all names are now included so you can edit down to the limit
- When sending a manifest with pax names, if the same passenger is listed more than once in FlightSpan Ops, they are only displayed once on the EFB search window
Bug Fixes
- Max Takeoff / Max Ramp arm label mismatch on expanded CG graph
- Cosmetic issue on Max Landing Weight Line in expanded CG graph
- En Route Waypoints inside the distance from home checkpoints were out of order
- Invalid Slope message on Water Runways
- After Landing Checklist Reset after leaving the Post Landing tab
- Load could be created with an empty route
- Block In/Out was not received by FlightSpan Ops if ATD/ATA was missing
- After an initial fuel transaction, subsequent fuel transactions from the same location overwrote the route from previous fuel transactions
10.16.0 18 Aug
Restart location updates when returning to foreground
10.15.3 5 Aug
New Aircraft Variant: Caravan C208B-9S
10.15.2 2 Aug
Removed Aft Seat button from DHC6 Aircraft
Made Aft Bench Seat into 2 single seats for DHC6 Aircraft
Created DHC-300-14 Aircraft for BBM with removable seats
10.15.1 18 Jul
Enhancements
* Multiple fuel transactions at the same location can now be recorded
* METAR and TAF data is now displayed on the Nav tab
* In the route planning interface, an empty block now indicates where a new or reordered waypoint will go when editing the route
* Documents uploaded to FSO prior to uploading the DFR are now attached to the scheduled flight (this can be used at the beginning of the flight day, to upload flight plans etc. to document proof of pre-flight planning)
* Optimized the waypoint search on the route selector page to improve speed
* To avoid battery drain, Location Services are no longer active when FlightSpan is running in the background (except during an active flight)
* Crew names have been added to the header of the Basic Flight Plan / Nav Log
* The Basic Flight Plan / Nav Log can now be uploaded with the DFR using the Company EFB Preference “Print Basic Flight Plan / NavLog with DFR?”
* Checklist automation can now be disabled (this can be particularly useful in a training environment where the flight profile may repeatedly trigger climb, cruise, and descent checklists)
* Checklists on the Map tab have been moved slightly down to avoid covering ATD and ETE
* The DFR flight number format can now be customized. See the documentation for details.
* The World Magnetic Model for calculating magnetic variation has been updated
* “Request WX for” Quick Text messages are now in route order for your flight
* v2 message format changed to accommodate pilot names with commas
Bug Fixes
* On the large CG graph, for certain aircraft types, after a leg was complete and actual fuel entered, the landing weight CG was sometimes displayed in an erroneous position.
New Aircraft Types
* Beechcraft King Air B200-RHF2 (seat configuration changes to the RHF model)
10.15.0 14 Jul
Removed Flap modifiers from U206G-HF1 aircraft
10.14.4 25 Jun
Fixed seats not appearing for all legs on the Weight and Balance View
Fixed syncing issue
10.14.3 6 Jun
Resolved a memory leak issue
Edited paymentloads will not go in the incomplete loads section
10.14.2 4 Jun
Fixed documents view loading slowly
10.14.1 4 Jun
FlightSpan 10.14.0 includes several new features, and a number of enhancements, bug fixes, and new aircraft.
New Features
- The Nav Log can now capture the crossing time and fuel on board at en route waypoints.
- Seats and cabin cargo positions can now be adjusted fore and aft up to 250 millimeters / 9.8 inches.
- METAR and TAF weather data is now available on the Map tab.
Enhancements
- Hobbs discrepancies between FlightSpan Ops and the EFB are now displayed on the DFR vs Scheduled Flight view
- Changing fuel inventory location is now simplified
- DFR Tab, Loads Section: When the Company Custom Setting “Require Account Id On Cash Payments” is set to yes, you can now enter both a receipt number and an account number.
- Documents: Fillable PDFs are now editable in My Documents
- Cost Calculator: Aircraft Type has been added as a rate adjustment criteria for both Data Substitutions and Price Line Items
- W&B Tab: The copilot seat can now be added to aft storage
- W&B Tab: Cargo can now be loaded in the copilot seat position
- Departure Tab, Performance: Takeoff flap adjustments have been added to all C208B-EX aircraft
- Departure Tab, Performance: Density Altitude below sea level is now computed when AFM data is available
- A warning has been added for when the local network is turned off, which prevents connecting to the v2 tracker.
Bug Fixes
- Couldn’t edit PDF name
- Missing pax weight inconsistency
- Nav chart download issues
- App sometimes closed when printing/sharing records
- Rare v2 timer crash
- flag lateral exceedance
New Aircraft Types
- Beechcraft B200-RHF1 (variant of existing aircraft for seat configuration)
- Cessna C310N
- Cessna Citation CJ3
- Cessna Stationair T206H
10.14.0 2 Jun
Fixed occasional download issue with large nav charts on low bandwidth connections.
10.13.3 15 May
Fix setting the minimum weight for some Cessna type aircraft on the Takeoff Performance Tab
10.13.1 30 Apr
FlightSpan 10.13.0 includes a number of enhancements, a bug fix, and three new aircraft.
Enhancements
* NOTAMs can now be marked Security.
* Envelope limit data can now be displayed on the expanded weight and balance envelope
* New Dirt runway surface added (defaults to a +5% takeoff factor and a +25% landing factor). Contact FlightSpan Support if you wish to unlock this for your organization.
* When an Aircraft Flight Manual publishes accelerate stop data, that data will now be used to compute accelerate/stop distance (in all other cases accelerate stop distance will continue to be takeoff roll + landing roll + 20%)
* Apple pencil documents markup functionality greatly improved
* Cancel button added to the New Waypoint screen
* Custom Flight Plan form added for Mozambique
* Flaps zero landing performance added for B200-RHF and B200-RHFP
Bug Fixes
* Max Load Limits number put the CG just outside the aft limit
New Aircraft Type
* DeHavilland DHC-300 Twin Otter
* Cessna U206G-HF1 (C206 with a different seat layout and one pod selector)
* Cessna C208B-EX7 (C208B-EX with a different seat/stretcher configuration)
10.13.0 29 Apr
Enhancements
- The V Speeds on the Takeoff and Landing Performance tabs have been enhanced with an airspeed tape display
- A Dangerous Goods (DG) warning is now displayed in the Cargo Weight column on non-manifest and manifest loads
- Runway surface modifiers can now be set to a custom percentage
- The v2 flight following account can now be given a custom name from Company EFB Preferences
- To ensure good contrast between map layers and EFB Own Ship icons, different EFB Own Ship colors for different map layers can now be set.
- When selecting an alternate, the space bar will now also enter the selection
- The fuel unit translation feature has been added to the fuel use/drop calculator
- “No Slope Data” is now displayed on takeoff and landing performance instead of 0% if no slope data is available
- Rate Calculator has been renamed Fare Calculator
- Nearest Runway lists now include Inactive or Closed notifications
- Tailwinds and Headwinds ranges can now be set to extend maximum values
- Departure and Arrival fuel have been added to the DFR upload (only visible in the database)
- The aft cargo space was relabeled “Hat” on the C172-180PY40 and the C172N-180PY
Bug Fixes
- Flight sometimes not visible on Today+Future
- v2 icon cut off when using Manual FlightWatch
- Remaining calculation didn’t account for landing weight
- Formatting issue on Long Ranger printed Weight and Balance
- App sometimes closed when printing/sharing records
- Formatting issues on the Weight and Balance envelopes
- The load calculator was defaulting to the base financial currency instead of the current loads currency
- iPad OS26 Map Tab landscape view formatting issue
- Defaulting to the incorrect runway
- Printed external load max weight was incorrect
- Documents with the same name were not linking to flights correctly
10.12.0 26 Mar
- Resolved an issue on the Performance Tabs where the optimum runway for takeoff or landing was not always pre-selected
- Resolved an issue with Helio Courier pod locations being incorrect on the W&B Tab
10.11.3 6 Mar
Have access to all runways unless the aircraft is specifically not approved to operate at the runway
10.11.1 25 Feb
New Features
- Airframe Total Time is now displayed under the Hobbs
- Maintenance logbook to view upcoming maintenance events
- The Weight and Balance forms can now be printed at any time or as part of the DFR upload process
- The EFB can now be set to automatically sync
- Runway Charts can now be exported from the EFB
Enhancements
- You can now plan fuel burns and flight times for any pattern work/circuit training
- You can now sign any of the documents that are part of your DFR upload process
- Manifest loads can now be marked No Show
- If an aircraft type is not approved for takeoff or landing on a runway, that runway is now shown, but grayed out and marked not approved
- Best glide speed for the selected takeoff flap setting will show along with the zero flap best glide speed
- Only Open Total rates will now allow pilot entry of a cash amount
- Documents on the Docs Tab are now sorted alphabetically
- If a crewmember had previously logged Block Time, IMC Time, Hood Time, Approaches, or Landings, they are removed when changing to an Observer role
- The Show Post Landing Checklist preference has been added to Aircraft Type EFB Preferences
- After Landing Checklist Items has expanded formatting options
- Individual files can now be deleted from the Settings / Storage page
- VSR Alerts now suppressed in the traffic pattern
- Helio Courier belly pod display reversed to match other aircraft, with the front to the left
Bug Fixes
- Net Equipment weight change was not updating
- Expired NOTAMs were still showing up on the NAV tab
- Takeoff Roll percent change over 100% was calculated correctly, but the displayed percentage change was incorrect.
- When not using v2, the Before Start checklist was not displaying after sending the manifest
- Could not select Passenger by name on W&B for Stretcher
- Date printed on the Journey Log was today instead of the Flight Date
- Ground time for refueling was on the wrong leg of the Basic flight plan
- When DA was below Sea Level, forecast pressure changed the performance calculation
- Negative custom equipment could not be negative
- When recording fuel dropped, the calculator was displaying aircraft fuel units instead of vendor units.
- Default hourly rate was being incorrectly flagged on the DFR
- Can Load did not check for landing weight and cg
10.11.0 18 Feb
- If you’re recording Hobbs Hours on your DFR’s, the EFB can now autofill the starting Hobbs time based on the last recorded Hobbs time in the FlightSpan system.
- Climb, Cruise and Descent Checklists are now suppressed when doing local circuits/pattern work.
- Addressed issue where the After Start checklist would occasionally reset and jump back to the Before Start checklist
- Passenger names from Manifests can now be added to individual seat positions on the W&B tab (previously limited to non-manifest loading)
- Passenger names can now be used in the copilot seat
- Fixed a bug where fuel audits with a 0 value would not upload to FlightSpan Ops
- GPS Routes on the Route Planner are now listed in alphabetical order
- You can now print just the Journey Log with your DFR (previously the option was to print both Journey Log and Operational Flight Plan)
- Fixed issue where if the EFB was put in the background or the iPad went to sleep when the MAP tab was selected, on wakeup it would display a different tab.
- Fixed issue where DFR loads without Rates would cause the DFR upload to fail
- Resolved issue on Departure/Performance tabs with runway reciprocals on runways with doglegs.
- You can now select the Type of Flight for each leg on Flight Plans (the default Type of Flight is set in FlightSpan Ops)
- Runway weight restrictions/penalties assigned to individual pilots in FlightSpan Ops are now effective in the EFB. In the example below, the pilot has been assigned an additional 200 kg weight restriction—this will apply in addition to the existing company weight restriction of -300 kg from max takeoff weight. The annotation shows both restrictions. The yellow line on the CG graph indicates the maximum weight factoring both the company and pilot weight restrictions.
- New Aircraft Types:
- Piper PA28-180
- Piper PA28R-180
- Cessna C170B
- Cessna C172S
- Cessna C172-160 (160 HP)
- Cessna C182
- Cessna C182-DS (SMA diesel)
- Cessna TU206-HS (either Horton or Sportsman leading edge cuff)
- Cessna C208B-14S (14 seat layout)
10.10.0 10 Jan
Fixed map tile not fully updating
10.9.2 12/12/2025
Add the ability to add passengers from loading to seats in W&B tab
Autofill time for rate calculator
Ability to add Signature to pdfs
Active currencies
add +500 to Flight Levels above FL180 for VFR operations
show iPad ip address for X-Plane
Search Function for Pilot Selection
Prompt for fuel transaction when pilot adds or drops fuel
Load details when editing fix
Ability to import/receive share files from iPad Files system
10.9.0 02/12/2025
Rate Calculator
X-Plane Simulator support
iOS 26 support
Ability to change currency
Hide expired NOTAMs button
Vx, Vy, Vg speeds on performance tab
Vg speed on Map tab
Push Notifications when receiving V2 messages
Improved sort by name when selecting waypoints
Added Aircraft:
- GippsAero GA8-VG (Airvan with Vg kit)
- C208B-SA1 (C208B with an alternative seat arrangement)
- C208B-EX1 (Grand Caravan EX)
- C208B-EX5 (Grand Caravan EX with an alternative seat arrangement)
10.8.0 05/11/2025
- When diverting to an alternate, FlightSpan™ now notes the current time and location, then calculates the ETE and fuel burn for the flight from the departure point to the turning point, and on to the alternate.
- Fuel specific gravity can be set in FlightSpan™ Ops with an effective date (for cold climate seasonal variations), and the EFB will calculate fuel weight using the new specific gravity on or after the effective date.
- When the FlightSpan™ Ops Company EFB Preference “v2 Auto-Dismiss ACK Type Message Replies” is set to Yes, Acknowledge messages from the v2 website will be automatically dismissed on the Message Tab. When set to No, the pilot must dismiss any Acknowledge message.
- The stretcher installation quick configure button is improved with a new Aircraft Type EFB Preference that can be set in FlightSpan™ Ops in conjunction with the existing preference. “Stretcher Replaces” defines which seats must be removed (and can’t be installed with a stretcher) and “Quick Configure” defines the preferred placement or removal of other seats.
- Improved the Nav chart download process to accommodate large charts
- Added Nav chart download progress bars for each chart
- Default Flight Purpose can now be associated with an Account, superseding the Rate’s default Flight Purpose.
- The PC12/45 aircraft type now has multiple flap settings for landing performance
- A chart revision date element can be added to the chart layout in FlightSpan™ Ops, and it will now be displayed on the EFB charts
- Amphib aircraft takeoff state change detection refined
- A time warning is no longer displayed on time-based loads
- TKS tanks can now display decimal max quantities instead of rounding
- The Pressure Altitude pick list now goes up to 14,000 feet
- Configured seat count is now sent to the database for certain reports
- Flight phases algorithm refined
- Improved the fleet feature display
- DFR upload failure feedback improved
- Storage labels under Settings changed
- Additional data storage tracking added to help track down bugs
Bug Fixes
- Below sea level Pressure Altitude on Cessna aircraft now corrects to sea level
- Large charts sometimes momentarily didn’t respond to zoom/pan gestures
- Amphib float locker loads didn’t copy to next leg
New Aircraft Types
- Beechcraft King Air 65-A90
- Cessna C210-550 (C210 with IO-550 engine)
- Piper Apache PA23-250
10.7.0 15/09/2025
Multiple links on documents
Link currency events to documents
Rolling blocking time on sent OTG
Cash payment date fix
Smart etas for climb only
Warning if changing destination before takeoff
Upload Additional Runway Images
v2 message parsing issue fix
Reset Max Load when changing aircraft
Fix Map refresh issue
Remove Std Pilot from Pilot picker
Custom chart fields not updating fix
10.6.0 08/08/2025
Water landing/take off performance adjustments
10.5.1 15/07/2025
DHC-300 aircraft type seat update
Suppress all checklists if checklist autofire switch is off
Bug Fix for refresh loop
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