July 2020

Weather in Profile View

• Enhance your route planning with a cross-sectional view of icing and turbulence forecasts displayed in Profile View.
• Tap the new Layer Selector in the lower-left of the Profile window to choose between US or Global Icing and Turbulence layers like on the overhead map. You can enable one Icing layer and one Turbulence layer at a time, and also toggle the display of airspace in Profile.
• Profile View uses the same color scales as the overhead map to depict varying intensities for each layer at multiple altitudes in relation to your route line.
• ForeFlight uses your planned departure and enroute times to display weather over multiple forecast periods during which your flight will be active, providing a more accurate picture of changing conditions throughout your flight. If no forecast data is available for all or part of your route, Profile shows hatch lines to indicate the lack of data.
• Use the Ruler in conjunction with Profile View to “scan” along the map and see how weather for the current forecast period changes as you move the Ruler. Profile View has also been optimized to render these changes at a much higher framerate than before for smoother animations.
• ForeFlight will display Icing and Turbulence forecasts in Profile during a flight if you used Pack to download the data while connected to the internet. Profile does not support ADS-B Icing and Turbulence or other weather layers.
• Weather in Profile View is available with ForeFlight’s Performance Plus and Business Performance subscription plans.

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Overheat Alerts

• ForeFlight warns you if your iPad or iPhone is in danger of overheating with a prominent visual and audible alert, allowing you to take steps to cool the device and potentially avert a shutdown during a flight.
• The alert is triggered when ForeFlight detects that your device is dangerously hot and at risk of overheating and shutting down.  However, your iPad or iPhone may still overheat and shut down before ForeFlight can display the alert.
• The alert will not sound more than once per hour, even if your device returns to a high temperature state after initially cooling down.
• You can disable these alerts in More > Settings > Alerts.

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Additional Internet Traffic Details

• Tap on Internet Traffic targets to see details about their filed routes and more.
• When viewing Internet Traffic, tap on any aircraft marker to view a popup with information about it, including tail number or call sign, altitude, speed, aircraft type, and more.
• If an aircraft is using a call sign, the popup will show its expanded name in most cases.
• The popups for most aircraft on IFR flight plans also show the departure and destination airports and filed ETA, while many aircraft on VFR flights provide only the departure airport. Some traffic targets provide no route details.
• Internet Traffic targets with blocked tail numbers will not report any route or call sign information.

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High Resolution Basemap Improvements

• ForeFlight’s High Resolution Basemap received some improvements to mountain peaks and passes.
• The Basemap identifies mountain peaks using a small triangle icon in place of the previous dot icon.
• Also, many additional U.S. mountain passes with associated elevations are now displayed on the Basemap.
• Enable the High Resolution Basemap in More > Downloads > Download Settings.

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Y/Z Filing in Canada

• Customers flying in Canada can now file flight plans under Y or Z flight rules through ForeFlight.
• Since these flight rules both include VFR portions, certain fields in the flight plan form that are required for Canadian VFR flights are also required for Y and Z flights, including Undercarriage, ELT, Arrival Report, and more.
• Cross-border flights from Canada to the U.S. or to airspace delegated to the U.S. by Canada for ATC traffic purposes do not support Y/Z flight rules.

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