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17.6

June 2025

ForeFlight 17.6 includes Graphical NOTAM color updates, helicopter Weight & Balance support, uAvionix AV-30 integration, and expanded Runway Analysis support.

All Plans

AV-30 Support

Wirelessly connect to uAvionix AV-30 to send route updates and receive live flight data.

Release Notes

Release Notes

Graphical NOTAMs Color Change

  • Graphical NOTAMs of moderate severity are now colored yellow when active to visually differentiate them from upcoming NOTAMs.
  • All upcoming graphical NOTAMs are colored orange, regardless of their severity, and adopt different colors once they become active: red for severe, yellow for moderate, and gray for low-severity.

Helicopter Weight & Balance Support

  • Helicopter pilots can now integrate W&B calculations into their flight planning in ForeFlight with support for independent lateral and longitudinal CG calculations.
  • Pre-built W&B templates are available for the following models: H-145 D3, AW139/169/189, and S-92A, with more on the way.
  • You can manually configure W&B profiles from a blank template for any helicopter model with independently-calculated lateral and longitudinal CG envelopes. Other models, such as the Robinson R44, with covarying CG envelopes are not currently supported for W&B.
  • You can create and use helicopter W&B profiles in the same way you do for fixed wing aircraft via both ForeFlight Mobile and ForeFlight Web. These profiles include additional fields for calculating lateral CG, including support for variable fuel moment tables along either axis, and provide both longitudinal and lateral envelope graphs.
  • Planning with helicopter W&B profiles via the W&B view on ForeFlight Mobile is supported for all plan levels, while integrating W&B calculations into your planning on Flights requires a Premium/Performance subscription plan or higher. Helicopter W&B planning is also supported in ForeFlight Dispatch for Business customers.

uAvionix AV-30 Support

  • ForeFlight can wirelessly connect to uAvionix’s AV-30 digital attitude indicator and directional gyro replacement via the AV-Link Wi-Fi module to send route updates and receive live flight data.
  • When connected to an AV-30, ForeFlight will receive air data and AHRS information to enable backup attitude display in Synthetic Vision, Unusual Attitude Alerts, and other capabilities.
  • ForeFlight can provide the AV-30 with GPS-based flight plan data, keeping its flight plan automatically synchronized with any route changes made in ForeFlight.
  • When used with any Sentry-family ADS-B receiver (Sentry Mini, Sentry, or Sentry Plus), the AV-Link will automatically connect to the Sentry’s open (non-password protected) network to integrate ADS-B traffic and weather display, while routing its own AHRS, pressure, and airspeed data via the Sentry to ForeFlight.
  • In this configuration, both the Sentry and the AV-Link will appear as separate connected devices in More > Devices.

Military Flight Bag: C-130J-30 Runway Analysis Support

  • ForeFlight’s Runway Analysis product for jet and turboprop aircraft now supports Lockheed Martin’s C-130J-30 Super Hercules, the first quad-engine aircraft supported by ForeFlight Runway Analysis.
  • ForeFlight Military customers interested in purchasing Runway Analysis licenses for their C-130J crews may inquire by emailing sales@foreflight.com.