SmartBriefing METAR,TAF,NOTAMS 4+

Best Weather App for Pilots

Ivan Lacko

Designed for iPad

    • 5.0 • 1 Rating
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Brief smarter, not harder! Open all airports for your flight in one simple step. Now, you have three options – PDF (supporting also ForeFlight), ATC data, or camera.

Enjoy an unmatched briefing experience. Say goodbye to sifting through irrelevant data. Our app lets you focus on what's essential – the right airports, time periods, and TAF sections. With TAFs visualized on a timeline, you gain instant weather understanding. Easily select the best alternate airports along your route. Simply create a group of airports from your chosen country.





Dive deep into any airport's details. Explore weather, wind, and sunlight forecasts on a timeline. Assess the overall wind situation and view every runway from a pilot’s perspective. Swipe through relevant NOTAMs, sorted by importance [1]. And there's much more.





Try it out and discover the convenience of effective weather briefings!




Main Features:




* Manual flight creation with history (SmartBriefing remembers even takeoff and enroute alternates).
* Flight imports from PDFs (including ForeFlight), clipboard, camera, or ATC data on the internet (via flight number or aircraft tail number).
* Manual or automatic insertion of enroute alternates. A relevant time window for each enroute alternate is calculated based on the distance from the route and other enroute alternates.
* Compact view showing only relevant time windows (a quick scroll provides instant understanding of the weather situation for the whole flight).
* Airport search with filtering by country or runway length.
* Groups of airports can be easily filled with airports from any selected country. They can also be imported from Aeroweather.
* Quick airport search tab with search history.
* Visual guides explaining how to use certain features.
* In-app notifications.
* Settings to customize the preferred weather color scheme, units, airport filters, app appearance, etc.





Features for Every Airport:




Weather




* Timeline separately depicts permanent, TEMPO, or PROB phenomena, along with sunrise and sunset.
* METAR and TAF are available in original format, colored format (original text colored according to weather minima), or decoded format (including decoded remarks or runway state messages).





Premium subscription is needed for features below after the first 30 days:




Wind



* Timeline displays wind forecasts from TAF.
* Animated wind over airport layout provides quick awareness of the overall wind situation.
* Each runway is depicted separately from a pilot’s perspective, including its dimensions and wind components.
* Evaluation of (user-defined) wind limits for every runway with suggestions on usable/unusable runways.





NOTAMs





* NOTAMs are sorted based on their importance.[1]
* NOTAMs effective at a given time are automatically highlighted and separated.
* Important NOTAMs can be bookmarked for future reference.
* New, unread NOTAMs are always at the top of the list.






Details





* Timeline shows local time along with night, dawn, day, and dusk periods.
* Local time and UTC offset.
* Precise sunrise and sunset times.
* Airport layout and detailed runway information.
* Option to add personal notes to airports.
* Links to external apps such as maps or web sources with airport information.






Try it out and discover the convenience of effective weather briefings!






[1] NOTAMs sorting by importance is available for NOTAMs in ICAO format





Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

What’s New

Version 1.5.0

New Features:

- Effortless Airport Insertion - two new methods to add all airports in a snap:
- ForeFlight Integration: Import flight directly from ForeFlight.
- ATC data: Insert airports using just the flight number or aircraft tail number.
- In-App Info Service - stay informed:
Get vital updates like what's new, operational info, and more, all within the app.

Major Improvements:

- Enhanced iPad user experience, optimized for both portrait and landscape views.
- Importing enroute alternates got easier as new OFP formats are supported.

Many Small Improvements And Bug Fixes.

Ratings and Reviews

5.0 out of 5
1 Rating

1 Rating

App Privacy

The developer, Ivan Lacko, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

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