{"id":15266,"date":"2020-04-22T16:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T16:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=15266"},"modified":"2020-04-22T16:00:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T16:00:58","slug":"aopa-announces-access-to-new-flight-planner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/aopa-announces-access-to-new-flight-planner\/%20","title":{"rendered":"AOPA Announces Access to New Flight Planner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association announced that\nthe legacy software powering AOPA\u2019s popular online flight planning tool will be\nreplaced by a new platform, iFlightPlanner\u2014available now for free to AOPA\nmembers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As AOPA\u2019s legacy flight planner goes away, AOPA leaders expressed\ntheir deep gratitude to Boeing and its Jeppesen team for the longstanding\nsupport of the historic AOPA resource and the companies&#8217; help in transitioning\nto a new membership offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While working on the transition to a new planner, AOPA\nlistened carefully to feedback from members about what they value most in\nflight-planning tools. The result is a partnership with iFlightPlanner that\ncombines new technology with a core set of features requested by AOPA members.\niFlightPlanner, an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based firm, is providing a unique\nversion of its flight-planning platform that AOPA members will have exclusive\naccess to free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAOPA is pleased to offer members access to a very capable\nweb-based flight planner, customized with many features especially for AOPA\npilots,\u201d said Jiri Marousek, AOPA Senior Vice President of Marketing.\n\u201cBeginning April 22, members can use a customized version of iFlightPlanner\naccessible through any web browser on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices. We\nhave been working with iFlightPlanner to offer several new features not\npreviously available, including options free to AOPA pilots that are otherwise\nonly included in paid versions of their products.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AOPA members can access the new planner through a landing\npage on the AOPA website. Accessing iFlightPlanner through this portal will\nverify free access for AOPA members. Stored flight plans and profiles set up\nthrough the previous legacy planner will be pre-loaded into iFlightPlanner.\nFrom April 22 through April 30, both the sunsetting legacy flight planner and\nthe new iFlightPlanner will be available. It is important to note that because\nof the required transition period between products, any new data created in the\nlegacy system between April 22 and April 30 will not be migrated to\niFlightPlanner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFrom day one, iFlightPlanner\u2019s evolution has been driven by\nmember feedback and this new version will be no different,\u201d said Andy Matthews,\ndirector of business development for iFlightPlanner. \u201cWe encourage AOPA members\nto share their feedback as they begin using the new planner and help shape new\nfeatures to further enhance every member\u2019s flight planning experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full feature set available to members is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Google Maps Interface with U.S. aviation charts<\/li><li>Sectional, TAC, IFR Low, and IFR High<\/li><li>FAA Airport\/Facility data<\/li><li>Updated every 28 days with AIRAC cycle<\/li><li>Weather Overlays<\/li><li>Visual METAR &amp; TAF display<\/li><li>Most recent radar &amp; satellite image<\/li><li>Graphical AIRMETs, SIGMETs, and PIREPs<\/li><li>Aviation Overlays<\/li><li>Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs)<\/li><li>Class &amp; Special Use Airspace (SUA)<\/li><li>Current fuel prices by type <\/li><li>Planning Features <\/li><li>Favorite airports<\/li><li>Stored routes<\/li><li>Custom waypoints<\/li><li>Routing types <\/li><li>Direct <\/li><li>Custom (User-Defined Route)<\/li><li>Low Altitude Airways<\/li><li>Low Altitude Airways with SID\/STAR<\/li><li>Alternate airport filtering and selection<\/li><li>Altitude comparison tool<\/li><li>Detailed navigation log generation<\/li><li>Route rubberbanding<\/li><li>Fuel planning features<\/li><li>Fuel reserve and exhaustion indicators<\/li><li>Nearby fuel price visualizer<\/li><li>Certified Weather Briefings<\/li><li>Auto-populated from planned flight data<\/li><li>Standard and Outlook weather briefings<\/li><li>Recorded with Leidos Flight Service\/1800WXBRIEF <\/li><li>Flight Plan Filing with Leidos Flight Service<\/li><li>Cockpit Resources<\/li><li>Printable Flight Document<\/li><li>Downloadable airport diagrams, minimums,\nSID\/STAR procedures<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association announced that the legacy software powering AOPA\u2019s popular online flight planning tool will be replaced by a new platform, iFlightPlanner\u2014available now for free to AOPA members. As AOPA\u2019s legacy flight planner goes away, AOPA leaders expressed their deep gratitude to Boeing and its Jeppesen team for the longstanding support [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15267,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15266\/revisions\/15267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}