June 2025

Helicopter Weight & Balance Support

Access expanded helicopter-specific weight and balance support.

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ForeFlight Mobile expands its weight and balance capabilities to support helicopters, enabling pilots to accurately plan flights using both lateral and longitudinal center of gravity (CG) calculations. With support for independently calculated CG envelopes and pre-built templates for popular rotorcraft, including the H-145 D3, AW139/169/189, and S-92A, this functionality enables helicopter operators to configure detailed W&B profiles and visualize CG position in both axes via dynamic envelope graphs.

Available on ForeFlight Mobile and Web, the feature seamlessly integrates into existing planning workflows and supports variable fuel moment tables along either axis.

Release notes

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.

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