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March 2020

3D Approach Preview

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3DPreview in ForeFlight displays markers for each waypoint in your route,including labeled approach fixes, allowing you to better visualize every stepof your approach all the way down to the runway.

Access 3D Preview by creating aroute on the Maps or Flights views and tapping the 3D button in the Flight PlanEditor or on the route map in the Flights view. 3D Preview displays eachwaypoint along your route using the same labeled markers shown on the map, andcolors each leg orange, magenta, or blue to indicate past, current, and futurelegs as you play through the route.

3D Preview alsofeatures an interactive navlog located in the top right (at the bottom of thescreen on iPhone), allowing you to view each waypoint and the distances betweenthem. Scroll through the navlog or tap any waypoint to immediately jump to thatleg of the flight. 

When your route onthe Maps view includes an approach procedure, 3D Preview shows all the approachfixes with corresponding icons, labels, and speed or altitude restrictions in3D and in the navlog for any fixes that have them. ForeFlight also incorporatesaltitude restrictions into its depiction of the approach in 3D, providing arealistic view of the glideslope in relation to surrounding terrain.

You can previewany approach procedure on its own by tapping its bubble in the Route Editor andtapping “3D Procedure Preview”. This opens 3D Preview at the start of theapproach, without the rest of your route, allowing you to quickly brief anyapproach.

Learn more about3D View at foreflight.com/3d. 3D Approach Preview is available with PerformancePlus subscriptions.

Release notes

Release notes

  • 3D Preview now displays markers for each waypoint in your route, including labeled approach fixes, allowing you to better visualize every step of your approach down to the runway. 
  • Preview any planned route in 3D from either the Maps or Flights views by tapping the 3D button on each page, and preview only an approach procedure by tapping the procedure’s name in the Maps view Bubble Editor and tapping “3D Procedure Preview” at the bottom of the popup menu.
  • 3D Preview displays each waypoint along your route using the same labeled markers as shown on the map, including speed and altitude restrictions for approach fixes that have them. The translucent “curtain” representing your route is also colored orange, magenta, or blue to indicate past, current, and future legs as you play through the route.
  • 3D Preview also features an interactive navlog in the top-right (or at the bottom of the screen on iPhone), allowing you to view each waypoint and the distances between them. Tap on any waypoint in the navlog to jump to that leg of the flight.
  • If you manually change the flight’s altitude at specific waypoints using the Set Altitude/Speed option, 3D Preview will incorporate these changes and display them in 3D. 
  • 3D Preview is available with ForeFlight Performance plans.

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