December 2020

Daily/Hourly Weather

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• Stay on top of the weather today or next week with an all-purpose, 10-day, hourly forecast.
• Access the globally-supported forecast for any airport in Airports > Weather > Daily, or any other airport popup such as on the Maps or Flights views, or by tap-holding anywhere on the map and tapping “Wx” in the top-right of the Add to Route window to see the forecast for that location.
• You can also quickly access the forecast for your current location by tap-holding the ForeFlight app icon from your home screen to find a “Local Forecast” shortcut, or by tapping the Nearest (reticle) button in the top-right corner of the Airports view and tapping “Local Wx”.
• The forecast includes estimates of temperature, surface wind, pressure, dewpoint and humidity, density altitude, rain chance, ceiling, visibility, sunrise and sunset times, and color-coded flight category.
• The forecast popup shows a day-by-day summary of weather in a scrollable row along the bottom, which also depicts flight category forecasts throughout each day using a multicolored green, blue, red, and magenta line.
• Above the daily forecasts are more detailed hour-by-hour forecasts arranged in columns. Tap any day or hour forecast to display the full details at the top of the window.
• Daily/Hourly Forecasts are also cached as part of Pack, allowing forecasts to be viewed for up to 24 hours after they were downloaded.

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Parachute Jump Areas

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• View Parachute Jump Areas in the US directly on the Aeronautical Map and tap-hold on them to view additional information. 
• Tap Details in the Add to Route popup to view a PJA’s information, including its name, associated airport or aerodrome, upper and lower altitude limits, active hours, and more.
• You can disable PJAs using the Parachute Area switch in Map Settings > Airspace, or by disabling all airspace.

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Airport Hotspot Details

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• Tap on airport hotspots on the Aeronautical Map to view each one’s description so you can be better prepared for taxi.
• The hotspot popup includes each one’s name, airport, and a description of the hotspot with any remarks.
• If there are multiple overlapping hotspots where you tapped, a disambiguation popup allows you to choose which hotspot you want to view information for. 

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Recommended Route Constraint: Include Track

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• Guide ForeFlight’s Recommended Route while planning oceanic flights by requiring it to follow a particular oceanic track using the new “Include Track” Route Constraint.
• With Route Advisor open, tap the Constraints button in the top-right to edit constraints, then tap Include Track at the bottom of the list.
• Switch between westward and eastward tracks using the toggle at the top of the window, and tap any track name from the North Atlantic Tracks or Pacific Organized Track System to select it.
• Tap out of the Constraints view and ForeFlight will attempt to generate a Recommended Route that includes the track you selected.
• The Recommended Route with Constraints is included in ForeFlight Performance plans.

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Slope in Runway Details

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• ForeFlight now displays a runway’s slope alongside other details in the Airport view’s Runway tab.

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Download & Pack Improvements

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• Both the Download and Pack views have improved and consistent interfaces that display the combined size of pending and in-progress downloads.
• In Downloads, the Pause and Download buttons are now grouped together in the bottom-right corner, while the Delete button is accessible in the top-right corner.

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