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15.7

July 2023

ForeFlight 15.7 includes Apple Watch Support, Synthetic Vision Enhancements, Terrain/Obstacle Strikes in Profile View, and more.

Pro Plus

Synthetic Vision Enhancements

View enhanced 3D obstacles with nighttime lighting in different shapes for buildings, towers, and windmills.

Release Notes

Release Notes

ForeFlight on Apple Watch

  • Experience the convenience of ForeFlight on your Apple Watch. Check local weather and complement your preflight planning with favorite and nearby airport details like runways, NOTAMs, and much more.
  • ForeFlight will appear automatically in your Watch apps list unless your settings require you to install apps manually.
  • The ForeFlight Apple Watch home screen has four main sections: Local Weather, Favorite Airports, Nearby Airports, and Recent Airports. It also has a search bar so you can manually look for an airport that may not be in your Favorites or Recents.
  • With Local Weather, you can get a quick overview of winds, sky cover, pressure, humidity, temperature/dewpoint, and sunrise/sunset times at your location. Swiping right will give you an hourly forecast, while swiping right again will give you the 10-day forecast.
  • Below Local Weather you will find your Favorite Airports and Recent Airports. Tap any of these airports for a brief overview of the weather (METARs, MOS, Daily, TAFs), frequencies, runways, and NOTAMs. You can also manually search for an airport using the search bar on the main screen.
  • Current conditions at an airport are indicated with a weather icon, and flight category is shown with a colored bubble indicating VFR, MVFR, IFR, or LIFR conditions.

Synthetic Vision Enhancements

  • Upgraded 3D obstacles with nighttime lighting provide a more realistic depiction to help you stay aware of your position and surroundings.
  • Obstacles and hazards are displayed in Synthetic Vision using three different shape styles to represent buildings, towers, and windmills. 
  • Obstacles in Synthetic Vision also now show progressive hazard shading when they fall within your set Hazard Altitudes, as opposed to being colored entirely red or yellow.
  • Additionally, ForeFlight will add red or white lights to obstacles that have them when flying at night.
  • Synthetic Vision is available with Pro Plus plans and above.

Terrain/Obstacle Strikes in Profile View

  • Profile View has been updated to display multiple terrain and obstacle strikes more clearly.
  • Easily identify any strike locations with red X markers. The remainder of your route is also no longer shaded with red hatches, reducing visual clutter.
  • Strikes will only appear if there is a potential terrain or obstacle strike within your Profile Corridor width, which can be adjusted in the Hazard Settings.
  • Profile View is available with Pro Plus plans and above.

New Runway Analysis Aircraft Support

  • ForeFlight’s advanced Runway Analysis product for turbine aircraft now supports Textron King Air 350ER, Cessna CJ1+, and Cessna C700.