GAB Aviation Tools

GAB Aviation Tools brings together aviation calculators, flight planning, live traffic, weather, and training tools for pilots, flight crew, students, instructors, and aviation enthusiasts. Prepare for flights, practise procedures, explore nearby aircraft, and track your aviation journey in one easy-to-use app. **Key Features** **Live ADS-B & OGN Traffic** - Live aircraft positions from ADSB.lol - Optional Open Glider Network traffic - Callsign, registration, aircraft type, altitude, speed, and track when available - Filters, favorites, and adjustable map labels - Search by callsign, registration, or ICAO24 - Registration lookup with automatic ICAO24 identification - Callsign airline and registered owner when available - Best-effort published routes - Follow aircraft with a current-flight ground track when available - Adjustable refresh settings and clear source attribution **Airport Log & Route Tracking** - Log visited airports and flown routes - iCloud sync across devices - Statistics and filters by year, aircraft type, airport, and route - Interactive maps with offline airport details - View unique routes from a selected airport - Great-circle mapping and distance calculations - Import and export for backups and sharing **Nighttime & Flight Planning** - Estimate nighttime along a great-circle route - Interactive map and timeline showing day, twilight, and night - Sunrise, sunset, and night transitions along the flight - World overview for long routes and offline use - Flight time, descent, and Top-of-Descent calculators - Turn radius and bank angle calculations **Pilot Brief & Visual Planning** - Condensed airport and weather information - Color-coded wind information - VFR traffic pattern visualization - Beam calculator with approach visualization - Wind calculator visuals **Duty Day Calculator** - Customizable crew rules and limitations - UTC, local time, and countdown formats - Saved profiles and configurations - Duty, FDP, and reporting calculations - Live Activity countdowns on the iPhone Lock Screen and Dynamic Island **Weather & METAR/TAF** - METAR and TAF decoding - Visibility, RVR, clouds, weather phenomena, and remarks - Zulu and airport-local times - Saved weather groups with automatic parallel updates - Report update times and group freshness indicators - Cached reports for offline access - TAF source fallback and attribution - Nearest airport METAR widget for small, medium, and large sizes **Holding Entry Trainer** - Direct, Parallel, and Teardrop/Offset entries - ICAO and FAA modes - Automatic sector determination **Temperature, Altitude & Wind** - ICAO Doc 8168 temperature corrections - Pressure Altitude and Density Altitude - Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind calculations - Aircraft-specific wind limits **Conversions & Lookups** - Speed, distance, altitude, pressure, temperature, weight, volume, and time conversions - Airport, callsign, registration, and aviation abbreviation lookups - Updated callsign data with custom entries **Training & Utilities** - Morse Code and SELCAL trainers - Display flashlight with Home Screen quick actions - Sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset calculations - Coordinate selection and mapping - Aviation calendar and operational references **Data & Storage** - ICAO procedures and operational concepts, including ICAO Doc 8168 - Weather from NOAA Aviation Weather and supporting sources - ADSB.lol and Open Glider Network traffic under ODbL - mwGG airportsdata airport and timezone data under the MIT License - Natural Earth offline world maps - Offline access to saved tools, profiles, logs, and cached weather - iCloud sync and export for independent backups - No subscriptions or advertising Designed for everyday use, from quick cockpit calculations to flight preparation and training. Clear visualizations make aviation concepts easier to understand, while saved settings keep your tools ready for the next flight.