X-Planner for the iPhone and iPod Touch

Don't travel without it

First things first: If you travel and you do not have an iPhone yet, then you simply do not know what you are missing. Land at an airport and bring up Google Maps to see the lay of the land in your area, with an icon of you on the map. Then type in "Taxi," "Hotel," or "Mexican Restaurant" and watch little pins drop onto the map to show where these things are. Then hit a single button to call the taxi company. Then put in your earbuds and listen to your music library while you check your email. Then take a picture of your plane or other stuff and email it to your friends or company... all with this one device. It's good looking and absurdly easy to use. If you are inextricably linked to some other cell provider for the time being, then drop them anyway, or get an iPod Touch... it still does most of the stuff listed above.

Now, once you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you can do your flight planning on it as well!

Keeping you accurate, keeping you safe

X-Planner is a fun and simple flight planning tool that will plot your weight and center of gravity for any flight in a light plane. Lots of pilots take off without checking the weight and balance, but now it is fun to do this on your iPhone before flight! If the FAA does a ramp-check and asks for your weight and balance, you will be glad you have this on your iPhone, trust me.

As well, you can enter your aircraft climb and cruise performance (only needed once), the winds aloft (each flight), and your destination (each flight), and X-Planner will give you the estimated time and fuel expense for each altitude from 3,000 to 24,000 feet (if your plane can go that high). This will let you know exactly when to tell the people at the other end of the flight you will arrive. It will also tell you just how much fuel you'll need on board and what altitude to use for best speed and minimum fuel burn! As well, you can see the change in fuel expense, and time savings, that result from using high versus low power settings.

Plenty of people have no idea if they are in weight and balance, and have no idea what altitude to fly, and have no idea how much fuel to put on board, all the time. Now you can be sure of your weight, balance, fuel, and altitude selection every flight!

If you choose your altitude to minimize fuel burn, this app will pay for itself in the first half of the first flight you use it.

The app is only $9.99... cheap enough that any pilot with an iPhone should get it, and any pilot without an iPhone should get one, or at least an iPod Touch.

Pull out the coolest device around before each flight and see exactly what altitude to fly and how much fuel you will use. No more guessing. I cannot imagine flying without it.

Get it from the iTunes Store

Purchase X-Planner using this link.

Using X-Planner

Click the images below to see them at full size (and to read the accompanying instructions, found directly beneath the full-sized image), then click again to close them.

The information in the following images only needs to be set once.

The information in the following images needs to be set each flight.

Quick links

X-Plane for iPad is here!

Click here to read all about it!

See X-Plane Mobile in action!

Prepare to be stunned by X-Plane. Videos and photos speak where words can't. See the Multimedia page...

What do other people think?

Get more opinions before you buy. We're confident the reviewers love X-Plane Mobile as much as we do. Learn more...

What sets X-Plane apart?

It's blade element theory, of course. By breaking down every surface of the airplane and calculating the forces acting on each piece individually, X-Plane Mobile delivers the most realistic flight experience available--in a portable form. Learn more...

Buy an app

Click here to visit the Laminar Research page of the iTunes App Store.

Get the manual

In either PDF or Wiki form, the X-Plane manual can answer many of the questions you may have. See the Mobile Manual page...

Get quick instructions

Don't need the full manual? Looking for a brief introduction to flying on the X-Plane Mobile apps? See the Mobile Instructions page...

What's the difference...

...between the iPhone/iPod Touch and the Palm Pre version? The answer is... almost nothing. The user interface, flight controls, and all other features are identical. The most noticeable difference is, well, the loading screen. Find info on both here.