FlightMath Overview

When FlightMath initially launches, you will see a single window that will look similar to this:

This window is divided into five tab panes:

1. Course
   This pane contains tools to let you calculate the course correction needed to compensate for wind. This pane is visible above.
   
   
2. Fuel
   This pane provides the means to calculate any one of flight time, burn rate, or capacity of fuel, given the other two. You can also perform units conversion using the burn rate and capacity fields.
   
   
3. Speed
   Similar to the Fuel Consumption pane in appearance and function, but calculates flight time, speed, or distance.
   
   
4. Density Altitude
   This pane makes density altitude calculations mind-numbingly easy. You can either enter known information, or you can import downloaded weather information.
   
   
5. Station Weather
   From here you can download surface weather information from thousands of airports that have an ICAO code. You can also import that data into the density altitude pane for automatic computations.
   
   
6. Terminal Area Forecasts (TAF)
   The TAF pane allows you to download TAF weather information from major airports. You can display the data in the raw TAF format, or have FlightMath translate it.
   
   
7. Current Radar
   You can download radar images and radar loops from many airports and weather stations in the United States, as provided by NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).
   
   We are researching International radar images. If a source can be located, they will be added in the next version.