Changelog

eTOD obstacles and cookie consent

• Obstacles in Poland completed with the PANSA eTOD dataset: over 2,300 new obstacles and more accurate heights, e.g. wind turbines with their height to the blade tip.
• Google Analytics only with consent: a cookie banner, and you withdraw consent on the privacy policy page.
• App page and user guide for version 0.4.28. FAQ: the app covers Poland, Germany and Czechia.
• Fixes after a site test with the Czech data.

Germany and Czechia

• The map covers Germany (FIR Bremen, Langen and München) and Czechia (FIR Praha) alongside Poland: airfields, airspace, VFR points, obstacles and towns in the country's language.
• Smoother map panning with many airfields in view.
• Fixes after a site audit.

English version

• An English version of the map, the pages and the VFR Academy at vfrmap.eu/en/.
• The language switch is a flag in the top bar of every page, leading to the same page in the other language.

VFR Academy and user guides

• VFR Academy: articles on airspace, the AUP/UUP, reporting points, navigation and altitudes, with drawings and AIP sources.
• The map user guide and the app user guide with screenshots.
• A "?" button on the map with tips and links to the guides.
• Faster page loading.

The map on the home page and the route profile

• The home page is the map itself; the descriptions moved to the About the map, App and FAQ pages, reached from the ☰ menu.
• Route profile below the map: terrain, airspace, obstacles, TOC and TOD, frequencies. You drag a leg's altitude up or down.
• Airspace with a band inside the border and "TMA 3500-FL95" labels, towns, VFR points linked to their airports (also from the VFR AIP), callsigns next to the frequencies.
• Obstacles on the map, direction arrows and leg times on the route.
• HTTPS across the site, Google Play links and a QR code to download the app.

Typing the route in

• The "Add point" field: ICAO codes, airfield and VFR point names, coordinates or a whole route at once ("EPWA NOVEMBER EPMO").
• VFR points labelled with the airfield they serve.
• A GDPR-compliant privacy policy, contact info@vfrmap.eu.
• Fixes after a tester review.

vfrmap.eu goes live

• A free VFR map: airspace, airfields and VFR points in Poland.
• Route planning with magnetic courses (WMM model) and wind, a test flight with zone alerts, flight replay from GPX, IGC, KML and CSV files.
• Sending the route to the app with a link and a QR code.
• Airspace frequencies in the "What's here?" popup.

Tank reminder per aircraft

• The fuel tank switch reminder is set per aircraft, and it is off for aircraft that don't need tank switching.
• An interval you picked in Settings earlier carries over to your aircraft.
• A clearer language choice in Settings.

Germany and Czechia

• Germany and Czechia: airspace, airfields, VFR points, navaids, obstacles and towns; terrain and METAR/TAF weather for these countries too.
• An offline map per country - download only the ones you need.
• A fuller English version and a language choice in Settings.

New subscription screen

• Choosing a plan and the free trial step by step; the yearly plan shown with its price per month.
• Unlimited map updates - new data every AIRAC cycle, included.
• 7 days free, then PLN 23.99 a month or PLN 234.99 a year.

The map and planning of vfrmap.eu

• Obstacles on the map and the route profile: masts, chimneys, turbines.
• Airspace with an inner band and "TMA 3500-FL95" labels, VFR points linked to their airports (including the VFR AIP).
• Each leg's course, distance and time on the map; type "EPGL PAPA", coordinates or a whole route.
• Towns, callsigns next to the frequencies, a darker night mode.

Google Play subscription

• Google Play subscription: 7 days free, then a monthly or yearly plan.

Dark night mode

• Map, terrain shading, route profile and buttons in dim red that won't dazzle you in the cockpit.
• Fixes to the menu and the waypoint search.

vfrmap.eu map symbols

• Airfields drawn by type (controlled, military, gliding, microlight, heliports, closed) with the runway direction.
• Airfield codes and VFR point names on the map; less clutter when zoomed out.

Aircraft and the flight logbook

• The "Aircraft" screen: profiles with speed, fuel and reserve, chosen for the plan and the flight.
• A full-screen map with the navigation in a slide-out menu; "Flights" became "Logbook".

Fixes

• More reliable TSA/TRA warnings without an AUP/UUP, more accurate detection of passing a route point.
• The arrival-after-dark warning also for flights after midnight; voice messages in the app's language.
• A route opened from a vfrmap.eu link is no longer overwritten; terrain and map downloads without false errors.

Logbook, route weather, flight replay

• Flight replay from the logbook: time slider, speed-up, altitude profile.
• Flight logbook: hour totals, 3 landings in 90 days, editing, manual entries, CSV export.
• Route weather: decoded METAR, TAF and the VFR category of stations near the route.
• Airspace warnings 5 minutes ahead, also past the next turn of the route, with voice; a terrain profile with an altitude scale, FIS sectors and frequencies.

Earlier versions

• Moving map with the route, planning by tapping the map, flight tracking and the data bar, terrain profile with TOC and TOD, map layers.
• Night mode, voice airspace alerts, glide range ring, runway diagram, IFR points ENR 4.4.
• Test flight, GPS track with GPX export, terrain warning, NRST, fuel timer, block times, Radio panel, the offline map in one file.