User Interface#
Design Philosophy#
We developed Air Navigation Pro in conformity with EASA and FAA EFB design recommendations. The core of our app is the Moving map, surrounded by menus to access the features. All windows display on top of the map, allowing you to easily return to it at any time. This design ensures that critical information is always accessible without disrupting the navigation experience.
For enhanced safety, our app has two modes: Edit Mode and Flight Mode. Edit Mode is intended for the flight preparation phase, while Flight Mode is to be used during the flying phase, as it locks the route and prevents you from making unintentional changes to it during the flight.
The color scheme decisions are deliberate, with informative text always in white, while all tappable interactive elements are yellow. Red indicates caution and appears rarely, ensuring it stands out when necessary.
We focus on responsiveness and the use of intuitive finger gestures to ensure an easy, quick and natural feel with common gestures that you are already familiar with. We view our app as a supportive tool for pilots, not a prescriptive one. We believe that the pilot is always in charge and the primary decision-maker. Therefore, most of the features in our app are fully customizable, allowing users to tailor the app to their specific needs and preferences.
UI Components#
While some aspects of the appearance may vary slightly, the app was designed to maintain consistency across platforms as much as possible.
Tablet version#
Mobile version#
While the tablet version can be used in either horizontal or vertical orientation, the app on mobile phones is locked in vertical mode.
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Menu Bar#
From the Menu you will be able to access most of the functions of Air Navigation Pro.
Edit Mode#
Turns ‘Edit mode’ on or off.
When on, you can modify your planned route.
Turn it off when flying to avoid inadvertently changing your route.
Waypoint Search#
Search among the official waypoints.
Route planning#
List your routes, saved locally or in your Air Navigation account.
Clear#
Remove the current planned route from the map.
It also lets you hide the approach chart displayed on the map.
Map options menu#
Settings for the moving map: choose the layers of information to be displayed.
Weather#
Activate and deactivate the Weather layers. This feature displays several weather related layers. Thanks to a collaboration with MeteoBlue and DWD. More details on Weather
Synthetic View#
turns on/off the Synthetic View.
This feature displays a 3D representation of the terrain, using the internal gyroscopes and accelerometers of your device to compute the pitch and roll angles. The Synthetic view is included on the Smart Classic and Smart Advanced subscription plans only.
Resize#
On tablets only. Tap this to resize the screen and display the Route Actions as well as an additional instrument.
On mobile phones, you can access it by the Route module in the menu.
Flight#
Display or edit your current Flight times, Aircraft and set Alerts parameters.
Instrument#
Simulated aeronautical instruments: HSI, Altimeter, Chronometer, Compass, Flight info, RMI, Speed, VOR, and Variometer.
For tablets, you can assign one instrument to the main view and access others from the menu.
On mobile phones, you can assign one instrument to the module tabs and access others from Configuration > Instruments.
Nearest#
Create a direct route from your current GPS position to the nearest airport.
Tools#
On tablets only. Access to advanced modules such as User Waypoints, ScratchPad, Documents,
Imported KML files, Logbook, Flight recorder and Sensors.
On mobile phones, its elements are part of Configuration.
Configuration#
Set units, change the application behavior and create your Air Navigation account.
Here you will also find the Store to install third-party products, like new charts.
Note
On tablets, the Menu bar is at the top of the screen. On mobile phones, it is accessed inside a drawer on the right side of the screen.
Navigation bar#
The Navigation bar at the bottom of the screen displays real-time navigation values. The number of values displayed, depends on the size of the screen. Long tap on the value you want to remove then select the value you want to replace.
Acceleration: Accelarion in G
Altitude: Reported by the GPS or a pressure sensor. Tapping the Altitude in the navigation bar, displays the QNH Setup: Since the altitude of the barometer has to be corrected by the actual atmospheric pressure, the QNH can be changed in Air Navigation Pro. This will have an effect on the altitude display. The QNH is downloaded via the internet automatically as default, a message is displayed with a timestamp of when this information was downloaded last. You can also tap on the arrow to refresh the information manually. QNH can also be changed manually by disabling the Automatic setup first, then select from QNH selector. You can change the unit of the QNH under “Configuration - Settings - Units”.
Autopilot: Adjust autopilot mode (requires supported hardware)
Current position: Coordinates of the current GPS location. Tapping on the Current position will automatically create a user waypoint. A message will appear giving an option to edit the waypoint.
Flight time: Elapsed time since start of flight
GPS Accuracy: Accuracy of the GPS locaton in meters
Groundspeed: Speed relative to the ground
Height over ground
Track: GPS Track
UTC Time:
Vertical Speed
Empty: An empty space without value
If you previously planned a route, you will also find:
Bearing: Bearing to next waypoint
DEP/ARR: Allows selection of departure and arrival procedures
Distance: Distance to the next waypoint
ETA (dest): Estimated time of arrival(UTC) to destination
ETA (next): Estimated time of arrival to next waypoint
ETE (dest): Estimated Enroute time to destination (mm:ss)
ETE (next): Estimated time enroute yo next waypoint (mm:ss)
Next waypoint: Identifier and name of the next waypoint
Landings: Number of Landings for current flight.
Tablets
Phones
