Pilot Logbook

Add, modify and delete airports (iOS)

Pilot Logbook presents a list of all airports that have been saved by selecting Airports in the Settings tab or from the navigation sidebar. Any changes to these airports will be reflected in every flight across your logbook.

Add a new airport

  1. In the Pilot Logbook app on your iPhone or iPad, select the Settings tab in the bottom bar or from the navigation sidebar to display a list of all currently saved airports.
  2. Click the Add New button  in the top toolbar.
  3. Enter the new airport details. If you enter a common ICAO or IATA code, or a recognisable airport name, on change of field or on press of the keyboard return button, Pilot Logbook will search it’s inbuilt database of airports and autofill suggested airport details. You can overwrite any of these details as required.
    • You must enter either an IATA or an ICAO code at a minimum in order to save a new airport. Together these values must be unique.
    • Latitude and longitude values are necessary for automatic calculation of night time. The entered latitude value must be between 90 and -90, the entered longitude value must be between 180 and -180.
  4. Click the Done button to save the new airport.
    You can cancel adding the new airport by clicking the Cancel button from the More menu in the top toolbar.

Modify an airport

Modifying an airport’s details will change the information across your logbook. All flights which are linked to this airport will reflect the modified values.

  1. In the Pilot Logbook app on your iPhone or iPad, select Airports from the Settings tab in the bottom bar or from the navigation sidebar to display a list of all currently saved airports..
  2. Click the airport you want to modify from the list.
  3. Change the airport details. If you enter a common ICAO or IATA code, or a recognisable airport name, on change of field or on press of the keyboard return button, Pilot Logbook will search it’s inbuilt database of airports and autofill suggested airport details. You can overwrite any of these details as required.
    • When modifying and airport, to autofill from the ICAO field press the keyboard return button with the ICAO field selected. In order to autofill from the IATA or Name field the other fields must be blank.
    • The ICAO and IATA code fields must not both be blank to save the modified airport. Together these values must be unique.
    • Latitude and longitude values are necessary for automatic calculation of night time. The entered latitude value must be between 90 and -90, the entered longitude value must be between 180 and -180.
  4. Click the Done button to save the changes to the airport.
    You can cancel any changes by clicking the Cancel button from the More menu in the top toolbar.

Merge airports

Saved airports may be merged together. This may be useful if you have unwanted multiple entries of the same airports. Airports which are selected for merging will be combined into a new singular airport. All flights which were previously linked to the original two airports will now be linked to the new merged airport instead.

  1. In the Pilot Logbook app on your iPhone or iPad, select Airports from the Settings tab in the bottom bar or from the navigation sidebar to display a list of all currently saved airports.
  2. Enable selection of airports by clicking the Select button from the More menu in the top toolbar or by using the two finger drag gesture.
  3. Select the airports that you want to merge and click the Merge button in the bottom toolbar.
  4. Select the airport that you want to keep.
  5. Click the Merge button.

Delete airports

Deleting an airport will permanently remove the airport from your logbook. The airport will be removed from all flights to which it is linked.

  1. In the Pilot Logbook app on your iPhone or iPad, select Airports from the Settings tab in the bottom bar or from the navigation sidebar.
  2. From the list of all currently saved airports do one of the following:
    • Enable selection of airports by clicking the Select button from the More menu in the top toolbar or by using two finger drag gesture. Select the airports you want to delete and then click the Delete button in the bottom toolbar.
    • Click the airport you want to delete and click the Delete button from the More menu in the top toolbar.

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