XC Scanner ✈

1 Departure base, range & weather

Pick your departure base and drag the range slider (on a phone, tap Base & range at the top; on a computer it is the panel on the left): the map shows every approved field and the airspace within that distance.

Reading a pin: its shape says towered, non-towered or military. The small corner dot is the crew approval: green means land, fuel and RON are all approved; yellow means see the comments on the list. Click a pin for its sheet.

Live radar and forecast weather cover the whole continental US. Open the Weather box (shown below), pick a day up to 7 days out, and slide through the hours in local time. Switch on Flight category (MVFR IFR LIFR), ceiling, icing, thunderstorms or forecast radar.

2 Build your flight plan and print the crew card

Add your stops, then pick the day and time you want to take off on each leg. We work out when you'll land, so you don't have to. We'll also look at the weather around your departure and arrival times and let you know if it's poor. You'll get a heads-up for night landings, tight-on-gas legs and closed runways too. And if you take off a day later, we'll automatically count you as RON. When you're all set, the crew card pulls it together: runways, FBO, per diem and time zones.

3 Events, filters & weekend recs

The Events tab maps concerts, festivals, rodeos, sports and more in towns within range for the dates you pick. Use the category buttons on the left to narrow it down, and the search box to look for a team, artist or town.

Weekend Recs picks the best event for each upcoming weekend, with two backups and a weather outlook, so you can see where to fly at a glance. Click a city's orange name to see it on the Events map.