# Airplane Flying Handbook

> Calcs and Useful References

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id349533972](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id349533972)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id349533972`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Calculated Industries
- **Category:** Reference
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (106 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.0.4
- **Last updated:** 2021-12-01
- **First published:** 2010-01-12
- **Size:** 32 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-21
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/airplane-flying-handbook/id349533972)
- **Website:** [https://www.calculated.com](https://www.calculated.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.calculated.com/calc-apps/privacy.asp](https://www.calculated.com/calc-apps/privacy.asp)

## Description

Airplane Flying Handbook is the official FAA source for learning to fly and for many FAA Knowledge Exams. The app serves as a comprehensive reference for students and pilots alike, offering essential training content and exam prep materials in a convenient mobile format. It helps introduce basic pilot skills and knowledge needed to pursue certification and to improve flying proficiency.

Designed for student pilots, current pilots seeking to expand their certificates or ratings, and flight instructors, the handbook covers flight training, ground operations, and a wide range of maneuvers and procedures. Topics include slow flight, stalls, spins, takeoff and departure climbs, ground reference maneuvers, airport traffic patterns, approaches and landings, night operations, and transitions to different airplane types, plus emergency procedures.

## Rankings

- #131,885 — Overall

## Review summary

The reviews praise the app as a portable, handy aviation handbook with strong search and navigation features and good readability. However, the most mentioned drawbacks are that the content is outdated relative to current FAA materials, the app isn’t optimized for newer devices, and the UI/navigation can be confusing. Overall, it’s a useful study tool with room for content updates and UI improvements.

### Pros

- Portable and handy reference you can carry with you anywhere.
- Powerful search, bookmarking, and table-of-contents navigation.
- Well-designed, user-friendly interface that makes the material easy to read.
- Helpful and practical for student pilots (and instructors) as a study aid.
- Provides a broad aviation reference with useful graphics and summaries.

### Cons

- Outdated version of the Flying Handbook; not current ACS.
- Not optimized for newer devices and screen sizes (e.g., iPhone X, 6s Plus).
- Navigation and UI can be non-intuitive or tricky.

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