GAB Aviation Tools

Check what is flying overhead, log airports and routes, track statistics, calculate duty limits, decode weather, and access powerful aviation tools—all in one app.

GAB Aviation Tools is a comprehensive aviation toolkit designed for pilots, flight crew, students, instructors, and aviation enthusiasts. It combines professional-grade calculators, planning tools, live traffic visualization, training tools, and operational references in a single app.

Whether you're preparing for a flight, studying procedures, viewing nearby aircraft, tracking your flying history, or exploring aviation concepts, GAB Aviation Tools provides practical and educational tools in an easy-to-use format.

Key Features:

Live ADS-B & OGN Traffic

Explore nearby air traffic on an interactive map using live community-sourced data.

• Live ADS-B aircraft positions from ADSB.lol
• Optional Open Glider Network traffic for gliders, paragliders, and hang gliders
• Aircraft callsign, registration, type, altitude, speed, track, and vertical-speed information when available
• Aircraft categories, filters, favorites, and adjustable map labels
• Search by callsign, registration, or ICAO24 address
• Aircraft identity and type lookup
• Best-effort published route information
• Historical ADS-B flight tracks when available
• Adjustable refresh interval, traffic radius, icon size, and OGN grouping
• Clear source attribution and data-quality information

Airport Log & Route Tracking

Keep track of your aviation journey with a powerful Airport Log system.

• Log visited airports and flown routes
• Advanced statistics and route analysis
• Filter by year, aircraft type, airport, and route
• Interactive maps and route visualizations
• Import and export support for backups and data sharing
• Route frequency tracking and airport visit statistics
• Great-circle route mapping and distance calculations

Duty Day Calculator

• Customizable crew rules and limitations
• Multiple time formats: UTC, Local Time, and Countdown
• Saved profiles and persistent configurations
• Duty, FDP, and reporting calculations

Weather & METAR/TAF Decoding

• METAR and TAF decoding
• Visibility, RVR, clouds, weather phenomena, and RMK decoding
• Zulu and airport-local time presentation
• Saved weather groups and parallel group updates
• Cached weather support for offline access
• Automatic TAF source fallback

Holding Entry Trainer (ICAO / FAA)

• Direct, Parallel, and Teardrop/Offset entries
• ICAO and FAA modes
• Automatic sector determination

Temperature & Altitude Corrections

• ICAO Doc 8168 temperature corrections
• Pressure Altitude and Density Altitude calculations

Descent, Approach & Flight Planning Tools

• Descent planning calculators
• Top-of-Descent calculations
• Turn radius and bank angle calculations
• Flight time planning tools

Crosswind & Performance Tools

• Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind calculations
• Aircraft-specific wind limits

Conversions & Aviation Calculators

• Speed, distance, altitude, pressure, temperature, weight, volume, and time conversions

Airport, Callsign & Registration Lookup

• Airport Lookup
• Callsign Lookup
• Aircraft Registration Lookup
• Aviation Abbreviations Lookup

Training & Utility Tools

• Morse Code Trainer
• SELCAL Trainer
• Display flashlight with Home Screen quick actions
• Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, and Moonset calculations
• Coordinate selection and mapping tools
• Aviation calendar and operational references

Data & Standards

• Based on ICAO procedures and operational concepts, including ICAO Doc 8168
• Weather data via NOAA Aviation Weather and supporting sources
• Live ADS-B traffic and historical tracks from ADSB.lol under ODbL
• Optional live glider traffic from the Open Glider Network under ODbL
• Airport and timezone data from the mwGG airportsdata dataset under the MIT License
• Offline support for saved tools, profiles, logs, and cached weather data
• No subscriptions or advertising
• No advertising-based user tracking