eCOPILOT

The electronic Copilot

About this app

eCOPILOT (The electronic Copilot) is a simple to use yet full-featured navigation, logbook and flight track recording app for private, recreational and ultralight pilots.
It is designed for use on 6 inch or bigger phones and tablets (landscape mode only on screen sizes less than 8 inches)
eCOPILOT is geared towards the VFR "recreational" private pilot that wants an easy to use navigation app that is free of extra "over-complicated" MapFeatures (and subscription fees...) and that provides a "single tap / automatic" logbook to keep track of flying times.

As a navigation app eCOPILOT offers:
• Moving map navigation with worldwide airport database and user added Point of Interests.
• Worldwide Airspaces (78 countries) with visual alarm if inside an airspace.
• Worldwide Mountains, Lakes and Cities Map Features database (location and elevation).
• Vertical Terrain Profile View projected along aircraft heading.
• Aeronautical Chart Supplements. You can add your own aeronautical chart supplement PDFs.
• Checklist. Create your own checklist with multiple flight phases.
• High-Resolution (30-meter) offline elevation data downloads.
• Multi leg Flight Route creation with auto-selection of next leg POI/Airport.
• Terrain Ahead Clearance line.
• Stall Speed Alarm.
• Altitude Above Ground with Terrain Avoidance Alarm.
• Total Flight Time Alarm.
• Configurable Time circle around aircraft.
• Configurable traffic area circle around aircraft and selected POI/Airport.
• Worldwide Airport database: Location, Runway heading, length, radio frequencies, altitude, description.
• Single Tap to go to nearest or any other POI/Airport.
• Single Tap to add POI/Airport to current flight leg.
• Worldwide Map is cached on the device. No need for internet while flying.
• Imperial, Nautical and Metric units.
• True and Magnetic compass.
• Full Screen Map View.
• Full Import/Export of App Settings, Logbook and recorded tracks to local storage and as email attachment.

As a logbook eCOPILOT includes:
• Single tap to start and stop the current logbook or auto start on battery charging.
• Recording of flight track.
• Tracks may be "playback" within eCOPILOT. Up to 20x playback speed and "rewind" and "fast-forward" supported.
• Tracks may be viewed on any application, mobile or desktop, that supports KML files (such as Google Earth for Desktop / Android, MAPinr on Android, etc.)
• Logbook will automatically select "FROM" and "TO" airport/POI.
• Total Flight Time and current time display.
• Logbook entries can be viewed within the app.
• Logbook TFT and Air Time shown under the logbook entries list.
• Notes may be added to each Logbook entry.
• Logbook is saved as a plain text comma separated file that can be viewed on any text viewer app or imported in spread-sheet programs. Logbook entries contain: Aircraft Mark, From, To, Date/Time of take-off, Date/Time of landing, Total Flight Time as Hour/Minutes and Hours decimal, Total Travel Distance, Notes.
• Send logbook file and tracks to your email.

What’s new

Version 4.0.0 - 26 Oct 2026
• Checklist. Create your own checklist. See User Manual for details.
• Vertical Terrain Profile View projected along aircraft heading (use High-Res elevation for best detail).
• High-Resolution elevation data downloads.
• Aeronautical Chart Supplements. Add your own PDF Charts (see Settings).
• Portrait orientation on tablets with screens 8" or larger.
• Updated User Interface.
• Fixed a bug that caused GPS fixes less than 1 second apart to be discarded.