Say Intentions / 2026

Changelog for November 13, 2026

I was hoping the November 6th changelog would announce that Flightpad is live and available on the App Store. Unfortunately, there was quite a delay in getting the app approved. Flightpad sat in a pending status for 12 days, but we’re approved and on the App Store now!

I didn’t do a lot of app work while waiting, so this is a very brief changelog. I’m going to be back at The Airplane Factory next week, so the changelog next week will also be short.

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I’m always happy to onboard testers who will give feedback (and the app is free for all testers) — if you’re interested, drop us a line!

Highlights

  • Flightpad has been approved and is on the App Store!

  • On iPad, the airport list now stays in a column on the left and the airport you open appears beside it. That’s every iPad in landscape, and every iPad except the mini in portrait. Rotating or resizing keeps you on the same airport.

    Before

    KTOA Airport details filling the whole iPad screen, with a back button to return to the airport list

    After

    The SoCal airport list in a column on the left with KTOA outlined, and KTOA details open beside it

Improved

  • The frequency quick look is now more dynamic and can show up to 8 frequencies. On larger devices, it splits into two columns. CTAF, Ground, Tower and ATIS always come first, followed by any extra Tower and Ground frequencies, Clearance, Approach and Departure. It also has a close button in the top right, since it wasn’t obvious how to dismiss the screen.

    Before

    KTOA frequency quick look with four frequencies in one column: CTAF, Ground, Tower and ATIS

    After

    KTOA frequency quick look with eight frequencies in two columns, adding both Torrance towers, two SoCal Approach frequencies and Departure, and a close button in the top right

  • The first-launch disclaimer is now titled “Before you fly”, and airport screens are titled by identifier, like “KTOA details”.

  • I’ve audited and updated the privacy policy to say exactly what the app and the website collect.

Fixed

  • Flightpad has always supported Dark Mode, but the text in some white buttons would display white. As you can imagine, that’s hard to read. Now Dark Mode white buttons are readable!
  • Adding an airport from search results could silently do nothing if the list you last had selected was deleted on another device. I’m still figuring out CloudKit best practices. To prevent more weirdness, Flightpad falls back to All Airports at launch if the selected list is gone, and adding airports from search now works again in hopefully all cases.
  • Deleting a list from Manage Lists could crash Flightpad. It was a complex fix for what seems like a small problem. It’s fixed now!