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Strip & Runway Performance Check
Will you get in and out? Enter your POH take-off and landing distances and see them against the runway with the CAA's factors for grass, slope, tailwind and safety margin applied, line by line.
Check a runway →Cross-Border Flight Paperwork Planner
Pick a UK departure airfield and a destination abroad, and get the outbound and return checklist: GAR, flight plan, passports, aircraft documents, customs notices and PPR.
Open the planner →Cost-Sharing Legality Calculator
Answer a few questions about a planned flight and check it against the CAA's current cost-sharing rules, with reasons and citations for every condition.
Check a flight →Permit & Airworthiness Companion
Plan your BMAA Permit to Fly renewal: the 60-day window, the right forms and fee, a before-you-submit checklist, and every CAA MPD that may apply to your airframe, engine and propeller.
Plan a renewal →Chart Reading Companion
Learn to read a UK surface pressure chart: air masses, fronts, troughs and convergence lines, cloud genera, a geostrophic wind calculator, and a go/no-go practice quiz.
Open the companion →