Tools

Quick cockpit and preflight helpers. More utilities will be added over time.

Route → ICAO syntax

Convert VFR reporting points and decimal coordinates to ICAO flight-plan tokens (DCT). IFR navaids are kept as published. Origin and destination ICAO codes are omitted.

Only validated ICAO tokens are included. Unresolved VAC points, unknown fixes, and invalid coordinates are omitted — see the panel on the right.

Route preview · convert a route to show fixes

UTC time

Current coordinated universal time.

Stopwatch

Basic elapsed-time timer.

00:00.0

Time calculator

 

0:00

Climb distance & rate

3° climb rule of thumb: distance to level-off (NM) ≈ altitude to gain ÷ 300; climb rate (fpm) ≈ groundspeed × 5.

Altitude to gain
5500 ft
Level-off distance
18.3 NM
Climb rate
350 fpm
Climb time
15 min 43 s

Descent distance & rate

3° glide-path rule of thumb: start descent (NM) ≈ altitude to lose ÷ 300; descent rate (fpm) ≈ groundspeed × 5.

Altitude to lose
5500 ft
Start descent at
18.3 NM
Descent rate
425 fpm
Descent time
12 min 56 s

Wind correction

True course, TAS, and wind (from) → WCA, true heading, and groundspeed.

WCA
+9.5°
True heading
9°
Groundspeed
91 kt
Headwind component
-0 kt

Fuel endurance

Endurance from fuel on board and burn rate. Reserve is subtracted for usable endurance.

Total endurance
5 h 54 min
Usable endurance
4 h 55 min
Usable fuel
30.0 US gal

Unit converter

Jerry can: 20 L nominal, 18.5 L usable (~4.89 US gal).

Litres
3.79 L
US gallons
1.00 gal
Jerry cans (20 L)
0.19
Jerry cans (18.5 L usable)
0.20

QNH ↔ altitude

Approximate correction using 30 ft per hPa (ISA). For planning only — verify with current altimeter setting.

Pressure altitude

2508 ft

Indicated 2500 ft with QNH 1013 hPa set

Rule of 60

1 NM off track at 60 NM flown ≈ 1° error. Correction (°) ≈ (off distance ÷ distance flown) × 60.

Track error / correction

+4.0°

2.0 NM off after 30.0 NM flown