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Discover what’s new in AvPlan Web since its July launch, including new route options, New Zealand weather, aircraft imports, flight paperwork and tools for operators.

Effective 3 September 2026 What is changing? The Australian DAP 2609 update includes revised approach plates at 35 airports. Most […]

Planning flights across New Zealand just became easier. AvPlan Web now provides access to all the aviation meteorological data available […]

Introducing ActivePlates in AvPlan EFB Approaches are one of the busiest phases of any flight. You’re managing the aircraft, monitoring […]

A Major Update for Planning, Briefing and In-Flight Awareness AvPlan EFB 10.0 is one of our largest updates yet, with […]

Since 2011, AvPlan EFB has helped pilots plan, brief and fly with confidence. What started as a mobile-first Electronic Flight […]

Introducing AvCARS — Aviation Weather via Text, Anywhere At AvSoft Australia, we’re excited to announce AvCARS, a new aviation weather service […]

For years, AvPlan EFB has been built first and foremost for pilots – fast, reliable, and deeply integrated into real-world flying. From […]

In the coming days Apple will release their latest operating system for iPhone and iPad, iOS 26. The AvSoft Australia […]

Today it has been announced that Thoma Bravo are acquiring Jeppesen (and other digital products including ForeFlight and OzRunways) for […]

AvPlan EFB 9.9 is now available from the Apple App Store as a free update for all subscribers. In this […]

In the coming days Apple will release their latest operating system for iPhone and iPad, OS 18. The AvSoft Australia […]

The AvPlan EFB team have been busy making improvements which greatly improve the app for use in New Zealand. Some […]

AvPlan EFB 9.8 for iOS is now available from the App Store. In this release the team have added; Customisable […]

Today we received news that Boeing (via ForeFlight) is acquiring OzRunways. This is an interesting move and one which will certainly […]

AvPlan EFB 9.5 is now available from the App Store as a free update for all users. In this release […]

The Greatest Show On Earth Each year, one lucky AvPlan crew member gets to join Bevan on a trip to […]

AvPlan EFB 9.4 is now available in the Apple App Store. In this release we have added New airport weather […]

AvPlan EFB 9.3 is now available for all subscribers in the Apple App Store. This release adds support for a […]

It was a long time coming, but it certainly didn’t under-deliver: Avalon 2023 was the busiest ever for the team […]

On the 24th of October Apple released iPadOS16, their latest operating system for iOS devices (iPad, iPhone). We’ve completed extensive […]

It’s been a tough few years for general aviation pilots. Between lockdowns and weather events, fire, flood and pestilence have […]

There are some big changes that have come to AvPlan EFB. Our latest major release, AvPlan EFB 9.0 for iOS […]

On the 20th of September Apple released iOS15, their latest operating system for iOS devices (iPad, iPhone). We’ve completed extensive […]

AvPlan EFB 8.0 is now available for install from the Apple App Store. In this release we have; Made extensive […]

The Australian weather radar has had a significant update. Users will now note that it has a much higher resolution […]

  Update 8/10/20: Users can consider upgrading all devices to iOS14.  

Recently Microsoft released a new version of their flight simulator, MSFS2020 and we’ve fielded quite a few questions about its […]

AvPlan EFB 7.10.4 for iOS is now available in the App Store. In this release we have completely updated the […]

AvPlan EFB for Android 1.2.18 is now available for download in the Google Play Store. In this release we have […]

AvPlan EFB 7.10 for iOS is now available from the App Store. This release adds a number of new features […]

Late last week CASA have approved the uAvionix SkyEcho2 as an ADSB-out device for VFR use (See AIP-SUP H65/20). These […]

uAvionix Australia have just started shipping the SkyEcho 2 portable ADSB-in and ADSB-out devices to customers. AvPlan EFB has been […]

AvPlan EFB for iOS version 7.9.7 is now available from the App Store. In this release we have improved the […]

Moorabbin, Vic March 2020 – AvSoft Australia, the developers of AvPlan EFB, have today announced the launch of ok2fly. Ok2fly […]

Recent events have sparked a debate about the usefulness and capabilities of EFBs and traffic displays. At AvPlan EFB we […]

Since AvPlan EFB was launched in 2011, we have helped thousands of pilots transition from paper maps to electronic flight […]

AvPlan EFB for Android (version 1.0) is now available for download from the Play Store. The Android app has received a […]

AvPlan EFB 7.9.3 is now available from the App Store as a free update for all users. In this release […]

Today Apple have released iOS 13.1 and iPadOS 13.1 into the wild. We’ve completed extensive testing against our latest release, […]

AvPlan EFB 7.9.2 for iOS is now available from the App Store as a free update for all users. In […]

We’ve rolled out changes to our NOTAM processing system to visualise a much greater number of NOTAMs. These now include […]

AvPlan EFB 7.9 is now available from the App Store as a free update for all users. In this release […]

We have rolled out some database changes which affect pilots flying in New Zealand. Airspace which is restricted and continually […]

AvPlan Live has had some significant improvements which have rolled out into our back end systems. After continued rapid growth […]

Today we released AvPlan EFB 7.8.3 with some minor feature improvements and fixes. In this release The LSALT calculator also […]

AvPlan EFB 7.8.2 is now available in the App Store as a free update for all users. In this release […]

We’re excited to announce that AvPlan EFB 7.8 is now available in the Apple app store. In this release we […]

AvPlan EFB 7.7.9 is now available in the App Store. In this release we have added a new IR satellite […]

AvPlan EFB 7.7.8 is now available in the Apple App Store as a free update for all users. In this […]

Yesterday AIP SUP H132/18 went into effect which amends the recommended altitudes when transiting airspace south of Melbourne Airport, and when […]

The Australian AIP has now been split into individual sections (where before it was in three large documents; General, Enroute […]

We’ve released AvPlan EFB 7.7.6 as a free update for all users. This is our first release with the iOS […]

The unknown unknowns. These are the things which can bite us as pilots. We see our task at AvPlan EFB […]

New Zealand GRAFOR, SIGWX and SIGMET charts are now available on the Weather pane within AvPlan EFB. These charts will […]

Today Apple have released iOS 12 into the wild. We’ve completed extensive testing against our latest release, AvPlan EFB 7.7.5 […]

AvPlan EFB 7.7.5 is now available as a few update for all users. In this release we have integrated the […]

Did you know AvPlan EFB is still the only EFB in Australia which graphically depicts AIRMETs? AIRMETs are now issued […]

AvPlan EFB 7.7.3. is now available in the App Store. This release adds support for the Appareo Stratus 3 and […]

Today the AvPlan EFB team have rolled out a bunch of new weather alerting options. Now when you enter a […]

Today AvPlan EFB turns seven! On the 10th of August 2011 we had our first release approved by Apple and […]

AirVenture 2018 Giveaway! AirVenture at Oshkosh is almost upon us again. Come visit the AvPlan EFB team in Hangar D, […]

AvPlan EFB 7.7.2 is now available as a free update for all users. In this release; We have integrated the […]

AvPlan EFB 7.7.1 is now available in the App Store as a free update for all users. In this release we […]

AvPlan EFB 7.7 is now available from the App Store as a free update for all subscribers. In this release […]

Tap on the element to change or view a list of available options Use the stage button to change the […]

We’ve recently added support for various island in the South West Pacific (New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Cook Islands etc). We have […]

Last week we attended the Sun n Fun fly-in in Lakeland Florida. This is the first major fly-in of the […]

AvPlan EFB 7.6.2 is now available from the App Store as a free update for all users. AvPlan Live has had […]

In November 2017 Australian aviation went through the first major change in forecasting in many years with the introduction of […]

AvPlan EFB 7.6.1 is now available for update via the Apple App Store. In this release we have added support […]

AvPlan EFB 7.6 AvPlan EFB 7.6 is now available in the App Store as a free update for all users. […]

AvPlan EFB 7.5.3 is now available from the Apple App Store. This maintenance release adds the following new capabilities; Graphical […]

AvPlan EFB now displays the active status of Military CTRs in Australia. Our systems now interpret active NOTAMs and highlight […]

AvPlan EFB 7.5.2 is now available from the App Store. This maintenance release corrects the following issues and enhancements; Better […]

Airservices Australia have notified that there is an issue with the Melbourne TAC which was valid from the 9th of […]

AvPlan EFB 7.5.1 with the new Graphical Area Forecasts tab under Weather is now available. This has been a long […]

AvPlan EFB 7.5 is now available in the Apple App Store as a free update for all users. The highlights […]

On the 9th of November 2017 Australia will transition from the old text based area forecasts to the new Graphical […]

Today Apple released the latest edition of their mobile operating system, iOS 11. We’ve done extensive testing and there are […]

AvPlan EFB 7.4.4 is now available as a free update for all users. In this release we have added support […]

We’ve been made aware there are errors in the L2 Enroute Low chart which was supplied to us by AirServices […]

Come visit the AvPlan EFB team at AirVenture Australia at Narromine Airport, October 19 to 21. The AvPlan EFB team […]

At the conclusion of AirVenture 2017 we will give away one bluetooth Dual XGPS 170D ADSB-in/GPS receiver. To enter the […]

AvPlan EFB 7.4.3 is now available from the Apple App Store as a free update for all users. This release […]

AvPlan EFB 7.4.2 is now available from the App Store as a free update for all subscribers. In this maintenance […]

Data updates valid from the 22nd of June 2017 are now available for download. For Australian pilots there are updated […]

AvPlan EFB 7.4 brings support for weather in New Zealand. We have added METARs, TAFs, ATIS, ARFOR and NOTAMs which update […]

We’re pleased to announce that AvPlan EFB 7.4 is now available in the App Store as a free update for […]

AvPlan EFB 7.3.10 is now available from the Apple App Store as a free update for all users. In this […]

We’re pleased to announce that Command Flight Planner 8.5.1 is now available. This release adds the ability to wirelessly beam flight […]

Data updates valid from the 27th of April are now available for download. For US pilots there are updated Sectional, […]

AvPlan EFB 7.3.9 is now available in the Apple App Store as a free update for all users. This release […]

AvPlan EFB 7.3.8 is now available from the Apple App Store. This release adds; Better support for the Dual XGPS190 […]

We’re pleased to announce that AvPlan EFB 7.3 is now available in the Apple App Store as a free update […]

We’re happy to announce our new referral programme for 2016 for Australian and US subscribers*. Refer someone to AvPlan EFB […]

This weekend the AvPlan EFB devops team completed a major upgrade to the supporting computing infrastructure that powers AvPlan EFB. Over […]

Today, 10th November 2016, there are some changes going live to Australian ARFOR. The winds aloft in the ARFOR now […]

AvPlan EFB 7.2 is now available in the Apple App Store. This update brings live AIP-SUP for Australian users. Within […]

AvPlan EFB testing against iOS 10.1 has been completed and now has the all clear. Please feel free to upgrade […]