GAB Aviation Tools

GAB Aviation Tools is a comprehensive aviation toolkit designed for pilots, flight crew, students, instructors, and aviation enthusiasts. It combines professional-grade calculators, planning tools, live traffic visualization, training tools, and operational references in a single app.

Whether you're preparing for a flight, studying procedures, viewing nearby aircraft, tracking your flying history, or exploring aviation concepts, GAB Aviation Tools provides practical and educational tools in an easy-to-use format.

Key Features:

Live ADS-B & OGN Traffic

Explore nearby air traffic on an interactive map using live community-sourced data.

• Live ADS-B aircraft positions from ADSB.lol
• Optional Open Glider Network traffic for gliders, paragliders, and hang gliders
• Aircraft callsign, registration, type, altitude, speed, track, and vertical-speed information when available
• Aircraft categories, filters, favorites, and adjustable map labels
• Search by callsign, registration, or ICAO24 address
• Aircraft identity and type lookup
• Best-effort published route information
• Historical ADS-B flight tracks when available
• Adjustable refresh interval, traffic radius, icon size, and OGN grouping
• Clear source attribution and data-quality information

Airport Log & Route Tracking

Keep track of your aviation journey with a powerful Airport Log system.

• Log visited airports and flown routes
• Advanced statistics and route analysis
• Filter by year, aircraft type, airport, and route
• Interactive maps and route visualizations
• Import and export support for backups and data sharing
• Route frequency tracking and airport visit statistics
• Great-circle route mapping and distance calculations

Duty Day Calculator

• Customizable crew rules and limitations
• Multiple time formats: UTC, Local Time, and Countdown
• Saved profiles and persistent configurations
• Duty, FDP, and reporting calculations

Weather & METAR/TAF Decoding

• METAR and TAF decoding
• Visibility, RVR, clouds, weather phenomena, and RMK decoding
• Zulu and airport-local time presentation
• Saved weather groups and parallel group updates
• Cached weather support for offline access
• Automatic TAF source fallback

Holding Entry Trainer (ICAO / FAA)

• Direct, Parallel, and Teardrop/Offset entries
• ICAO and FAA modes
• Automatic sector determination

Temperature & Altitude Corrections

• ICAO Doc 8168 temperature corrections
• Pressure Altitude and Density Altitude calculations

Descent, Approach & Flight Planning Tools

• Descent planning calculators
• Top-of-Descent calculations
• Turn radius and bank angle calculations
• Flight time planning tools

Crosswind & Performance Tools

• Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind calculations
• Aircraft-specific wind limits

Conversions & Aviation Calculators

• Speed, distance, altitude, pressure, temperature, weight, volume, and time conversions

Airport, Callsign & Registration Lookup

• Airport Lookup
• Callsign Lookup
• Aircraft Registration Lookup
• Aviation Abbreviations Lookup

Training & Utility Tools

• Morse Code Trainer
• SELCAL Trainer
• Display flashlight with Home Screen quick actions
• Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, and Moonset calculations
• Coordinate selection and mapping tools
• Aviation calendar and operational references

Data & Standards

• Based on ICAO procedures and operational concepts, including ICAO Doc 8168
• Weather data via NOAA Aviation Weather and supporting sources
• Live ADS-B traffic and historical tracks from ADSB.lol under ODbL
• Optional live glider traffic from the Open Glider Network under ODbL
• Airport and timezone data from the mwGG airportsdata dataset under the MIT License
• Offline support for saved tools, profiles, logs, and cached weather data
• No subscriptions or advertising
• No advertising-based user tracking