NTA SkyNav

NTA SkyNav — The professional navigation app for hot air balloon pilots

Built by balloon pilots for balloon pilots. NTA SkyNav combines everything you need for your flight in a single app: precise GPS navigation, weather models, wind profile management, landing prediction and live team tracking with push-to-talk.

NAVIGATION
• Real-time GPS with barometric altitude and QNH from the nearest METAR station
• Multiple map layers with airspace overlays and elevation data
• Airspaces worldwide with ICAO classification
• Obstacles: power lines and wind turbines with live warnings
• Offline maps for areas without coverage
• Magnetic and true north reference
• Frequency display of the nearest FIS station

WEATHER AND WIND
• Live wind profile with multiple altitude layers
• Weather models: ICON-D2, ICON-EU and ECMWF IFS
• Automatic weather briefing as PDF
• QNH automatically from METAR or Open-Meteo
• Live weather updates for your location

FLIGHT RECORDING
• Automatic track with precise GPS smoothing
• Auto takeoff and landing detection
• Cloud sync of all flights across devices
• Export as Excel
• Auto-save after recording ends

ADS-B RADAR
• Air traffic in real time on the map
• Classification by aircraft type (jet, prop, helicopter, glider, balloon)
• Proximity warning for nearby aircraft

LIVE TEAM TRACKING
• Pilot and retrieve crew see each other in real time
• Push-to-talk voice communication
• Multiple crew members at once
• Works over mobile data or Wi-Fi
• No SIM needed — runs over the internet

GAS MANAGEMENT
• Consumption tracking per cylinder
• Automatic switching when empty
• Remaining quantity display

LOAD CALCULATOR
• Calculation of gross lift and MTOW
• Accounts for temperature and altitude
• Unlimited balloon profiles
• Passenger management with individual weights

GOAL NAVIGATION
• Set waypoints with live distance and bearing
• Landing prediction calculates the expected landing point
• Accounts for current sink rate and altitude

DIGITAL LOGBOOK (PRO)
• capzlog.aero integration: automatically transfer balloon flights to your digital logbook
• Complete logbook data: takeoff/landing, pilot, passengers, distance
• Background transfer after landing

EXCLUSIVE FOR PROS
• Outdoor mode with adjusted contrast for sunlight
• Customizable navigation fields
• Various map markers and heading lines

PRO SUBSCRIPTION
Experience NTA SkyNav free for 7 days in full. Then 9.99 € per month or 89.99 € per year. Cancel anytime. Crew add-on available for additional retrieve slots.

IMPORTANT NOTE
NTA SkyNav is a navigation aid and does not replace the pilot's responsibility to navigate. The pilot remains responsible at all times for the safe operation of the balloon.

CONTACT
Developer: Lukas Reinberger, Austria
Support: info@ntaskynav.app

Privacy: https://ntaskynav.app/datenschutz.html
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/