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I just did some experimenting and it seems the centerline of the ruler is used for the profile view (in Pro Plus or higher tier: open FPL on the map page, select profile, make a ruler and it shows the profile with airspace along the ruler centerline, regardless of the current flight plan)

The benefit, I guess, is that the points being measured aren't under your finger while your positioning the ruler. Other than that, though, it does seem counter-intuitive.

I should clarify my comment and my reason for reviving this thread, I guess. The OP seems to understand the "great circle" which most of the replies addressed. I replied to note that OP was misunderstanding and misusing the Foreflight ruler. If he was measuring from New York to SanFran he should...

Ancient thread, but I found it so others might too. The answer regarding the difference between the two sides of the ruler is because the two sides are measuring different things. The measurement is done along each dotted line on the edge of the ruler, not the middle. If you're zoomed in it...

You know, I've never actually used one of those in real life. As visual flight-planning checkpoints sometimes, but not over the radio.

I have a real-life example from a flight this morning. Route was SDC→ROC, magnetic course was 266°. I called the class-C approach and reported my position as "15 miles East" and they gave me a squawk code and reported me as east when confirming radar contact. It definitely looks north-east-ish...

All of my flight training so far has been "AD." Makes me feel young.

"I'm in the quadrant with the big one four"

Really I was talking about class D airports, where they only know where you are if you tell them.

It's like someone above said, it can make the difference between two runways or getting straight-in versus a pattern, at least in a class D where there's no radar. In a C it's no problem: "Cherokee ABC45 is 15 miles north at 3500." "Radar contact 23 miles northwest, confirm altitude?"

Great idea, unfortunately I've been in a Cherokee with no GPS lately, so I'm eyeballing things from a sectional chart, and what the back of the HSI says when I'm pointing roughly at the field (which introduces wind error if I do it that way).

I ran into this the other day and wondered what everyone thought. I live in area with +12° variation, which can make the difference between saying I'm "Northeast (or NNE) of the field" versus "North of the field" when making an initial call to ATC. Or perhaps on my chart I'm pretty clearly NE...

I see now also that skyvector groups the remarks, in this case under "ARFF Cert:".

Is that something I can check out? In the paper Chart Supplement it's just a single block of "remarks."

Thank you for your definitive answer. Don't give me too much credit; for a first solo xc to an unfamiliar airport (and airspace, my first class D), I imagine (hope) most students are triple-checking everything.

That quote is in the middle of some info about firefighting; I wonder if it's related to that. (EDIT) Even though it says "amgr" that phone number (6666) is for the on-field fire station. It's different from the manager number listed elsewhere in the listing. So I'm guessing the PPR is if ARFF...

I'm flying to an airport (KITH) tomorrow with this note in the chart supplement: "PPR 24 hrs for unsked acft ops" (writing it out for the PoA search engine; "Prior permission required 24 hours for unscheduled aircraft operations") Unlike the more common "PPR 24 hrs for unsked acft ops with more...

No idea, there's no trial or sample or anything. Amazon reviews of the book are not good.

Here's one that costs money, I haven't tried it: http://www.100dollarhamburger.com/ - the "new edition" came out in 2019... And another google map someone made: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?hl=en&mid=1EHedgmf-GQKdHb9m5dWMqAIkzeY At our flying club we maintain a google spreadsheet...

I'm out of new-member purgatory so I can post this link. This is a quick-and-dirty script for running through a class C arrival and departure with a partner. The partner reads all the stuff in bold, you grab a notepad and reply like you're in the plane. The phraseology is based on what my CFI...