ForeFlight Quiz: Advanced map challenge

ForeFlight’s moving map screen provides nearly every piece of information a VFR or IFR pilot needs during a flight. Take our latest quiz to see if you know how to access some of its hidden features.

How can you display VFR Flyway Planning Charts on the moving map?

VFR Flyway charts automatically display when the Sectional layer is active and you zoom into a section of Class B airspace.

When viewing a VFR Flyway chart in the Documents section of the app, press the “Send-To” button at the top right of the screen and select the “Maps” option

Enable the U.S. VFR (flyway) layer from the Maps layer menu.

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When the NOTAMs layer is enabled on the map, what is the significance of an area highlighted with yellow shading?

Yellow graphical NOTAMs indicate an active MOA or Restricted Area.

This represents Special Use Airspace, like an MOA or Restricted Area, that will go live in the next 2 hours.

An area with unmanned aerial activity (drones) is scheduled to go active in the next 2 hours.

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How can you quickly find the nearest airport in ForeFlight?

Enable the display of the nearest airport from the row of instruments at the bottom of the maps screen.

Tap the NRST button at the top left of the maps screen.

Tap the Search field at the top of the screen and enter the word “Nearest”.

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When approaching to land at an airport, how can you display a final approach path aligned with the planned landing runway?

Tap the airport location on the moving map, select the Runway tab and tap the number of the planned runway.

Tap the airport ID in the Route Editor and choose the option for “Select Runway”.

Tap the Profile button in the Route Editor, tap the airport ID at the bottom, and tap the number of the planned runway from the list of options displayed.

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What do the yellow and red colors indicate for terrain when the Hazard Advisor layer is enabled?

Yellow - within 2000’ / Red - within 500’ or above

Yellow - within 500’ / Red - within 50’ or above

Yellow - within 1000’ / Red - within 100’ or above

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How can you display the legend and side panel of VFR Sectional or IFR En Route chart on the map?

Chart legends are automatically displayed when viewing the VFR Sectional or U.S. IFR (low) layer on the map.

Chart legends can only be viewed in the Documents section of the app.

Enable this feature from the “Map Touch Action” menu in the main map settings and tap on the Sectional on the moving map.

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When flying with an ADS-B receiver, how can you display ground-based traffic on an airport diagram?

Load the airport diagram in the Plates section of the app and enable the Traffic option from the top of the screen.

Traffic can not be displayed on the airport diagram.

Send the airport diagram to the maps screen from the Plates section, enable the traffic layer and then zoom in on the airport and chart.

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Where can you find a written description about surface Hot Spots for an airport?

Enable the Aeronautical layer on the Maps screen, zoom into an airport and tap one of the orange Hot Spots shown on the graphical airport diagram.

Load the Airport Diagram in the plates view and tap on the brown symbols shown on the chart with the label “HS”.

Hot Spot information will appear after pressing the red NOTAMs button at the top of an Airport Diagram.

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While briefing an instrument approach, you see a snowflake icon and temperature listed in the briefing strip. What does this mean and where in ForeFlight can you find more information?

This airport frequently experiences temperatures below -31C and frozen precipitation. Reference the airport NOTAMs for runway braking conditions.

This indicates that the airport offers anti/de-icing services at temperatures as low as -31C. Refer to the Holdover Time Guidelines in the Winter Operations folder in the documents section of the app.

This indicates that it is a Cold Temperature Restricted Airport. Open the Winter Operations folder in the Documents section of ForeFlight and select the “Cold Temperature Restricted Airports” document to reference the altitude correction table when flying an instrument approach.

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When viewing the Aeronautical map overlay, how can you determine the MEA for an airway?

Enable the Airways option from the map settings and tap anywhere along the airway.

IFR segment en route altitudes are only displayed on the IFR low altitude en route chart.

Enter an IFR route with an airway in the route editor, and then tap the name of the airway bubble and select the option for “Minimum Altitudes”.

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