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ForeFlight pricing
ForeFlight publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, ForeFlight pricing is $130/year across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $130/year
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
ForeFlight plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $130/year | 4 | Entry tier |
| Essential | $260/year | 4 | +$130/year, 4 more features |
| Premium | $390/year | 4 | +$130/year, 4 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Starter
$130/yearThe entry tier. It covers student pilots and infrequent flyers, flight planning, weather, vfr/ifr charts, airport information and digital logbook, avionics connectivity.
Essential
$260/yearOver Starter, this tier adds:
- Most popular option
- Geo-referenced approaches, synthetic vision
- Hazard advisor with automatic alerts
- Terrain and airspace profile views
Premium
$390/yearOver Essential, this tier adds:
- Aircraft performance profiles
- Improved fuel calculations
- 3D airport views and weather analysis layers
- Optimized routing and fuel planning
What the product covers
The full ForeFlight feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Flight planning
- Aeronautical charts
- Weather briefings
- Navigation
- Weight & balance
Integrations
- Garmin avionics
- Jeppesen charts
- ADS-B receivers
- ARINC Direct
- Boeing services
Security
- Data encryption
- Secure cloud sync
- FAA compliance
Collaboration
- Flight sharing
- Crew coordination
- Fleet management
- Dispatch integration
Platform
- Ios support
- Android support
- Web support
People bring ForeFlight in for flight planning and navigation for pilots, aviation weather and digital logbook, airport information and terrain profiling. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to ForeFlight are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Aviation
Across the 3 aviation tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $500/month. ForeFlight starts at $130/year, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ForeFlight (this page) | $130/year | subscription | - | |
| Flighty | On request | Per user per month or one-time purchase | - | vs ForeFlight |
| Collins Aerospace Systems | Free | quote | - | vs ForeFlight |
| FltPlan Go | Free | subscription | - | vs ForeFlight |
| IBS iCargo | $100000/year | subscription | - | vs ForeFlight |
| Flightradar24 | Free | freemium | - | vs ForeFlight |
| CAE Flight Training | Free | usage-based | - | vs ForeFlight |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the ForeFlight badges page.
Before you pay for ForeFlight
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between $130/year and $390/year, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare ForeFlight against the tools that do have one before committing.
ForeFlight runs on ipad, iphone, and is published by ForeFlight LLC (Boeing) of Houston, TX. The full record is on the ForeFlight review, and the rest of the category is under best aviation tools.
ForeFlight pricing questions
- How much does ForeFlight cost?
- ForeFlight publishes 3 tiers, from $130/year for Starter up to $390/year for Premium. The cheapest paid tier is $130/year.
- Does ForeFlight have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: ForeFlight is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Starter and Essential on ForeFlight?
- Essential costs $260/year against $130/year, and adds most popular option, geo-referenced approaches, synthetic vision, hazard advisor with automatic alerts, terrain and airspace profile views.
- Is the Premium plan on ForeFlight worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is aircraft performance profiles, improved fuel calculations, 3d airport views and weather analysis layers, optimized routing and fuel planning. It costs $390/year against $130/year for Starter. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is ForeFlight expensive for a aviation tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 3 aviation tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $500/month; ForeFlight starts at $130/year.
- Which aviation tools can I use without paying?
- 2 of the 8 aviation tools listed alongside ForeFlight have a free tier: FltPlan Go, Flightradar24.
- What am I actually paying for with ForeFlight?
- The record lists 20 features across 5 areas: other, integrations, security, collaboration, platform. In practice it is brought in for flight planning and navigation for pilots, aviation weather and digital logbook, airport information and terrain profiling.
- Does ForeFlight charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these ForeFlight prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare ForeFlight against before paying?
- The closest aviation tools in this directory are Flighty, Collins Aerospace Systems, FltPlan Go, IBS iCargo. Each has a side-by-side comparison with ForeFlight covering price, platforms and features.