Safety
Personal Minimums: A Go/No-Go Check You Will Actually Run
How to set personal minimums with the FAA PAVE checklist, pick a runway safety factor over POH distances, and make the go/no-go check run on every flight.
November 10, 2026
The modern electronic flight bag
Mission ready,every flight.
Charts, weather and 3D terrain in one workspace. Then 3D replay with a real debrief, a go/no-go check against your own minimums, airspace alerts and Mayday Assist, arriving in Ascent 1.9.6.
- Built by pilots, for pilots
- The same data pipeline pro dispatch teams run on
- $89.99 a year, all-in. About one fuel stop
Route, weather, charts and 3D terrain, fused into one workspace that follows you from preflight to logbook.
Arriving in 1.9.6
The biggest Ascent release yet.
One flight with Ascent
01 · Plan
Walk to the aircraft already briefed.
Route, fuel, NOTAMs and the full weather picture, assembled the moment you open Ascent and flagged for anything that changed since you planned.
- Drag-to-route planning
- Auto weather & NOTAM brief
- Geo-referenced approach plates
02 · Fly
Everything live, nothing in the way.
One map carries your position, traffic, terrain and weather, and it all keeps working with no signal at all.
- Live moving map
- Traffic & terrain
- Fully offline capable
03 · Debrief
Taxi in, debrief already done.
Land, tap Log flight, and replay it in 3D. The approach is checked against stabilized gates and the landing against the ACS before you reach the FBO, arriving in Ascent 1.9.6.
- Flight detected, logged in one tap
- 3D replay with flags
- Stabilized gates & ACS checks
Real flight, real screen
Flown, not rendered.
Ascent on a flight-test sortie, iPad in hand. Every device screen on this page is a capture from the app, not a mockup.
Built for the moments around the flight
The brief, the bad minute, the debrief.
$89.99
a year, all-in
About one fuel stop. Every capability, one plan.
7700
ready in one tap
Mayday Assist (1.9.6) copies the squawk for you to set. It never transmits.
121.5
guard, ready to copy
You tune and call by hand. You stay in command of the radios.
See it in the cockpit
The whole sky, beautifully legible.
Real screens from Ascent. Every layer tuned for a fast read in a moving cockpit.
3D terrain
Real-elevation terrain and runways, so a black night reads like a clear day.
Winds & temps aloft
Animated winds, temperature and turbulence painted along your whole route.
Storms in full color
Live convective radar layered over terrain, traffic and your flight plan.
Weather, decoded
METARs and TAFs in plain language, with flight category at a glance.
Airport & taxi intel
Geo-referenced taxi diagrams, frequencies and runway data on the ramp.
A layer for everything
PIREPs, AIRMETs, radar, winds, terrain. Toggle exactly what you need.
The platform behind it
Powered by AirOS.
The same live data pipeline professional dispatch teams run on, fused into one cockpit workspace.
Ascent vs the legacy apps
The essentials, without the tier ladder.
Charts, weather and planning are table stakes. What differs is how much of it sits behind a higher tier.
Geo-referenced VFR & IFR enroute charts and approach plates
Ascent
ForeFlight
Garmin Pilot
Live weather, NOTAMs & TFRs
Ascent
ForeFlight
Garmin Pilot
Flight planning & filing
Ascent
ForeFlight
Garmin Pilot
Every capability at one price, no tiers
Ascent
ForeFlight
Garmin Pilot
| Capability | Ascent | ForeFlight | Garmin Pilot |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geo-referenced VFR & IFR enroute charts and approach plates | |||
| Live weather, NOTAMs & TFRs | |||
| Flight planning & filing | |||
| Every capability at one price, no tiers |
The whole flight bag, without the tier ladder.All in one subscription, $89.99 a year. ForeFlight starts at $130, Garmin at $110, both with capabilities held above the entry tier.
Get AscentCompetitor pricing and features per publicly available information as of 2026. Not affiliated with or endorsed by ForeFlight or Garmin.
Pricing
One subscription. The whole flight bag.
Ascent Pro
$59.99first year
then $89.99/year · one plan, no tiers · one-time 30-day Pro trial
Get your first year for $59.99- Moving map, airspace, airways & traffic
- VFR & IFR enroute charts, geo-referenced approach plates, taxi diagrams & procedures
- Live weather, NOTAMs & TFRs
- 3D terrain
- Offline logbook with endorsements
- Unlimited offline regions
- 3D replay & debrief (1.9.6)
- Synthetic vision split view (1.9.6)
- Airspace alerts (1.9.6)
- Ascent Copilot, beta (1.9.6)
- Mayday Assist (1.9.6)
Students, ask your flight school about a single-use Ascent Pro access code.
Questions, answered
Before you fly with us.
- What is Ascent?
- Ascent is a modern electronic flight bag (EFB) app for iPhone and iPad, built by GeoSpatios. Flight planning, aviation weather, geo-referenced charts, traffic, terrain and a digital logbook, together in one fast app.
- How much does Ascent cost?
- One plan with every capability included, no tiers and no add-on packs. Every new account starts with a one-time 30-day Pro trial. After that it is $59.99 for the first year as a launch promotion, then $89.99 a year.
- Does Ascent replay and debrief my flights?
- Arriving in Ascent 1.9.6: record a flight, replay it over 3D terrain, and get a debrief with stabilized approach gates, glidepath against a 3 degree reference and touchdown point against the ACS. It is derived from GPS and labelled as an estimate.
- Does Mayday Assist contact ATC?
- No. Mayday Assist, arriving in Ascent 1.9.6, never transmits. It lists airports in reach with frequencies, shows glide range and your checklist, and puts 7700 and 121.5 on cards you copy. You tune and call by hand.
- Does Ascent work with flight simulators?
- With Infinite Flight, over your local Wi-Fi, in Ascent 1.9.6. X-Plane and Microsoft Flight Simulator are not supported. Sim position is badged, and a logged sim session counts as Simulator time, never Total.
- Is Ascent good for student pilots and flight schools?
- Students get the debrief with coaching that cites the AFH and ACS, switched on automatically when the logbook shows a student certificate or a 61.87 endorsement, arriving in Ascent 1.9.6. Ascent is priced per pilot; there are no school accounts yet. Schools can email support@geospatios.com.
- What devices does Ascent run on?
- iPhone and iPad, iOS 18.0 or later. Download Ascent EFB from the App Store and sign in with the same account across your devices.
- Does Ascent work offline?
- Yes. Download regions and your airports' procedure charts before you fly, and charts, geo-referenced approach plates, terrain, airports and your flight plan stay available with no signal at all.
- What weather does Ascent include?
- Live radar and precipitation, winds and temperatures aloft, METARs and TAFs decoded in plain language, PIREPs, AIRMETs and SIGMETs, and Center Weather Advisories, layered directly over your route.
- Can Ascent replace my current EFB?
- Ascent covers the full flight: planning, briefing, charts, moving map and logbook. Many pilots fly it as their primary EFB. Like any EFB, it's a supplemental aid to situational awareness: cross-check official sources, and final authority always rests with the pilot in command.
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Ascent is ready
when you are.
The whole flight bag: charts, weather and 3D terrain, all offline, for $89.99 a year.