iFly GPS Forum

While flying last week, I had an idea about an enhancement to the NRST button.  Currently, after the NRST button is pushed, the user is presented with a list of airports with the closest ones being listed first.  Once the user selects the airport of choice and presses the "Direct to" button, the screen returns to the Map view with a magenta line to the airport.  Was wondering if the airport selection could also turn on "Runway Extension" for that airport, to present a little better spatial awareness to the pilot, particularly if it is a real emergency and the pilot is under duress?  Once the app is exited, the runway extensions are turned off.  Or is this just a "frill"?

What do other users think?

Thanks,

Steve

Further refining your idea: how about presenting all runways (in case you have to try for the most direct one), but highlight the "recommended" runway (which is based on wind direction).  For that matter, when a user chooses to Extend All in the normal Extend Runways dialog, how about highlighting the recommeded runway in that case also.

Back to your emergency scenario...besides runway(s), isn't it equally important that you get presented with the CTAF (or tower) frequency?  You're going to have to make some radio calls before barging into an airport (unless ATC is handling it for you).  Maybe a good solution is to pop up the QuickView box when you hit the Direct button in the NRST dialog box.  That would save an extra screen tap, and you can see a lot of the airport info at a glance.

Cobra, I like your ideas--except that I think NRST should be reserved for emergencies, no matter how rare they are. So that means two similar functions for very different purposes. (When flying around locally, I usually have FlightPlan set for only one airport--the one I want to ultimately return to--so iFly is always pointing to it.)