Type a word, a name or a heart. FlyGlyph turns it into a flight plan your autopilot can fly, or you can hand fly, sized for your aircraft. On FlightAware and Flightradar24, your track spells it out for everyone to see.
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How it works
Up to 4 bubble letters, or 7 in line or cursive lettering. Or pick one of 24 symbols.
Letters are sized so every turn stays inside your autopilot's bank limit at your speed plus a wind allowance. The result fits in one 100-waypoint flight plan.
It starts over your home airport or where you are. Drag, resize and rotate it on satellite or the FAA sectional while the airspace check shows what it flies in or near.
Export a flight plan to your EFB, send it to the panel GPS and engage the autopilot. Tracking sites draw the rest.
Walkthrough
The real app, recorded on an iPhone: type a word, switch styles, pick a symbol, set up your aircraft, place it, watch the airspace check react, preview the flight and export it for the panel.
Watch the walkthroughFeatures
Every design is checked against the physics of your aircraft before you see it, then flown in a simulator so you know how faithful the track will be.
Preview
Tap Fly and a plane flies the whole design, entry to exit, at 100× to 1000× real time. The A/P score tells you how closely an autopilot will follow the planned shape.
Airspace
FlyGlyph checks the predicted track at your planned altitude against FAA Class B, C and D airspace and special-use areas: prohibited, restricted, MOAs, warning and alert areas. The pill on the map turns red, orange or yellow and the airspace is outlined right under your design.
Airspace details
Tap the pill for the list: the airport or area by name, whether you're in it or how far away, its floor and ceiling, and what it needs, from a Class B clearance to radio contact with a tower. Change the altitude right there and watch it update.
Move
In Move, jump the design to where you are, to your home airport, or to any US airport you search for. Step the altitude up or down and the airspace check keeps up as you go.
Home airport
Give your aircraft a home airport and new designs start right over it, ready to place. Search more than 12,000 US airports by identifier, name or city, or pick from the ones nearest you.
Charts
Switch on the VFR sectional to see airspace, towers and airports around your design, or use satellite imagery. Height and width lines give the size in nautical miles and turn with the design.
Folders
Put up to three designs in a folder and see them together, each in its own color. Move the whole set or one design at a time. Each stays its own flight plan, so you fly them one after another.
Symbols
Not every message needs words. Choose Symbols and pick a shape: ❤️ ⭐ 💕 💔 💋 💍 💎 👑 🍀 🌙 ☁️ ☂️ ⚡ ♾️ 🐟 ✈️ 🛸 ✂️. FlyGlyph plans a smooth track your autopilot can follow, sized for your aircraft like any design.
Export
Export a Garmin-format .fpl flight plan to ForeFlight or another EFB, then send it to any panel GPS that takes 100 waypoints per plan. GPX, KML and CSV come along too.
Your hangar
Every design is saved on your device with the name you give it. Duplicate one for another airport, undo the last change, and back everything up to a single file.
Why pilots use it
A proposal, a birthday, a welcome home, a tribute. Send friends a FlightAware link and they watch it appear.
No hand-drawn waypoints that the autopilot can't follow. Turns respect your bank limit, and plans never overlap turns or exceed 110°.
Enter cruise speed, autopilot bank limit and a wind allowance. A 100-knot trainer and a fast single get different letter sizes.
Most modern GA panel GPS navigators accept 100 waypoints per flight plan. FlyGlyph plans every design to fit.
Sectional underneath, live airspace check, size in nautical miles, flight time and track length. Everything you need to brief it.
No sign-up, no tracking, no cloud account. Your designs stay on your iPhone, iPad or Mac.
Pricing
Try every feature free for 3 days. If you like it, unlock it once for $3.99. No subscription, no renewals, no account. After the trial your saved designs stay viewable either way.
Questions
Any panel GPS that accepts 100 waypoints per flight plan, which covers most modern GA navigators. FlyGlyph plans every design to fit within 100.
It depends on your speed and bank limit. At 100 knots with a 20° bank and a 20-knot wind allowance, bubble letters are about 7.7 nm tall, line letters about 5.8 nm and cursive capitals about 9.6 nm. Fly slower and they get smaller.
Export the .fpl file and open it in ForeFlight or another EFB that imports Garmin flight plans, then send it to the panel GPS. GPX, KML and CSV are included for other tools.
Hand fly it. Load the flight plan into ForeFlight (or your EFB) and follow the magenta line on the moving map, or the panel GPS's course guidance. It's a great workout for the old stick-and-rudder skills: smooth, coordinated turns at a steady bank and speed. Plan at the bank angle you're comfortable holding, keep your eyes outside, and consider bringing a safety pilot.
One flight plan holds about 4 bubble or 7 line or cursive characters. For longer messages, put 2–3 designs in a folder and fly them one after another.
Yes, in the US. FlyGlyph checks the predicted track at your planned altitude against FAA Class B, C and D airspace and special-use areas (prohibited, restricted, MOAs, warning, alert and national security areas), and shows what it flies in or within 1 nm / 300 ft of. The data comes from the FAA's 28-day NASR cycle and updates automatically. It alerts and never blocks. It doesn't cover TFRs, NOTAMs or whether part-time airspace is active, so check those with official sources before every flight.
Email support@flyglyph.app or see the support page. A real person reads every message.
iPhone and iPad, and Apple silicon Macs through the App Store. One purchase covers your devices signed in with the same Apple ID.
Fly safe. FlyGlyph is a planning and creative tool, not a navigation source. Before every flight, check airspace, TFRs, NOTAMs, terrain and fuel with official sources. The pilot in command is responsible for the safe conduct of the flight. The sectional chart layer covers the United States.
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