Comparison

Nearest Airport vs E6B Flight Computer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Nearest Airport

This standalone watch app helps pilots quickly find nearby airports. It provides detailed information like distance, heading, elevation, runway data, and frequencies. Backgrounds are color-coded for easy identification of airport types, and a map feature shows your location relative to a selected airport.

Highlights
  • Locate nearby airports
  • Detailed airport information
  • Color-coded airport identification
  • Map view with location relative to airport
  • Airport information read aloud
  • Search by identifier or partial match
  • Offline operation
Features
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This standalone watch app allows GA pilots to locate quickly, nearby airports while in flight. Intuitive user interface provides the current distance from, the magnetic heading to, field elevation, runway information (lengths, widths, directions, pattern, and lighting), communication frequencies, and published remarks for nearby airports.  Backgrounds are color coded to match sectional charts as to identify towered and non-towered airports. A slightly different shade is used for private airports. View current location relative to a selected airport with "Map It" feature. Click on the airport identifier while viewing the map to have important information read aloud. (text-to-speech) Requires Watch OS version 9.0 or higher. Includes a search feature that allows searching for airports by identifier, or partial match (limited to 100 results for performance). Does not require data connection to operate. Includes all airports registered with the FAA as of the current version release date.

About

E6B Flight Computer

Features
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The flight computer and the weather decoder in one app, paid for once. Foxtro is the E6B every student and private pilot does on the ramp and at the kitchen table, without the slide rule and without a subscription. Type in what you know and read what you need, offline, on iPhone and iPad. LIVE METAR AND TAF, DECODED • Search any airport in the world by ICAO, IATA or name, even without a connection • VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR at a glance, with wind, visibility, ceiling, temperature, altimeter and density altitude on one card • Every group of the raw report translated to plain English • The TAF on a timeline: each period in its own category colour, with a line where now is • Paste any raw METAR or TAF from anywhere and decode it offline • Favourite airports, cached for the ramp RUNWAY WINDS • The headwind and crosswind on every runway, worked out from the live report against each runway's true heading • The favoured runway, the gust and the worst case across a variable wind • The wind in magnetic too, the way the tower reads it PERSONAL MINIMUMS Set your own ceiling, visibility, wind and crosswind limits, or the ones in your solo endorsement, and every airport is checked against them: within or outside, and exactly why. E6B FLIGHT COMPUTER • The wind triangle: heading, ground speed and wind correction angle from course, TAS and the winds aloft, drawn as you type • Find the wind from what you actually flew • True airspeed from calibrated airspeed, pressure altitude and temperature • Pressure altitude and density altitude • Time, speed and distance, any one from the other two • Fuel burn, endurance and range • Runway headwind and crosswind components • Estimated cloud base from temperature and dew point • Conversions: knots, mph and km/h; nautical and statute miles; feet and metres; gallons, litres and pounds; inHg and hPa; °C and °F WEIGHT AND BALANCE Set up your aircraft from its own POH once — empty weight and arm, seats, baggage, fuel and the CG envelope — then load it for each flight and see the takeoff and landing points on the envelope. NIGHT AND DAY A dark cockpit look for before dawn and after dusk, and a Day mode that stays readable in full sun. PAY ONCE The calculators, the decoder and the runway winds are free. One purchase unlocks weight and balance, personal minimums, the TAF timeline and unlimited favourite airports with offline caching. No subscription, no ads, no account. Weather comes from the US National Weather Service's Aviation Weather Center; runway data from OurAirports. Foxtro is a planning aid, not a certified navigation or briefing source; always confirm with an official briefing before flight. Privacy policy: https://foxtro.vadapalas-zigmas.workers.dev/privacy Terms of use: https://foxtro.vadapalas-zigmas.workers.dev/terms

Screenshots

E6B Flight Computer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: E6B Flight Computer at Free against Nearest Airport's $0.99. E6B Flight Computer also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). Nearest Airport's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

E6B Flight Computer is free to download; Nearest Airport costs $0.99 up front. E6B Flight Computer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Nearest Airport asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nearest Airport ships an update every 2 months, E6B Flight Computer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Nearest Airport versus E6B Flight Computer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNearest AirportE6B Flight Computer
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJONOTHON CONEZigmas Vadapalas

In-app purchases

None

Nearest Airport

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

E6B Flight Computer

One-time1
  • Foxtro Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Nearest Airport free?
Nearest Airport costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is E6B Flight Computer free?
E6B Flight Computer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nearest Airport or E6B Flight Computer have ads?
Neither Nearest Airport nor E6B Flight Computer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nearest Airport or E6B Flight Computer?
Nearest Airport ships an update every 2 months, and E6B Flight Computer every 9 days. Most recently, Nearest Airport was updated on October 15, 2026 and E6B Flight Computer on October 14, 2026.

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