Air Distance vs Flight Ops
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Air Distance
Find the distance between any two airports globally with this offline app. It includes a vast database of airports and offers distance in various units, along with airport elevation data.
- Global airport database
- Offline access
- Distance in multiple units
- Airport elevation display
- 23,483 airports included
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Air travelers of any kind can use this app to easily find the distance between two airports throughout the world. - Contains 23,483 airports from around the world. - All airports available offline (no network connection required). - View elevation of each airport. - Displays distance in nautical miles, statute miles, or kilometers. For app updates, follow us on Twitter: @airdistance Check out our other aviation apps: -- pilotpro.com -- flightplanapp.com Disclaimer: Keep in mind that your iPhone isn't a Garmin 1000. The GPS is only so precise. Don't rely on this as a primary means of navigation. This is for informational and entertainment purposes only. Have a safe flight!
Flight Ops
Calculate flight parameters like distance, time, and fuel. Manage aircraft profiles, find alternate airports, and plot routes on a map. Includes a fuel uplift module and SNOWTAM decoding.
- Distance, flight time, and fuel computation
- Aircraft profile management
- Alternate airport finder
- Route plotting on map
- Airport database search
- Fuel uplift calculation
- SNOWTAM decoding
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Main functions: • Distance, flight time and estimated fuel used computation It will be based on the following parameters: - Mach number or TAS - ISA deviation - Distance factor to compensate great circle distance - Manual Wind component (Flight Ops Standard) - Automatic Historical average wind component (Flight Ops Pro) • Aircraft Profiles You can easily create and manage your aircraft profiles, setting the following: - Fuel used depending on distance flown. It can be set for as many distance values as you wish. The more you indicate, the more accurate will be your result! Of course, it can be done for any Mach or TAS - Structural weight limitations - ACN/PCN values In a single tap, you can even share these profiles via Airdrop, email, WhatsApp, Wechat, Dropbox... An example of aircraft profile with full instructions is provided in the app • Alternate airports finder It’s based on the following parameters: - Distance from destination - Minimum runway length - Paved runways or not - Airports of entry or not - Including military airports or not They will be automatically sorted by ascending distance from destination airport • Plotting map On this map you can plot: - Great circle routes between airports - ETP circles based on a specific radius - By a long push on the map you can display all airports around, making easy and fast the selection of ETP airports. As for alternates search, this selection is based on same parameters (see above) • Airports database - You can search in the database and retrieve any airport(s) based on the following parameters: ICAO code, IATA code, airport name or city name - Database can be updated (Flight Ops Pro) • Fuel uplift module You can use your aircraft limitations or use the "Free mode". If you fly different birds, your aircrafts limitations can be stored in the database. Therefore, no need to remember the max fuel weight or volume nor your maximum ramp weight! Based on your aircraft limitations, you can easily compute the fuel quantity required. Just enter desired uplift fuel volume, fuel weight or your desired aircraft ramp weight and Flight Ops will compute other numbers at once! It considers all common units: - Weight: Lbs and Kg - Volume: Liters, US Gal, Imp Gal - Density: Kg/L, Kg/US Gal, Kg/Imp Gal, Lbs/L, Lbs/US Gal, Lbs/Imp Gal You cannot get the fuel density from the fueler? Now you can retrieve it from the fuel temperature and can even select the type of fuel (Jet or Gasoline). • ACN / PCN Based on a PCN number, Flight Ops will decode and display a full description. If you have at least 1 aircraft in your database, it will provide your limitation(s) if any: - Aircraft weight - Main Landing Gear tire pressure - Nose Landing gear tire pressure If you indicate your aircraft weight, Flight Ops will compute your ACN. Of course, all these ACN values can be set through your aircraft profiles. • SNOWTAM decoding (METAR format) Just make a copy paste of any SNOWTAM or simply use the wheel. You will then get: - Full decoding - Wind components based on the related runway • Weather and airports information - You can build your own favorite airports list to check weather status at a glance - For any airport, you can get the latest METAR and/or TAF (if available) - Based on current wind speed and direction, Flight Ops will display all runways with corresponding wind components • Distance calculator To calculate the distance and True bearing between 2 latitudes/longitudes waypoints. • Last Minute Change Based on the Weight & Balance Load Sheet computed for your flight, grab your iPhone/iPad and compute your Last Minute Change data if necessary. Indicate your new payload, adding or removing pax & cargo and update your fuel values if required. Flight Ops will then calculate revised weights and centers of gravity for ZFW, TOW and LDW. Terms of Use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy : https://www.flight-office.com/flightops.pdf
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Flight Ops at Free against Air Distance's $4.99. Flight Ops also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 47%) and rating (4.3 vs 4.0). Air Distance's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16.6). On ads and device support 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
Flight Ops is free to download; Air Distance costs $4.99 up front. Flight Ops sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per year. Air Distance asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flight Ops holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flight Ops has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Air Distance's written reviews are positive against 77% of Flight Ops's.
Air Distance ships an update every 2 weeks, Flight Ops weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Air Distance | Flight Ops |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.3 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.9% of reviews | 76.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 274 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Labrum Co. | Hubert GIRAUD |
Customer experience
Air Distance
Flight Ops
In-app purchases
Air Distance
No in-app purchases
Flight Ops
- Pro$8.991 Year
- Flight Ops Pro$8.99
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