ForeFlight shipped version 18.2 this month. For fleet operators and business aviation users, it’s one of the more operationally useful point releases in recent memory — three new capabilities headline the update, and all three land simultaneously on iOS, Android, and ForeFlight Web: per-aircraft ownship markers, electronically signed and PIN-locked weight and balance summaries, and mobile fuel releases with live JetFuelX contract price comparison.
Per-Aircraft Ownship Markers — Finally
Managing multiple aircraft in a single ForeFlight account has always meant living with one global ownship marker shared across every tail. Version 18.2 ends that. You can now assign a unique icon and color to each aircraft individually via More > Aircraft > Ownship Marker, pulling from dozens of current and historic aircraft models. Switch aircraft in the FPL Editor and ForeFlight automatically swaps to that aircraft’s assigned marker on Maps.
The legacy global setting in More > Settings still functions — but only when the selected aircraft doesn’t carry a custom marker of its own. It’s a clean implementation. Users who don’t need per-aircraft customization won’t notice a thing; those managing diverse fleets get a genuinely useful differentiation tool. Available on all plans, no upsell required.
E-Sign Weight and Balance — Gated, But Well Executed
The headline compliance addition in 18.2 is electronic signature and PIN locking for weight and balance load summaries. Setup happens once: navigate to More > Account > Pilot Signature & PIN, enter your signature and a 6-digit PIN, and you’re done. After that, calculating W&B for a flight and tapping the signature button in the top-right of the W&B view triggers a PIN prompt — enter it, and the summary locks. Your signature populates the W&B Summary document automatically, and the view is protected from further edits until you enter your PIN again to unlock it for last-minute changes.
ForeFlight frames this as enabling “fast and effortless compliance.” For Part 135 and charter operations that need an auditable, tamper-evident load manifest, the PIN-lock mechanism addresses a real gap in mobile workflow. The catch: this feature requires the Active Navlog add-on on a Business Performance plan. Individual subscribers — even those on Premium — don’t get it. That’s a meaningful limitation for owner-operators who handle their own W&B and want the same clean paper trail.
Mobile Fuel Releases — JetFuelX Comes to the Flights View
The third feature is arguably the most operationally significant for turbine operators. ForeFlight has deepened its JetFuelX integration so that contract fuel price comparison and release requests now live directly inside the mobile Flights view — no browser tab switching, no separate app.
The flow works like this. After planning a flight, tap Fuel Release at the bottom of the Flights view, then select your fueling airport, date, fuel type, and estimated quantity. Tap Fuel Provider and you get a ranked list of available FBOs with retail and contract prices side by side — ForeFlight automatically surfaces the cheapest option at the top. Confirm your details, add any comments, tap Request Fuel Release, and the system fires an email to the vendor and yourself.
Contract prices sync across all devices signed into your account. Card health indicators on the Fuel Card page flag stale pricing or connectivity issues before they become a problem at the FBO — a small detail that matters when you’re on the ground with a hot turnaround. Two caveats worth knowing: setup must be completed on ForeFlight Web first, and JetFuelX is Jet-A only, meaning 100LL operators get nothing here. The feature requires an Essential plan or above for individuals, or any Business account.
What to Know Before You Update
No hardware changes, part numbers, or FAA approvals are involved. This is a standard over-the-air software update distributed through the App Store and Google Play — update now if you’re current on iOS or Android. ForeFlight Web users will see the changes reflected automatically.
Fleet managers evaluating the E-Sign W&B feature should confirm account tier before briefing crews. The Business Performance plan requirement means this isn’t a free unlock on existing subscriptions. ForeFlight hasn’t announced a 18.3 roadmap publicly, but the pattern across recent releases — Transcribed ATIS and Alternate Airports on Maps in 18.1, compliance tooling and fuel logistics in 18.2 — points to a platform pushing hard into the flight department workflow space. No comparable native fuel-release comparison tool has been identified in Garmin Pilot or FltPlan Go at the time of writing.
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