Kip by Rothentic
Help & settings
Tap any label on the main screen (Stn, Alt, PA, Fly?, Wind, and so on) for a plain-English explanation. This page is only for the color legend and resetting thresholds.
Color legend
Thresholds
To change a threshold, tap its column header in the hourly table (Fly?, Wind, Rain, Part 107, Part 91). Each one has its own Reset button there. This button puts every threshold back to its default.
Display & install
Theme cycles dark β light β system. Install adds Kip by Rothentic to your home screen when the browser allows it (on iPhone use Share β Add to Home Screen).
Saved terrain
Terrain is cached on this device.
Data sources
Forecast & terrain: Open-Meteo. Radar: NWS / Iowa State. Kp: NOAA SWPC. Observations: AviationWeather, NWS. Check airspace and your own limits before flying.
About
UTC β local
Pick a date and time in local or UTC (24-hour / military). The other side updates automatically. METAR/TAF times are always UTC.
This records the mission basis only. Enter and operate within the exact altitude and conditions authorized by your COA or waiver.
No saved projects yet. Set a pin or draw an area and it saves automatically.
How the map works
- Map β search, pin, area and tools are all right here. β° opens Ground & LOS and π opens NOTAM coordinates as small panels you can keep open while you work.
- Layers control (top-right stack icon) β toggle radar, controlled airspace (BβE), UAS ceilings, special use, obstacles (project + 1 mi), and wildfire (NIFC).
- Airspace β map overlays use your Flight AGL in Settings (solid = applies at that height, faint = above it). β° Ground & LOS and βΉ Select show a vertical stack from the ground up so you see Class G under Class E floors, etc.
- βΉ Select β tap any point for the vertical airspace stack, UAS ceiling, special use, obstacles, and ground elevation. (Press-and-hold / right-click still works.)
- Icon names β press and hold any icon (or hover with a mouse) to see what it does.
- Search β tap the box to see recent locations, or type a place, ZIP, or lat/lon and press π. β goes to you, βΆ zooms to the project. Only moves the view; tap π, then the map, to set the LRZ.
- π β then tap the map to place the LRZ. Weather and elevation use this point.
- Project name (top) β tap it to edit the name, πΎ save, οΌ new, switch projects, or tick several to β select / β§ copy / π delete (βΆ undo if you slip).
- ⬑ Area β project / NOTAM outline. Drag points; Undo / Clear to fix.
- π Line β elevation profile.
- βΆ (search row) β zoom to the area, or the LRZ if no area yet.
- β° Ground & LOS β Terrain (~2 mi buffer), area high/low, profile, and viewshed in one panel.
- π NOTAM β coordinates in your chosen format, with copy, KML and GeoJSON.
- Auto-save β once named, edits save automatically. Unnamed jobs get a fun codename.
- KML / GeoJSON β export pin + area only.
β° Ground & LOS
π NOTAM coordinates
Set location
Search, projects, and drawing tools are on the shared Map & location screen.
Weather station
Choose the station that supplies METAR weather and the reported altimeter. Change altimeter separately if you need your own setting.
Altimeter
By default this uses the selected stationβs reported altimeter. Override only if you are setting a different value in the aircraft or controller.
Weather stays from the station; pressure and density altitude use your value.
Digital Flight Bag
Documents are stored locally on this device in this browser. They are not uploaded or synced. Clearing browser data may remove them.
No documents saved yet.
Document
Current weather
| Hour | Fly? | Wind mph ~33 / ~260 ft |
Dir | Gust mph |
Cloud | Rain | Vis Ceil* |
Part 107 |
Part 91 |
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