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Getting started
Set up KármánLogs and log your first flight.
Logging flights
Aircraft, times, landings, and approaches.
Log a flight in seconds
How KármánLogs fills in the tedious parts so a complete entry takes almost no time.
Add an aircraft by N-number
Enter a US tail number and the make, model, and class are pulled from the FAA registry.
How to log instrument approaches for currency
How to log instrument approaches in your pilot logbook and keep them tied to the runway you flew, so 14 CFR 61.57 instrument currency stays easy to track.
OOOI times power the automatic night, takeoff, and landing logging
Why entering your OOOI times is what lets KármánLogs calculate night, takeoffs, and landings for you.
Type code vs type rating vs make and model
Three different names for the same jet, and which one belongs in your logbook (with the FAA rule that decides it).
SIC field not showing when logging a flight
The SIC crew picker and time field only appear for aircraft marked Multi-Crew. How to turn it on for an aircraft.
How duty time works (and why it needs OOOI)
How KármánLogs builds your duty time from your OOOI times, why a flight needs its OUT and IN to count, and how to set the report and release minutes for your airline.
Sync & iCloud
Keep your logbook matched across devices.
Importing & switching
Bring your history from CSV or another app.
Subscriptions & billing
Plans, renewals, and cancellation.
Account & data
Your account, privacy, and where data lives.
Troubleshooting
When something is not working as expected.
Pilot guides
Logging rules, currency, and paperwork, explained.
How to log night flight time (FAA rules explained)
When night time starts, how to log it under 14 CFR 61.51, and why night currency uses a different clock.
Instrument currency explained (66 HIT, the 6-month rule)
What 14 CFR 61.57(c) actually requires to stay instrument current, what happens when you lapse, and when you need an IPC.
How to fill out FAA Form 8710-1
What the 8710-1 application asks for, how the aeronautical experience grid maps to your logbook, and the mistakes that delay checkrides.
Switching from a paper logbook to digital (is it legal, and how)
Electronic logbooks are fully legal under 14 CFR 61.51. The two ways to migrate your paper history, and how to protect the originals.
What counts as cross-country time (the 50 NM rule and its exceptions)
The 14 CFR 61.1(b) definitions of cross-country time, when the 50 NM rule applies, and which certificates use different distances.
Logging PIC time explained (sole manipulator vs acting PIC)
When 14 CFR 61.51(e) lets you log pilot-in-command time, why logging PIC and acting as PIC are different, and the classic scenarios.
Lost your pilot logbook? Here's what actually happens
Your certificate is safe, but your proof of experience is gone. How to reconstruct a lost logbook from FAA records, training files, and other sources.
How to prepare your logbook for an airline interview
What airline recruiters actually check in your logbook, the discrepancies that sink offers, and a preparation checklist that starts months out.
Free pilot logbook app for iPhone (what free actually gets you)
What free really means in pilot logbook apps, and how KármánLogs gives student pilots the full logbook free for their first 100 hours.
How to get an FAA Tracking Number (FTN)
Your FTN, the FAA Tracking Number, is the first thing you register for in IACRA before any certificate application or knowledge test. How to get and find yours.
Set up the Satcom Direct (Gogo) integration
Pull real OOOI times, block and flight time, and fuel burn from your aircraft's Satcom Direct (Gogo) datalink. Get your ADX credentials and connect each tail.
Questions, answered.
The things pilots ask before switching. Still curious? A real person replies within 24 hours.
That was the whole point. Night time calculates automatically, landings count themselves, and when you log an approach the actual runways at that airport appear, so you just pick the one you used.
In your own private iCloud account, encrypted by Apple. KármánLogs never keeps a copy on its own servers, and there is no account database to breach. You sign in with Apple, so there is no password to leak.
Your logbook restores in a tap. Everything syncs to your iCloud and to automatic encrypted backups, so a new device picks up exactly where you left off. You can also export your full logbook as a PDF at any time.
Yes. Import a CSV, Excel, or TSV export from any logbook app. Popular formats are recognized and import with full fidelity; unknown ones get AI column mapping you review. Your history comes with you.
Yes. Log flights, edit entries, and run every calculation offline. Everything syncs to iCloud automatically once you reconnect.
Free for your first 100 flight hours, which covers an entire FAA Private Pilot certificate (the US average is 60 to 75 hours), so most students finish training without paying. After that, one clear annual price by certificate level: Private $49.99, Commercial $69.99, ATP $99.99. Billed through your Apple ID with a visible renewal date, and you can cancel anytime.
Yes. KármánLogs is free for student pilots for their first 100 flight hours, the full logbook included. Because the FAA Private Pilot certificate takes about 60 to 75 hours on average, most students finish their entire training, checkride included, without paying. The free tier includes automatic night, takeoffs and landings, FAA N-number aircraft lookup, PIC and SIC tracking, PDF logbook and FAA 8710 export, document photo scan, and iCloud sync.
Both. The same logbook professional pilots use through ATP is free for your first 100 hours, which covers your entire Private Pilot certificate. You start on the tool you will keep for your whole career, not a stripped-down student version.
KármánLogs runs on both with a single experience, and a built-in iCloud Sync Health screen shows what is synced, when it last ran, and what did not. No silent failures.
Yes. A real human replies to every email within 24 hours. We are a small team, and all of us fly.
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