TruAirspeed
James Petty Utilities iPhoneiPadiPod touch
TruAirspeed is a free Utilities app for iPhone and iPad by James Petty. Rated 4.1/5 from 8 ratings. Requires iOS 15.6. Updated July 8, 2025.
- Rating
- 4.1
- 8 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 8 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Jul 8
- 2025 · v2.1
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About TruAirspeed
TruAirspeed is a True Airspeed Calculator for the iPhone and iPad. It's a bit different from other true airspeed calculators, in which the pressure altitude is an input. This requires resetting the altimeter to the standard sea level pressure of 29.92"Hg to read the pressure altitude. With TruAirspeed, you input the indicated altitude and the Kollsman window's pressure setting — the app then calculates the pressure altitude, density altitude, true airspeed and mach number for you. The calculations involved take full account of compressibility effects, but not shock waves, so it's limited to subsonic, non-transonic flight only. You have a choice of units for inputs and results, and you may choose either a calculator-style keypad (top row: 7-8-9) or a telephone-style keypad (top row: 1-2-3). You may also set a correction factor for your bird's airspeed indicator/pitot-static system, if you know it (mine is 0.95).
Ratings & reviews
4.1
8 ratings
What’s new
Version 2.1 · Updated July 8, 2025
Due to changes in the iPad coding environment, I've had to make some major "under the hood" changes to TruAirspeed. While its appearance on iPads has changed a bit, features and functionality are unaffected. Following a user's suggestion, I've also enlarged the main screen layout on iPads for better usability when flying. I've also updated the app for operation under iOS18 and iPadOS18, and for compatibility with all current iPhone and iPad models.
App privacy
The developer, James Petty, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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