ALTITUDE GATES PLANNERCH / VFR

TOC · TOD · climb & descent profile — training tool

1 · Route on map

Tap the map to place points in the selected mode. Drag any marker to fine-tune. Or pick airfields from the lists below.

2 · Route & elevations

ft AMSL
ft AMSL
ft AMSL
ft AMSL

The altitude (AMSL) you want to reach over the destination — typically circuit / pattern altitude. Picking an airfield from the list pre-fills elevation + 1000 ft.

  1. No waypoints yet — switch the map to “Add waypoint” and tap along your route.

3 · Performance

ft/min
kt

Use a conservative average climb rate from your POH — rate of climb drops with altitude.

kt
kt
° T
kt

ft/min

Rule of thumb: a 3° path needs roughly GS × 5 ft/min and ≈3 NM per 1000 ft to lose.

4 · Altitude gates & profile

Top of Climb · TOC
enter a route to calculate
Top of Descent · TOD
enter a route to calculate
Gate / pointDist (NM)To go (NM)TC (°)GS (kt)Gate alt (ft)ETEPhase
Set a departure and destination to see your gates.