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How it works
The NuvolOps - ForeFlight Dispatch integration is a 2-way integration where NuvolOps creates all confirmed flight legs in ForeFlight, updates them, and retrieves the flight time correction and Flight Plan once available.
What The information that is sent and retrieved will depend on the customisation set at the Operator level.
Some of this integration will be able to be The configuration can be overridden by the aircraft, to allow for dispatch centers working with different operatorsoperators with aircraft dispatched by multiple centres.
Data
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Sent from NuvolOps to ForeFlight Dispatch
When the ForeFlight Dispatch integration is enabled, NuvolOps will instantly create all confirmed flight legs in ForeFlight and update them after any changeschange.
The following data is sent to ForeFlight Dispatch:
NuvolOps trip ID and Flight Leg number (as tags)
Aircraft registration
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Departure and arrival airports
Departure date and time
Crew members
PAX and pets
If we have gender and date of birth information in the system, they will be sent to the correct category, otherwise they will be sent as adults.
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Custom weights can also be sent to ForeFlight
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, using the units defined in ForeFlight.
In NuvolOps, there’s a new Dispatch Check that will be set to review “Review” every time data is automatically updated in ForeFlight:
Data
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Retrieved from ForeFlight Dispatch to NuvolOps
We retrieve data from ForeFlight and update it in NuvolOps every 5 15 minutes:
Once a route has been selected in ForeFlight, the Flight Time will get updated corrected in NuvolOps
Once the flight plan has been filed, we retrieve it and save it as the ATC Flight Plan, which then becomes available in the Flight Board, the Crew Brief and the Crew App.
ForeFlight Data
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in the Flight Leg Record
The following information will be available on the Flight Leg:
Link to ForeFlight Dispatch
Date and time of last time data was sent to ForeFlight
Information about if we’re sending updates for Flight Leg details, PAX and Crew.
Modifying these, will only affect that particular Flight Leg
Customisation Options
For the Operator
Parameter Name | Type | Description |
ForeFlight Integration Enabled | boolean | Enables/disables integration |
ForeFlight Automatic Update | picklist |
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ForeFlight Automatic FT Corr Update | picklist |
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ForeFlight Send Crew | boolean | Disables sending crew info when set to false |
ForeFlight Send PAX | boolean | Disables sending PAX info when set to false |
ForeFlight Treat OBS and FE as PAX | boolean | When set to true sends OBS and FE as PAX, when set to false sends them as crew |
ForeFlight Infant Age Threshold | integer | PAX age less than this value will be treated as ‘Infant' in ForeFlight |
ForeFlight Child Age Threshold | integer | PAX age between the Infant threshold and this value will be treated as ‘Child' in ForeFlight |
Optional fields
Parameter Name | Type | Description |
Adolescent Age Threshold | integer | PAX age between the Child threshold and this value will be considered Adolescent and their default weight will be sent to in ForeFlight |
Adult, Male, Female, Adolescents, Child and Infant Weights | integer | Available for each PAX age and gender. Will override the default weights configured in ForeFlight. The units will be the same as the ones used in ForeFlight (kg or lb) |
For the Aircraft
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Field Name | Type | Description |
ForeFlight Integration Enabled | checkbox | Enables/disables integration for this aircraft |
ForeFlight Operations Center Override | checkbox |
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How to Activate It
Contact Support by Chatter or through support@nuvolops.com
Provide the ForeFlight API Key
To get the API Key, go to Tools > API Console > Generate API Key > Copy
Keep in mind that the API Key :
API Keys can only be generated by Admin profiles
API Keys will only be shown once
Aircraft pertaining a sub-account, will need their own API Key
Provide desired behaviour (as outlined in the https://nuvolar.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NuvolOpsWiki/pages/edit-v2/4156194817#For-the-Operator section above)
What to
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Do with New Aircraft
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ForeFlight aircraft checkboxis added to the fleet, the checkbox “ForeFlight Integration Enabled” should be checked.
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Deactivate It
Deactivating the integration for the operator completely, can be done by setting the Account Parameter “Integration Enabled” in the operator → to False.
ForeFlight aircraft checkboxTo deactivate it for one aircraft only, the “ForeFlight Integration Enabled” checkbox should be unchecked.
If you need assistance to change Account Parameters, please contact @NuvolOps Support via Chatter or at support@nuvolops.com