Help & support

No. There is no Crosswind account or server. Your logbook is stored on your device and synced through your private iCloud (Settings › Data shows the sync status). Use the same Apple Account on your iPhone and iPad.

No. Settings › Logbook › Paper logbook totals takes your totals per column (total, PIC, night, instrument…) as one “brought forward” entry. Totals and currency count it; new flights are added on top.

ForeFlight

1. Sign in at plan.foreflight.com on a computer and open Logbook.
2. Choose Export and pick CSV. The file starts with “ForeFlight Logbook Import”.
3. Save it to Files or iCloud Drive, or AirDrop it to your iPhone or iPad.

LogTen

1. In LogTen, open Export › Exporter Reports.
2. Choose “Export Flights (Tab)”: a tab-delimited .txt file with every field.
3. Set times to UTC if LogTen asks, then save the file to Files.

MyFlightbook

1. Sign in at myflightbook.com and open Logbook › Download.
2. Download your flights as CSV (times in UTC).
3. Save the file to Files or iCloud Drive.

Logbook Pro

1. In Logbook Pro desktop, choose File › Export to CSV.
2. Include every column you use. Columns are configurable, so you may be asked to confirm the column mapping.
3. Copy the .csv to Files or iCloud Drive.

Safelog

1. In Safelog web, open Other Tools › Data Import & Export.
2. Export to CSV with a text qualifier (") and times in UTC.
3. Keep the totals line if there is one: Crosswind uses it to check the import.

CrewLounge PILOTLOG / mccPILOTLOG

1. Open the Export menu and choose CSV.
2. The header row starts with PILOTLOG_ or mcc_ fields. Times are read as UTC.
3. Save the file to Files or iCloud Drive.

Garmin Pilot / flyGarmin

1. Sign in at flyGarmin.com and open Logbook, or use Garmin Pilot's logbook export.
2. Export as CSV (header starts with Date, Aircraft ID, Aircraft Type).
3. Garmin does not separate full-stop landings: Crosswind asks how to count them.

Any spreadsheet (Excel, Numbers, Google Sheets)

1. Export as CSV, one flight per row with a header row (Date, Aircraft, From, To, Total…).
2. Match each column to a logbook field; the mapping can be saved for next time.

Crew roster or calendar (.ics)

1. Share or email your roster as an .ics file.
2. Events with a route such as “KJFK-KBOS” or “DL123 ATL-MCO” become planned flights; you confirm the actual times when you log each one.

Check the time format (decimal vs hours:minutes), the date order (US vs European) and whether the export was in UTC. The report lists the flights that differ. Brought-forward totals from a paper logbook are a separate entry.

• FAA (free): 61.57(a) day and 61.57(b) night passenger currency by category, class and type/tailwheel; medical validity by class and your age (61.23) and BasicMed.
• FAA (Pro): 61.57(c) instrument currency (6 approaches, holding, intercepting and tracking in 6 months) with the 6-month grace period, then “IPC required”; 61.56 flight review (a checkride counts); 61.197 CFI recency; 61.57(e)(4) night alternative for turbine multi-pilot crews; student solo endorsement validity.
• EASA / UK Part-FCL: FCL.060 passenger currency (3 take-offs and landings in 90 days) and night recency, and medicals (free); class and type rating expiry dates you enter (Pro).
• Your own rules (Pro): “N events in M days”, e.g. a club's 3 landings in 60 days.

Tap the currency card: Crosswind lists every flight it counted and why others were left out (e.g. night landings that were not full stop, approaches without an airport, a different category or class). Night landings for 61.57(b) use the period from 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise; logged night time uses civil twilight.

Crosswind helps you track currency, but the pilot in command remains responsible for meeting 14 CFR / Part-FCL requirements. Always check the regulations and your own records. If you think a rule is computed wrongly, email us the card and the flights involved.

Turn on reminders from the Currency tab or Settings › Currency reminders (default 30, 7 and 1 days before). Add the Crosswind widget to the Home Screen or Lock Screen to see the currency that expires first.

Totals tab › Reports › Form 8710-1 / IACRA times (Pro). Each cell of the Record of Pilot Time is computed from your logbook; tap a cell to see the flights behind it, touch and hold to copy it. You can limit it to a date range and share it as CSV or PDF. Always compare with the current form layout before submitting.

Totals tab › Reports (Pro): progress toward private (61.109), instrument (61.65), commercial (61.129), ATP (61.159) and R-ATP (61.160) with the hours still missing; and job application totals (PIC, SIC, turbine, multi-engine, last 12/24/36 months, by type).

Settings › Reports & PDF. The full logbook PDF (Pro) uses an FAA paper-logbook layout (61.51) or the EASA AMC1 FCL.050 layout, Letter or A4, with page totals, amounts forwarded, signature images and an endorsements appendix. The one-page summary PDF and the CSV export (ForeFlight template) are free.

Settings › Endorsements › + to pick one of 32 AC 61-65K templates, fill it in, then “Instructor: sign now”. The instructor enters name, certificate number and certificate expiration or recency date and signs with a finger or Apple Pencil on your device. For a dual flight, open the flight › Instructor signature. EASA PICUS/SPIC flights get a countersignature.

A signature seals the exact text of the entry. If the flight or endorsement is edited afterwards, the signature is marked void and the instructor has to sign again. Endorsements signed on paper can be kept as a scan or photo (“Attach a scan or photo”).

Settings › Auto-log › Start flight, before engine start, and allow location. The GPS records taxi (Out), takeoff (Off), landings including touch-and-go (On) and parking (In), the airports and night time. Then “End flight and review” (or wait for In) and save the prefilled flight. Nothing is added to your logbook until you save it.

• Pick your aircraft in Settings › Auto-log so the takeoff speed fits (automatic: 50 kt piston, 65 kt turboprop, 80 kt jet).
• For taxi-back pattern work with long holds, raise “In after stopped”.
• GPS works in airplane mode. Automatic detection wakes up using cell and Wi-Fi, so in airplane mode tap Start flight instead.
• Automatic detection needs Location “Always”; without it, open Crosswind at the airport or tap Start flight.
• Battery saver lowers GPS accuracy in cruise only; taxi, takeoff and landing always use full accuracy.
• Helicopters and gliders: tap Out/Off/On/In by hand.

Install Crosswind on your Watch from the Watch app on your iPhone. On the Watch, “Start iPhone GPS” starts the recorder on the phone, and the Out / Off / On / In buttons stamp the times. If the phone is out of reach, the Watch keeps the times and sends them when it is back. Review the flight on the iPhone.

Settings › Auto-log › Import GPX or KML track (ForeFlight track logs, Garmin Pilot, Stratux, CloudAhoy). Crosswind works out Out/Off/On/In, airports, landings and night the same way as a live recording.

Every Pro feature is free while your logbook's total time is under 100 hours; Crosswind warns you 10 hours before. After that, logging, iCloud sync, every import, CSV/JSON export, the PDF summary, passenger currency, medical, totals and backup/restore stay free forever, and your data never becomes read-only. Pro adds the rest: Pro Annual $49.99/year (14-day free trial for new subscribers), Pro Monthly $6.99/month or Pro Lifetime $149.99 once (US prices).

Settings › Crosswind Pro › Restore Purchases (same Apple Account). Manage or cancel in iOS Settings › your name › Subscriptions, or Settings › Crosswind Pro › Manage subscription. If a subscription ends, your flights, exports and signed entries stay; Pro features turn off.

Settings › Backup & restore: Back up now writes a JSON file to iCloud Drive › FlightLedger (the newest are kept); weekly automatic backup is Pro. Restore shows what is in the file first; Merge adds only what is missing.

Settings › Recently deleted keeps deleted flights for 90 days. Every flight also has an edit history.

Check Settings › Data for the sync status, that iCloud is signed in with the same Apple Account on each device, and that iCloud Drive / Crosswind are allowed in iOS Settings › your name › iCloud. Sync can take a few minutes after a large import.

No account, no tracking, no analytics. Location is used only on your device to record flights. See the privacy policy.