The detail panels
Below the narrative sit the panels the analysis was built from. The narrative is the conclusion; the panels are the evidence, and they are worth a look whenever a finding surprises you.
Weather along the track
Observations and forecasts sampled at your departure, your waypoints and your destination, each with its own age. A cloud profile shows the layers you will fly through along the route, and a convection panel appears when thunderstorm activity is in the picture.
Winds aloft and altitude
Winds and temperatures at your planned cruise band, freezing level, and the density-altitude picture at departure and arrival — with the performance consequence rather than just the number.
Terrain and obstacles
Ground elevation along the corridor and the obstacles near it, against your planned altitude. On low-level and operating-area profiles this is the panel that does most of the work.
The Obstacles and wires box includes a satellite map of your route with each listed obstruction as a coloured square — yellow under 500 ft, orange 500–999 ft, red 1,000 ft and up, purple for a wire or power-line crossing. Up to 25 are shown, chosen as the tallest, those near your planned altitude, wires and unlit structures. Zoom in and hover a square for details. The map also appears on shared links and in print.
Airspace and TFRs
A diagram of the airspace along the route: classes, shelves, special-use areas and any temporary flight restriction intersecting your window.
NOTAMs
Notices matched to your route and your flight window, with runway, approach and airport closures called out. Anything served from a saved copy is labelled Cached with its age.
The supporting evidence panels summarize the obstacle scan, controlled and special-use airspace, TFR findings, runway and crosswind figures, winds aloft, fuel reserve, terrain clearance and hazardous-weather products. Completed means the check ran; it does not mean the result was automatically favourable.
Approach plates
The published instrument approaches available at your destination and alternates, viewable in the report. Reference only — fly the current official chart.
Sun, moon and circadian
Sunrise, sunset, civil twilight and moon phase and illumination for your times, plus a circadian note when the flight falls in a low-alertness window. Night is not just a checkbox; a dark, moonless arrival is a different flight from one under a full moon.
The experience panel uses only the pilot history recorded in Log Scan Pro. A guest report, or a report without pilot background data, marks that part not assessable rather than inventing a readiness judgment.
Proficiency demands and airmanship notes
What this flight will actually demand of you — crosswind handling, instrument scan, mountain technique — and short airmanship notes tied to the specific findings.
Coverage
How complete the data behind this report was. A report assembled from partial data says so, and coverage is also what triggers the discounted price on a thin report.
Each applicable check is labelled Evaluated, Partial, Not available, or Not applicable, followed by a plain-language explanation. This is the quickest place to confirm exactly what entered the analysis and what did not.
Glossary
Terms used in the report, expanded in place. The glossary concentrates on specialty and less common terms (soaring, ballooning, water operations); everyday terms such as METAR, TAF and NOTAM are no longer listed. Uncommon acronyms are also spelled out the first time they appear.
Route Terrain Profile
On routes with meaningful terrain, a side view shows the highest ground within 10 NM of your track from departure to arrival, with each stop and waypoint marked by name and distance. Your planned altitude is drawn as a line, with a dashed clearance line 1,000 ft below it (2,000 ft on mountain routes). Red shading marks anywhere the ground comes inside that buffer, and the tallest charted obstacle on each leg appears with its height. A one-line summary sits on top, for example "Planned 11,250 ft MSL clears the highest ground (6,739 ft near NM 69) by 4,511 ft." Low-level flights show terrain only. It prints with the report and does not replace sectional MEFs or published minimum altitudes.
Remote Landing Zones (helicopters)
When a helicopter flight departs or lands at a remote site, this panel lists each site's coordinates and elevation, the reporting airport used for its weather and how far away it is, charted obstructions within 1 NM, and site-reconnaissance reminders.
Which notices make the report
Notices that affect safety or legality — runways, obstacles, cranes and towers, approach lights, navaids, airspace, drones, parachuting, fuel and weather or radio outages — are always analyzed. Ground-handling housekeeping (a taxiway light out, an apron closed, mowing, painting, routine bird notices) is kept out of the narrative and hazard bars so it doesn't bury what matters. Nothing is hidden: every notice still appears in the full notices list. The report describes nearby obstacles in plain English — the tallest and the ones closest to your climb-out or approach, with runway, distance and height — rather than pasting raw notice text. If an approach's minimums have been changed by a notice, the report names the approach and the new minimums.
Sea State & Over-Water
Shows up automatically when your route goes out over open sea or lands on an offshore platform. It brings in readings from nearby NOAA buoys (each with its age), the ocean wave forecast, and water temperature. From those it adds an immersion and survival check, the risk of sea fog, and your point of no return and equal time point. Log Scan Pro works out the point of no return and equal time point from your groundspeed and fuel. Live deck motion on floating rigs isn't public, so the report asks you to confirm it with the installation.
Special-flight sections
These sections appear only when your flight calls for them. You don't need to tick anything:
- High-Altitude Airports: density altitude at departure and arrival, an estimated takeoff and climb penalty, and the oxygen rules.
- Mountain & Backcountry: highest ground on the route, mountain-wave warnings, advice for passes and canyons, and short or unpaved strips.
- Remote / Sparse Weather: how far you'll be from the nearest weather station, the altimeter correction in cold weather, and the survival gear Alaska requires.
- International & ADIZ: reminders for the ADIZ, eAPIS, customs and documents when you leave the U.S.
- Low-Level Work & Patrol: for pipeline, powerline and ag flights. It warns that most wires aren't charted and lists the low-altitude rules. Helicopters also get height-velocity and loiter-fuel reminders.
- EMS Scene Landing: the air-ambulance weather minimums (14 CFR 135.609), compared with the latest weather report.
Performance figures are estimates. Always use your POH or flight manual. A line at the end lists which special sections were checked.
Departure-area obstacle map
Helicopter and low-level reports show a close-up map of the departure area (3 and 5 NM rings) with obstacles 100 ft AGL and taller and any obstacle-light outages, with a one-line summary. It sits above the route map.
Log Scan Pro User Guide — The detail panels