Terms of use
Skyward Nav (the app "Skyward"). Effective 5 November 2026; updated 7 November 2026 (navigating on the map).
These terms add to Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement, which governs your license to use the app. By using Skyward you agree to both.
Skyward is not certified and is not for navigation. It is not a certified navigation device, not an official weather briefing and not an air traffic control clearance. Its moving map shows your device's own GPS position for situational awareness only: GPS position, track, speed and altitude from a phone or tablet can be wrong, late or missing, and GPS altitude is not your altimeter. Navigate with your aircraft's instruments and certified equipment, and follow ATC. Before every flight, get an official briefing from Flight Service (1-800-WX-BRIEF or 1800wxbrief.com) and check current NOTAMs and charts.
The same goes for navigating on Skyward's map: direct-to, route editing, departures, arrivals and approaches loaded into a route, the nearest-airport list, cross-track distance and the recorded track are drawn from the FAA's data as Skyward holds it, for planning and situational awareness only. Procedures and altitude constraints are reference: fly the published chart and your clearance. A nearest airport is not a suitable landing site until you have checked it.
The pilot in command decides
The pilot in command is directly responsible for, and is the final authority on, the operation of the aircraft (14 CFR 91.3), and must become familiar with all available information about the flight (14 CFR 91.103). Skyward's flight states ("NO-GO", "Needs review"), the walkthrough's section checks, alerts and plain-English summaries are aids that apply your own personal minimums to the data available; they are not advice or a decision, and they can be wrong or late. Skyward never tells you a flight is safe to make: when it flags nothing, the decision is still yours.
Where the data comes from, and its limits
Skyward shows public data from the FAA, NOAA and the National Weather Service, and computes from it. That data can be incomplete, delayed, superseded or wrong, and our processing of it can be too. Model terrain is smoothed and real terrain is higher; forecasts are forecasts; traffic-management information is shown as the FAA published it. Charts and procedures carry their effective dates; never use one that is expired. NOTAMs are shown as Skyward received them from the FAA NOTAM Management Service; Skyward's copy is not an official FAA source, and it can miss a NOTAM or be late, so check NOTAMs with Flight Service before you fly. Skyward is not affiliated with or endorsed by the FAA, NOAA or the National Weather Service.
Subscriptions
Skyward is sold as an auto-renewing subscription through the App Store: Pilot or Pilot+, monthly or yearly, with a free trial for new subscribers where offered. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when a free trial ends. A subscription renews automatically at the same price and length unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; the renewal is charged within the 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in Settings → your name → Subscriptions on your device. Refunds are handled by Apple. If your subscription ends, your own data (logbook, aircraft, routes, saved data) stays readable and exportable in the app; live data, briefs, alerts, charts and plates are not available until you subscribe again.
Your account
An account (Sign in with Apple) is optional and adds alerts for watched flights. You can delete it at any time in the app. See the privacy policy for what it holds.
Fair use
Use Skyward for your own flying. Don't resell its data, scrape or overload its servers, or try to get around its subscription.
No warranty, and limits on liability
Skyward is provided "as is" and "as available". To the fullest extent the law allows, we disclaim all warranties, including accuracy, timeliness, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement, and we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, or for any loss arising from flight decisions or from data that was missing, late or wrong. Where liability can't be excluded, it is limited to what you paid for Skyward in the twelve months before the claim.
Changes
We may update these terms; the new version is posted here with its date. Using Skyward after a change means you accept it.