Built for uAvionix Corporation
SurfaceOps by uAvionix
A free situational-awareness tool for airport surface operations — pilots, students, ramp staff, plane spotters, and the general public — with optional licensed features for professional ground-operations teams.
Free at any US airport: diagrams, GPS, weather, skyAlert ADS-B traffic, and runway-incursion alerts. Licensed airports add the uAvionix FlightLine network feed.
Free for everyone, at every US airport
No accounts, no in-app purchases. Just the tools you need to know what's going on around you on the ramp.
Airport diagrams
Runways, taxiways, aprons, and hotspots for every US airport.
GPS ownship
See your position on the airport surface, in real time.
Weather
METAR, TAF, and D-ATIS at your fingertips.
skyAlert ADS-B traffic
Live traffic when paired with a uAvionix skyAlert receiver.
Runway-incursion alerts
CHECK RUNWAY, TRAFFIC RUNWAY, CHECK FINAL, TRAFFIC FINAL — with visual highlighting of the runway under alert.
Works offline
Once an airport diagram is cached, the map keeps working without a connection. Weather requires internet.
For participating airports
FlightLine network traffic, no per-vehicle hardware
Airports that contract with uAvionix for the professional toolset can issue a one-time activation code to their authorized vehicle operators. The code unlocks the FlightLine ADS-B network traffic feed from the airport's ground-based receivers — no transponder per vehicle required.
No in-app purchase. Licensed airports pay uAvionix directly; operators never pay anything inside the app.
Privacy
SurfaceOps collects only what's needed to operate: the activation code, a per-device licensing identifier, and — with your permission — GPS location to display your position on the airport map.
Location data stays on the device. We don't transmit it to our servers. No analytics, no advertising SDKs, no tracking.
What SurfaceOps is not
- •Not a certified safety system.
- •Not a substitute for ATC instructions or established ground-movement procedures.
- •Not a primary means of collision avoidance — visual scanning and radio communication remain primary.
Free. No account. No tracking.
Available on iPhone and iPad. Published by CAVU Consulting LLC on behalf of uAvionix Corporation.