My First LAANC Experience

[dvarapala]

So I'm currently visiting relatives in Louisville, KY for Thanksgiving. They live in a beautifully wooded area so I brought my MPP with me. They are just barely within the Class D airspace around Bowman Field, so for the first time ever I signed up to get a LAANC authorization. I first checked B4UFLY and verified the area requires authorization and has a maximum AGL of 100'. I then installed the KittyHawk app, signed up for an account, and proceeded to request a LAANC authorization. At that point I was stopped dead in my tracks because, according to the KittyHawk database, the maximum AGL in this area is 10', not the 100' reported by B4UFLY. Now I heard somewhere that KittyHawk had taken over the B4UFLY app, so you'd assume that both would be using the same database, but clearly that is not the case.

So I bailed on KittyHawk and installed AirMap, whichshowed the correct 100' AGL and submitted my request with no problems. The FAA approved it within about 5 seconds and I was cleared for takeoff.

AirMap 1, KittyHawk 0.

 

[StantonZ]

I was "on the fence" between Kittyhawk and AirMap, but based on your post, I'm going to create an account on AirMap. Thanks!

 

[davefabik]

It looks to me that Kitty Hawk might've limited you to 10 ft AGL is because the visibility was 10 ft, (or am I misreading the display?)

 

[jacquespa]

It looks to me that Kitty Hawk might've limited you to 10 ft AGL is because the visibility was 10 ft, (or am I misreading the display?)

I'm guessing that is 10 miles.

 

[Droning on and on...]

When I tried Kittyhawk, it wouldn't even let you open the app to look around without creating an account. I don't like software that requires an account just to try it so Airmap is my LAANC app.

 

[DanMan32]

So Kittyhawk doesn't show the grid?

 

[Vader Zoom 01]

I had downloaded Kittyhawk but never used it. I do use Airmaps and had to get permission to fly when I was in Waycross Ga. and had no issues getting permission to fly.

 

[Captain Zipper]

Airmap always works me me with LAANC, Kittyhawk is very or miss or miss.

 

[dvarapala]

It looks to me that Kitty Hawk might've limited you to 10 ft AGL is because the visibility was 10 ft, (or am I misreading the display?)

It's off-screen in that screen shot but it actually said 10 miles of visibility.