Free web logbook · Every pilot, every rating
Stop paying to write down your own flights.
A complete digital pilot logbook — every column off the Jeppesen form, ForeFlight import, printable PDF, running totals. Free on the web. No tier, no trial, no card.
Takes about a minute · Import your history · Export it back out any time
| Date | Aircraft | From | To | Ldg | Night | Act inst | X-C | Dual | PIC | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07‑19 | N4172J | KPAO | KMRY | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 07‑14 | N738KL | KSQL | KSQL | 6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| 07‑09 | N4172J | KPAO | KSAC | 1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 07‑02Draft | N221AT | KHAF | KPAO | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | Recorded track, total not yet approved |
| 06‑28 | N512CD | KRHV | KFAT | 1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Total this page | 11 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 5.6 | 1.2 | 5.6 | 6.8 | |||
| Total to date | 486 | 41.2 | 18.7 | 212.4 | 96.3 | 289.5 | 391.6 | |||
Free, not freemium
Every web feature, for every pilot. Nothing is held back behind a plan.
Rounds like the paper
Hours land on the tenth every time — typed, imported, or captured in the air.
Months of trend
Pick from 14 totals. Each one carries a rolling year behind it.
It's the logbook you already know. It just adds itself up.
Nothing here asks you to learn a new way to log a flight. The columns are the columns.
The entry
Every column off the form, grouped the way you fill them.
Date and aircraft, route, out/off/on/in, conditions, type of piloting time, total. Type digits and the hours mask fills in from the right — 1, then 2, gives you 1.2. You can't accidentally log a bare whole number.
- Out/off/on/in carry their own dates, so a flight over midnight just works
- Single- and multi-engine split themselves from the aircraft you picked
- Half-finished entries save as drafts and stay out of your totals
- N4172JC172S · Single148 flights
- N738KLC152 · Single92 flights
- N221ATPA28 · Single36 flights
- N512CDBE58 · Multi21 flights
Coming from somewhere else
Bring the last ten years with you.
Drop in a ForeFlight export and it lands complete — aircraft matched by tail number, flights row by row, with a per-row receipt of what was created, what was skipped, and what needs a second look.
- Run the same file twice and nothing doubles up
- Flights you'd already typed in by hand are recognised and skipped
- Existing aircraft are matched, never overwritten
- Row 114 · N4172JCreated
- Row 115 · KPAO → KMRYAlready logged
- Row 116 · KSQL → KSQLCreated
- Row 117 · no total timeDraft
The numbers
The totals a checkride asks for, already added up.
Choose which of the fourteen totals sit at the top of your page. Each carries a rolling twelve months underneath it, so you can see whether the line is going up or you've just been busy at work.
- Filter by date, aircraft or route and every total re-adds to match
- Drafts never count until you approve them
On paper
Print it and it looks like a logbook, not a spreadsheet.
Export the whole thing as a PDF laid out on the classic Jeppesen grid — grouped column headers, total-this-page and total-to-date under every page, and a signature line to certify each one.
- Page totals reset per page; the running total carries through
- Hand it to an examiner, an insurer, or a filing cabinet
An aircraft registry
Tail number, type, engine. Each one gets its own colour so you can read the page at a glance.
Drafts you approve
Anything incomplete waits in a review queue, out of your totals, until you say it counts.
Currency tracking
90-day landings, IPC, flight review. On the roadmap, and it'll be free too.
Coming soon
Two ways to fill it in.
Both land in the same logbook, on the same page, in the same columns. One of them you do on the ground.
On the web · This page
You type it in.
Open the logbook, add the flight, save. Import your history, print the PDF, keep your totals. Everything on this page, for everyone.
Freeforever, no card
On iPhone & Apple Watch
It writes itself.
METAR Pilot notices the wheels come up, records the ground track, and has a draft waiting when you shut down — route, times, and total already filled. You read it and tap approve.
Subscriptionon metarpilot.com
Fair questions.
What’s the catch on "free"?
There isn't one on the web logbook — entry, aircraft, totals, import and PDF export are free for every pilot, and stay that way. We make money from the subscription on the iPhone and Apple Watch app, which records your flights automatically. If you never want that, you never pay us anything.
Can I get my logbook back out?
Yes. Export the whole thing to a Jeppesen-style PDF whenever you like, with page and running totals and a signature line on every page. It's your record — we'd rather you never felt locked in.
Does this replace my paper logbook?
That's between you and your DPE. The format matches the paper form column for column and prints to certify, which is why we built it this way — but keep logging on paper alongside it for as long as you want to.
I'm coming from ForeFlight. Will I end up with everything twice?
No. Aircraft are matched on tail number, and a flight is recognised as one you already have when the date, aircraft, route and total time line up — including flights you typed in by hand before you ever imported anything. Re-run the same file as often as you like.
Do I need the mobile app to use this?
No. The web logbook is complete on its own. The mobile app adds automatic capture and the GPS ground track on flights it recorded — those arrive here as drafts for you to approve.
Your next flight is going to need a row.
Set up your logbook now, import what you've already flown, and have it waiting when you land.
Free forever · No credit card · Export any time