Add missing ADSB-in Weather information

[Cobra]

I can't find an "official" FAA press release (maybe because it was 5(!!) years ago), but way back in 2018, the FAA added several products to the ADSB-in weather data that iFly (still!) doesn't support. Here are some contemporary pages that talk about the new additions:

The FAA Is Rolling Out 5 Major Weather Forecast Improvements In June

Here's are the new additions...

www.boldmethod.com

ADS-B: FIS-B gets new features

Harris Corporation, which operates the FAA’s Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) ground station network and uplinks Flight Information Services-Broadcast (FIS-B) weather and aeronautical information to pilots in the cockpit, is adding six new weather products that will be...

www.aopa.org

Here are a couple of stories (from years ago!) about how the new products were implemented in some of iFly's competition:

ForeFlight debuts new ADS-B weather products in version 10.4 - iPad Pilot News

Last month ForeFlight quietly released version 10.3, which primarily focused on improving speed, battery life, and overall app performance. This month's release, version 10.4, is all about new features, including the addition of several new ADS-B weather layers to the app.

ipadpilotnews.com

Garmin Adds New FIS-B Weather Products - FLYING Magazine

Pilots will soon be able to access new FIS-B weather products for the Garmin Pilot application on Apple devices as a part of the development of the ADS-B ground station network, Garmin announced in a press release. Garmin explained these new FIS-B weather products will give pilots the ability to...

www.flyingmag.com

The products mentioned there that I can't find in iFly are:

• Icing forecast
• Cloud tops
• Turbulence
• Graphical AIRMETs
• Center Weather Advisories

I think it's probably about time iFly added support for these products. Anyone else agree? Click the up-arrow to the right ---->
(Or below, if you're using a mobile device to browse the forum.)

 

[mstanton]

Cloud tops would be useful here along the coast since many times we have a marine layer to punch through.

 

[Hook]

Agree. iFly EFB should definitely match the competition (at least) in this area.

Ongoing, I think whatever comes along from the FAA in ADS-B improvements should get placed into new releases as soon as practical. EFB is our information portal when we're flying. Whatever realtime factual data it can provide it should.

 

[Cobra]

@Walter Boyd : Any status on this one?

 

[MDreger]

I upvoted this back when it was initially posted. I'd like to add that if it is at all possible, these ADSB features should be added to the legacy 7XX devices. After all, these devices were in use when ADSB was adopted, and the implication was (at least to me) that iFly would support ALL ADSB features.

 

[N2715D]

Cloud tops for sure. Others as possible.