Navigraph has released what it’s calling the Approach Bundle, a set of three visual tools for Navigraph Charts that focus on the phase of flight where situational awareness matters most: the arrival and approach.
When Navigraph showed these off at FSWeekend 2026, the presentation was characteristically low-key. No dramatic reveals, just a live demo on an iPad and a straight walkthrough of what each tool does. Now that they’re shipping, it’s worth going through each one properly.
If you want the full FSWeekend context, we covered that presentation in detail here.
Approach feathers
The first tool is Approach Feathers. When you have an ILS or instrument approach selected as part of your route string, a visual “feather” overlay appears on the chart, pointing toward the runway and displaying the identifier, Morse code, inbound course, and frequency alongside it. It’s a simple overlay, but during a busy vectoring sequence in low visibility, having that visual reference on your chart without hunting through approach plates is genuinely useful.
One thing worth noting: the feather only appears when the runway is included in your route string. Navigraph’s own blog post walks through the exact syntax to make that work, so it’s worth reading if you plan to use it.
Extended runway centerlines
The second tool projects the extended centerline of a runway beyond the threshold, directly onto the chart map view. Navigraph says this is particularly useful for visual approaches where terrain, coastlines, or offset runway geometry can make alignment harder to judge. The idea is that you can intercept and track that extended line on the chart while you’re still several miles out, rather than waiting until the runway environment is in sight.
Measurement tool
The Measurement Tool is probably the most universally useful of the three, and it was one of the most requested features from the community. At FSWeekend, Navigraph demonstrated it by measuring the taxi distance from an apron at Amsterdam Schiphol to holding point Victor 4 for runway 36L, which came out at just under two and a half nautical miles. But its real value is in-flight, where you can quickly measure direct routing options, check spacing to a fix, or estimate how far an alternate really is when ATC hands you something unexpected.
The tool supports multiple nodes, so you can chain legs together rather than measuring point-to-point only.
SayIntentions ATIS integration
Alongside the three headline tools, Navigraph has also added SayIntentions as an ATIS provider within Charts. Users can now access ATIS information directly when selecting departure or arrival runways, with the preferred source configurable in Settings.
Availability and cost
All three tools in the Approach Bundle, along with the SayIntentions ATIS integration, are available now across desktop, tablet, and mobile versions of Navigraph Charts. Access to the full Charts feature set requires a Navigraph subscription, currently priced at €11.13 per month or €100.42 annually. There is no additional charge for the Approach Bundle on top of an existing subscription.
This has been a fairly active stretch for Navigraph. Between the Scratchpads feature released earlier this month, the FSWeekend presentation, and now this, the team has been shipping at a steady pace in early 2026. For simmers who fly with Charts open on a tablet or second screen, the Approach Bundle adds some genuinely practical tools to the arrival workflow without changing anything about how the app already works.
