Flight Circle and Taxiway Bravo, compared honestly
Flight Circle is a mature, web-based scheduler for US flying clubs and small schools, at $10 per aircraft per month with unlimited users.[1] It covers scheduling, dispatch and check-in, billing and point of sale, QuickBooks sync and maintenance reminders.[1] Its weight and balance step is a dispatch affirmation the pilot confirms; its own documentation's example reads “Weight & Balance, TFRs, Weather, & NOTAMS verified.”[2] Taxiway Bravo computes the weight and balance for the load you booked, from that tail's handbook and weighing, and refuses the booking with a reason when it is out of limits. Flight Circle has more years of club use and several features we do not have yet, listed below.
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Side by side
- Weight and balance
- Flight CircleA dispatch affirmation whose text the administrator sets, for example “Weight & Balance, TFRs, Weather, & NOTAMS verified.”[2]
- Taxiway BravoComputed for the booked load from this tail's own weighing and its handbook's envelope. Out of limits, or missing data: refused, with the reason and the fix. A missing weighing is never a pass.
- Handbook and performance
- Flight CircleWe found no digitized handbook, takeoff or landing calculator on its homepage or the documentation we read.[1]
- Taxiway BravoEach tail's handbook digitized: checklists, limitations, weight and balance and performance. Where the handbook is verified, takeoff and landing distance are computed for the departure's weather at dispatch and kept with the booking. Reference only, not the AFM.
- Price
- Flight Circle$10 per aircraft or sim per month, unlimited users, 5% off billed annually.[1] EAA members get a 3-month trial and 10% off the first year.[5]
- Taxiway BravoFlat per club: free for one aircraft, $19 a month up to 3 aircraft, $49 a month for any fleet, unlimited members, at founding rates. Month to month.
- Phones
- Flight CircleWeb, described as “Mobile Compatible”, with calendar sync.[1]
- Taxiway BravoWeb. Installs to your home screen, and the handbook and checklists work offline once saved. No native app.
Where Flight Circle is better
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- Backup reservations that promote themselves, with an email, when the primary booking cancels or moves.[3] We have no standby list.
- Admin automations: late fees on open balances, auto pay for groups and new users, monthly billing emails, archiving inactive users.[4]
- Point of sale for selling items and services at the counter.[1] We have no point of sale.
- QuickBooks sync.[1] We export a monthly transaction journal as CSV for your bookkeeper; we do not sync.
- Years of use by clubs, and an EAA member benefit.[5] We are new, with no customer count to show you yet.
What it costs
| Aircraft | Flight Circle | Taxiway Bravo |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10 | $0Free |
| 3 | $30 | $19Starter |
| 4 | $40 | $49Pro |
| 5 | $50 | $49Pro |
| 10 | $100 | $49Pro |
Flight Circle at $10 per aircraft per month, monthly price.[1]
At today's prices Flight Circle costs less at 4 aircraft. Our prices are founding rates, locked for as long as a club stays. A club that joins after launch pays $29 for Starter and $79 for Pro. At those prices Flight Circle costs less at 2 and 4 to 7 aircraft.
Subscription only, per month. Payment fees depend on how members pay; the fleet-cost calculator adds them for both sides, with every outside figure sourced.
Moving from Flight Circle
There is no automatic importer from Flight Circle yet. Send us your export and we set up your aircraft and members with you. Each pilot can bring their own logbook in from ForeFlight, LogTen or a spreadsheet, and everything you put in comes back out, on every plan, free included.
Sources
- 1. Flight Circle: Pricing graphic: $10 per aircraft or sim per month, USD, 5% off billed annually, unlimited users, instructors and support. Lists billing and point of sale, QuickBooks Sync, maintenance reminders and a squawk manager, "Mobile Compatible", calendar sync, and a 60-day free trial. www.flightcircle.com/, read .
- 2. Flight Circle documentation (FAQ): Administrators can set a custom affirmation message for dispatch; the example given is "Weight & Balance, TFRs, Weather, & NOTAMS verified." www.flightcircle.com/blog/docs/administrators/faq/general/, read .
- 3. Flight Circle documentation (schedule): A backup reservation is promoted automatically, with an email, when the primary reservation cancels or moves. www.flightcircle.com/blog/docs/users/getting-started/schedule/, read .
- 4. Flight Circle documentation (automation): Automations: archive inactive users, auto pay for groups and new users, monthly billing emails, auto-grouping, late fees on open balances, and new-user default settings. www.flightcircle.com/blog/docs/administrators/users/automation/, read .
- 5. EAA (member benefit): EAA members get a 3-month trial and 10% off the first year's subscription (new customers only). www.eaa.org/eaa/pilots/flying-club/benefits-and-discounts/flight-circle, read .
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