Aircraft performance explained in an appand useful tools.
An electronic reference guide for professional airline pilots flying the Boeing 737, also useful for pilots of other large civil twin-jets, dispatchers and trainees — from dispatch until the final landing.
B737 Performance Handbook: from book to app
This site enables you to preview and to order the B737 Performance Handbook app, which originally saw light as a hardcopy book (B737 PRH — Performance Reference Handbook) but is now available as an iPad/iPhone app.
It is written by an airline pilot with an aeronautical engineering degree who is an active captain/TRI on the Boeing 737NG.
For pilots, dispatchers and trainees
Due to commonality, the information may also serve as reference for other Boeing types and other large civil twin-jets.
It contains all a dispatcher needs to know about the performance behind the figures on the loadsheet and the flight plan.
It keeps you familiar with the full meaning of the calculations you have, or your computer has, made.
The full handbook in your flight bag
The same content on every device: reference sections, worked examples and the tools, available offline at the gate and in the cruise.
The app also runs on Mac computers with Apple silicon.
Useful operational tools
Besides reference and explanatory information, the app contains a Tools section with calculators which make the pilot life easier.
Landing Distance & Brake Cooling
Required landing distance and recommended brake cooling time for various B737 types, with QNH, slope, wind, OAT, reverse thrust, flaps, runway condition and brake type as inputs.
EASA, FAA, ICAO
This app contains all a pilot or dispatcher needs to know about aircraft performance for large civil twin-jet aircraft in general and for the Boeing 737NG in special. Performance regulations of the world's 2 main rulemaking agencies, EASA and FAA, are incorporated, as well as ICAO definitions and remarks. On opening the app you choose your edition, EASA or FAA.
In this app general performance regulations for large civil twin-jets (performance Class A) are explained, as well as performance data and application methods for the Boeing 737NG in special.
See the tools in action
A short walkthrough of the tools, workflows and reference sections, so you can see how quickly the figures you need are on screen.
Learn from real world incidents
Recent aviation occurrences, with the procedures, limitations and performance background behind them a few taps away in the app. Reports are sourced from The Aviation Herald.
Gol · B737
Flaps problem on departure
Source: avherald →Serve · B733
Main gear collapse on takeoff
Source: avherald →PIA · B772
Cargo fire indication
Source: avherald →Envoy · E170
Control yoke loose
Source: avherald →Amerijet · B763
Hard landing
Source: avherald →BoA · B737
Engine problem
Source: avherald →Written by an airline pilot with an aeronautical engineering degree who is an active captain/TRI on the Boeing 737NG.
Although it is common practice nowadays to have computerized tools available for performance computations, this app may still serve as a source of information to keep you familiar with the full meaning of the calculations you have, or your computer has, made.
“The 737PRH makes 737 performance transparent and understandable to pilots like me, for whom performance has always been some kind of black hole. I finally got to understand some performance issues that have been obscure to me for many years. The book comes in handy format and excellent layout. Well done, Maurits, I recommend your guide to all 737 pilots.”