Tools & articles to fly smarter
Free, practical resources for pilots and aircraft owners — interactive tools that answer the questions you actually run into, plus articles from the Cardinal Aviation team.
Helpful Articles from Cardinal Aviation
Ownership decisions, regulations made readable, and lessons from the flight deck — the latest thinking from the Cardinal team.
Read the articles →Personal Minimums Builder
Set the weather, currency, runway and fuel limits that protect you — before you need them.
Open the tool →Aircraft Ownership Cost Calculator
See the true annual and hourly cost of owning your aircraft — fixed costs, fuel, maintenance, insurance and reserves.
Open the tool →CARs Quick-Reference
Search the Canadian Aviation Regulations pilots and owners look up most — in plain language, with citations.
Open the tool →Canada vs US IFR & VFR Differences
The IFR and VFR rules that change the moment you cross the border — searchable, side by side.
Open the tool →CARS 604 Evaluator (PORD)
Find out whether your operation needs a Private Operator Registration Document under CAR 604.
Open the tool →Alternate Weather Minima Calculator
Work out IFR alternate minima the way the CAP GEN requires, and check a forecast against them.
Open the tool →Approach Ban Tool
Know whether you may continue an instrument approach past the FAF under the Canadian approach ban.
Open the tool →Have a question a tool can't answer?
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