Built for aviation, by aviation operators

Flight Mapper is a free, modern, web-based great circle route planner created and maintained by Alexa Business Aviation Management. We built it to solve the daily challenges we face running private jet operations — and we've made it free for the global aviation community.

What Flight Mapper does

Flight Mapper turns the question "how far is it and how long will it take?" into a one-click answer. Type origin and destination, and the tool draws the true great circle route on an interactive world map, calculates distance in nautical miles and kilometers, computes flight time at your selected cruise speed, and shows the magnetic heading.

You can build multi-leg routes by chaining airports (for example SBGR-KMIA-KJFK-EGLL), draw range rings to visualize fuel reserves or ETOPS-style coverage, switch between satellite and street map styles, and export a printable PNG briefing to share with crew or passengers.

Who uses it

Flight Mapper is used by professionals across business and commercial aviation:

• Pilots sketching trip ideas, briefing passengers, or estimating times for a charter quote.
• Dispatchers and flight coordinators validating distances and times in seconds, without opening Jeppesen or other heavy planning suites.
• Schedulers sharing visual briefings with clients before a confirmed booking.
• Trip support and concierge teams producing printable summaries for passengers.
• Aviation enthusiasts and students learning how great circle navigation works in practice.

Why we built it

Our dispatchers needed a quick way to answer the everyday question — "how far is it and how long will it take?" — without firing up the full flight planning suite. We also wanted something we could share with clients who, before booking a charter, simply want to see "what does the trip look like?" on a map. Existing tools either took too many clicks, didn't work well on a phone, or felt outdated.

We started building Flight Mapper as an internal tool. Once it was clearly useful, the next decision was easy: release it free to the entire aviation community. Aviation is a small world that runs on shared resources — flight planning charts, weather data, navigation databases. Contributing back felt natural.

Who we are — Alexa Business Aviation Management

Alexa Business Aviation Management is a Brazilian aviation operator specializing in business jet management. Our services include flight planning, overflight and landing permits, charter, concierge, and more — the full lifecycle of operating private aircraft for owners and operators around the world.

Our team has direct experience managing fleets of business jets including Embraer Phenom and Praetor, Cessna Citation, Bombardier Challenger and Global, Gulfstream, and Boeing/Airbus VIP-converted aircraft. That hands-on experience is what shapes every decision in Flight Mapper — from the choice of airport database to the layout of the briefing modal.

If your operation needs support — flight planning, permits, charter brokerage, concierge for crew or passengers — talk to our team or visit alexaaviation.com.

How we keep it free

Flight Mapper is currently free to use, with no signup, credit card, or premium paywall. We may show advertising banners to help offset hosting costs. The tool itself — routes, range rings, briefings, GPS, sharing — is fully usable without payment today.

Built with care

Some things you may notice if you use it for a while:

• Worldwide airport database with over 70,000 airports — including small private airfields, helipads, and remote strips that other tools miss.
• Multiple search formats — IATA codes (LAX), ICAO codes (KLAX), city names, country names, or even latitude/longitude coordinates.
• Mobile-friendly — works on iPhone, iPad, and Android. Installable as a Progressive Web App so it lives on your home screen like a native app.
• Three theme modes — light, dark, or automatic to match your system. Pilot-friendly in any cockpit lighting condition.
• No tracking beyond aggregate analytics — we use Google Analytics to understand which features are used, but we never collect personal information about routes, identities, or anything else.

Feedback and feature requests

We read every message. If something is broken, confusing, or you'd love a feature we don't have, send us a message. The roadmap of Flight Mapper is built primarily from real user requests.

Try it

Open Flight Mapper and plan your first route. If it saves you time, share the link with a colleague. That's the best feedback we can get.