Features

Everything your group needs to fly together.

5-by-5 replaces the spreadsheets, group texts, and paper logbooks that hold most flying clubs together. Here's what you get.

Dashboard

Your airplane's status. One screen.

The home screen puts everything that matters front and center — current tach, active squawks, maintenance alerts, upcoming bookings, weather, and your personal flight stats.

  • Aircraft header with photo, tail number, and home airport
  • Current tach time and grounding status, if applicable
  • Personal dashboard: YTD flights, hours, and estimated monthly bill
  • Live METAR with flight conditions indicator and weather radar
  • Upcoming bookings and recent flights
  • Quick actions: Book Time and Log Flight
5-by-5 home dashboard showing aircraft info, tach time, and personal flight stats
Scheduling

A shared calendar that actually works.

See who has the airplane booked at a glance with color-coded member slots. Book flights with a few taps — set your dates, destination, departure and return times, and trip name.

  • Monthly calendar view with color-coded bookings
  • Full-day or timed bookings with 15-minute intervals
  • Destination and route fields with airport lookup
  • Convert bookings to logged flights with one tap
  • Sync bookings to your phone's calendar (Club tier)
5-by-5 calendar view showing color-coded bookings for multiple members
Flight Logging

Log flights in under 60 seconds.

Enter tach times, airports, landings, and route — 5-by-5 calculates the rest. Track your personal stats and running tach from the home dashboard.

  • Auto-calculated flight time from tach in/out
  • Departure and arrival airports from database
  • Day and night landing counts for currency tracking
  • Instrument approaches and holds
  • Squawk reporting and tracking
  • Maintenance flag to share flight cost across the group
  • Flight history grouped by month
5-by-5 flight log showing monthly flight history with routes and hours
Maintenance

Never miss an oil change again.

Track recurring and one-time maintenance items with automatic due-date calculations based on calendar time, tach hours, or both. Get alerts when items are coming due.

  • Categories: Annuals, 100-Hour, Oil Change, ADs, Transponder, ELT, and more
  • Due by date or tach hours (or both) with automatic calculation
  • Color-coded status: current, upcoming, overdue
  • Mark items as completed with date and tach recording
  • Completion history for each item
  • Dashboard alerts for items due within 10 hours or days
5-by-5 maintenance tracking showing items with current, due soon, and overdue status
Squawk Reporting

Found something wrong? Report it instantly.

Report aircraft discrepancies with severity levels — Minor, Monitor, or Grounding. Grounding squawks trigger a bold red alert on everyone's home screen so no one schedules a broken airplane.

  • Three severity levels with visual indicators
  • Photo attachments for documenting issues (Club tier)
  • Grounding banner visible to all group members
  • Report squawks from within flight logging or as standalone
  • Track resolution status and history
5-by-5 squawk reporting showing monitor-level squawks with resolution options
Pilot Currency

Know your currency status at a glance.

5-by-5 automatically calculates your pilot currency based on logged flights — day/night landings, flight review, medical, instrument proficiency — using FAA regulations.

  • Automatic currency calculations from logged flights
  • Day and night passenger-carrying currency
  • Medical certificate and flight review tracking
  • Instrument proficiency with grace periods (Club tier)
  • Color-coded status: Current, Warning, Expired
  • FAA regulatory rule set (14 CFR 61)
5-by-5 pilot currency tracking showing BFR, instrument, day/night landings, and medical status
Members

Keep everyone connected.

See your group members, their contact info, roles, and flight stats. Manage roles and permissions, invite new members, and transfer ownership — all from one screen.

  • Member cards with photo, role, and title
  • Quick contact: call, text, email, or copy info
  • YTD flight stats per member
  • Role management: Owner, Admin, Member (Club tier)
  • Invite members with a link or code
  • Ownership transfer for group transitions
5-by-5 members screen showing group members with roles and invite option

Ready to try it?

Start with the free tier — no credit card needed. Upgrade when your group is ready for more.

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