No GPS on iPad

VFRnav Support
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Hello,

I have a question about VFRnav. Everything works on my iPhone and the position tracking is very good and accurate. On my iPad I have exactly the same settings everywhere, but in flight the position display simply does not work.

Do you know what could be causing this?

Kind regards,
Alex

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Hello Alex,

Thank you for your message!

The behaviour you described is because your iPad presumably does not have a built-in GPS module. Only iPads with an integrated cellular module (labelled Wi-Fi + Cellular)

  • i.e. with a SIM card slot - have genuine GPS (there does not have to be a SIM card inserted). The Wi-Fi-only models, on the other hand, can only determine their location via Wi-Fi networks – which of course does not work in flight, as there is no Wi-Fi connection. These “Wi-Fi-only” models are therefore unsuitable for navigation.

If you have any further questions, we will be happy to help!

Kind regards
Hermann

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Hello Hermann,

Thank you for your reply. At first I couldn’t believe what you wrote, but it’s true: the iPad (Wi-Fi-only version) has no GPS!
I’ll stick with the iPhone :grinning_face:

Best regards,
Alex