Aircraft types in Jetlog use the official ICAO type designator, which is often not the name you know the aircraft by. A Piper Archer is P28A, not PA28. If a type search comes up empty, check the designator first. Airports can be found by ICAO code, IATA code or name.
Searching for an airport
Type the ICAO code, IATA code, or the airport’s name into the search field when picking a departure or arrival. Historical and renamed codes are in there too: Berlin’s old Schönefeld (SXF) and the current Brandenburg (BER) both resolve to the same field, for example, so a flight logged years ago under an airport’s former code still matches correctly.
If an airport genuinely doesn’t come up, type its code directly in the search field anyway. If Jetlog doesn’t know the code, the results end with a row Add Place “CODE”…. Tap it, then fill in the name and other details. The place is saved in your own logbook, so you can log the flight straight away.
Searching for an aircraft type
When adding an aircraft, Jetlog can look up the ICAO and IATA codes for you from the registration (the Use system data switch does that). If your type isn’t in that lookup, turn that switch off and type the ICAO type code into the ICAO Code field by hand, for example P28A for a Piper Archer. The field accepts any code you type, so the aircraft still saves and the entry still logs correctly; what you lose without a catalogue match is the automatic fill-in of details like the manufacturer name, and some automatic matching elsewhere in the app that relies on recognising the type.
If it’s still missing
Some glider fields, private strips, and rarer or very old aircraft types genuinely aren’t in Jetlog’s database yet. Logging still works either way, with your own airport or aircraft record standing in. If you’d like it added to Jetlog’s shared catalogue so it resolves automatically for everyone (and so features like automatic flight tracking or type lookups work on it), mail support@jetlog.app with the ICAO code and, for an airport, its name and location. We add missing entries regularly.
Next
Once the aircraft or airport is in, log the flight as usual; see Logging your first flight. If you’re bringing in a whole logbook’s worth of history at once, Importing from another logbook and AI logbook scanning both pass every flight through the same review screen before saving, so an unmatched code there is just another row to check before you confirm.
