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AeroVariation

AeroVariation calculates the magnetic variation based on the World Magnetic Model (WMM) for any location and year between 2020 and 2024 or the current date.

Available for iPhone and iPad (iOS 13 or higher).

You can either browse on the map, lookup an airport, or enter coordinates directly. Get more information about WMM  at the NOAA WWM Homepage.

Available in English, German, Japanese, and Spanish.

Get magnetic variation for any point on the map
or look it up for an airport

Version History

03-OCT-2024 – V2.3.25

  • Minor bug fixing
  • Support for iOS 18
  • Updated airport database (2024-10-03)

05-SEP-2024 – V2.3.24

  • Updated airport database (2024-09-05)

12-JUN-2024 – V2.3.23

  • Updated airport database (2024-06-13)

08-APR-2024 – V2.3.22

  • Internal improvements
  • Updated airport database (2024-03-21)

23-JAN-2024 – V2.3.21

  • Updated airport database (2024-01-25)

30-Nov-2023 – V2.3.20

  • Minor layout fixes
  • Updated airport database (2023-09-07)

14-Sep-2023 – V2.3.19

  • Minor layout improvements
  • Updated airport database (2023-09-07)
  • Updated for iOS 17

14-July-2023 – V2.3.18

  • Minor layout improvements (e.g., added airport elevation, fixed text wrapping)
  • Updated airport database (2023-07-13)

21-April-2023 – V2.3.17

  • Updated airport database (2023-04-20)

29-December-2022 – V2.3.16

  • Updated airport database (2022-12-29)

15-September-2022 – V2.3.15

  • Support for iOS 16
  • Updated airport database (2022-09-08)

11-August-2022 – V2.3.14

  • Minor layout improvements
  • Updated airport database (2022-08-11)

18-May-2022 – V2.3.13

  • Updated airport database (2022-05-19)

23-Feb-2022 – V2.3.12

  • Min. iOS 11 requirement
  • Updated airport database (2022-02-24)

05-Dec-2021 – V2.3.11

  • Added annual change of mag. variation
  • Minor layout changes
  • Updated airport database (2021-12-02)

29 September 2021 – V2.3.10

  • Updated for iOS 15
  • Updated airport database (2021-09-09)

19 August 2021 – V2.3.9

  • Minor layout optimizations
  • Updated airport database (2021-08-11)

25 May 2021 – V2.3.8

  • Updated airport database (2021-05-20)

04 March 2021 – V2.3.7

  • Updated airport database (2021-02-25)

30 December 2020 – V2.3.6

  • fixed crash at startup on pre-iOS 13 devices

07 December 2020 – V2.3.5

  • Minor internal improvements
  • Updated airport database (2020-12-04)
  • Support Apple Silicon (on macOS)

06 October 2020 – V2.3.4

  • Updated airport database (2020-09-25)

26 June 2020 – V2.3.3

  • Updated airport database (2020-03-30)

11 April 2020 – V2.3.2

  • App is now also supported on macOS (10.15 or higher) – free if you already purchased the app on iOS!
  • Multiple windows on iPad

02 April 2020 – V2.3.1

  • Updated airport database (2020-03-30)
  • Minor bug fixing

15 December 2019 – V2.3

  • Updated World Magentic Model (WMM2020)
  • Updated airport database (2019-12-10)

13 September 2019 – V2.2

  • Support for iOS 13
  • Added Dark Mode

11 August 2019 – V2.1.4

  • Updated airport database (2019-08-15)

31 May 2019 – V2.1.3

  • Updated airport database (2019-05-23)

2 April 2019 – V2.1.2

  • Updated airport database (2019-03-31)

1 January 2019 – V2.1.1

  • Updated airport database (2019-01-03)

1 November 2018 – V2.1

  • Adapted for new iPad devices
  • Bug fixing (current position display)
  • Updated airport database (2018-10-14)

15 October 2018 – V2.0.2

  • updated to latest data model (WMM2015v2)
  • fixed bug when using elevation

20 September 2018 – V2.0.1

  • support for new devices
  • minor layout optimizations

6 September 2018 – V2.0

  • modernized overall layout
  • added magnetic variation visualization on map
  • updated airport database (2018-08-15)

16 July 2018 – V1.11

  • added Spanish localization
  • updated airport database (2018-06-16)

1 May 2018 – V1.10

  • added Japanese localization
  • some layout improvements
  • added airport IATA codes
  • updated airport database (2018-03-29)

23 November 2017 – V1.9

  • adapted for iPhone X
  • updated airport database (2017-11-17)

12 July 2017 – V1.8

  • minor preferences changes
  • updated airport database (2017-06-17)

9 December 2016 – V1.7

  • layout improvements (adaptive layout on iPad)
  • updated airport database (2016-12-08)

23 July 2016 – V1.6

  • enabled landscape orientation on iPad
  • minor layout improvements
  • updated airport database (2016-07-21)

9 May 2016 – V1.5

  • universal: now also designed for iPad
  • updated airport database

14 September 2015 – V1.4.1

  • minor bug fixing
  • updated airport database

6 July 2015 – V1.4

  • fixed invalid coordinate entry plus minor bug fixing
  • updated airport database

21 December 2014 – V1.3

  • includes latest WMM (2015-2019)
  • saves last entered coordinates and elevation
  • minor bug fixes