What does SAFA stand for?

SAFA stands for Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft. It is the EASA program of unannounced ramp inspections of third-country aircraft and crews.

How can a pilot prepare for a SAFA ramp inspection?

Pilots should review the full SAFA ramp inspection item list before arrival, ensure all required flight crew documents are current, complete a thorough pre-flight walk-around, and verify cabin safety equipment. The Fly-Right SAFA Inspection Checklist app provides a complete digital walkthrough of every SAFA ramp inspection item, organized into Flight Deck, Cabin Safety, Aircraft Exterior, Cargo, and General sections, plus Findings Categories and Placards reference material.

What categories of findings are used in a SAFA ramp inspection?

SAFA findings are categorized as Category 1 (Minor — minor influence on safety), Category 2 (Significant — significant influence on safety), and Category 3 (Major — major influence on safety). The Fly-Right SAFA Ramp Inspection Checklist app includes a built-in reference to Cat 1, Cat 2, and Cat 3 finding criteria, including AMM/SRM dispatch-limits handling.

Is the Fly-Right SAFA Ramp Inspection Checklist app free?

Yes. The Fly-Right SAFA Ramp Inspection Checklist app is available on the App Store for iPhone and iPad.

SAFA Inspection Checklist + Aviation Carbon Emissions Calculator

Inside the App

Two compliance tools.
One home screen.

Open the app and you'll find the SAFA Inspection Checklist and the Aviation Carbon Emissions Calculator right on the home screen — alongside the built-in pilot tools (Duty Time & Rest Calculator, Time Conversion, Unit Conversion).

✓SAFA Inspection Checklist — every official inspection item, by section, with photo evidence and PDF export.
✓Aviation Carbon Emissions Calculator — CO₂ per leg, SAF logging, ICAO methodology, regulator-ready exports.
✓Built-in pilot tools — Duty Time, Time Conversion, Unit Conversion right where you need them.

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Single subscription: $149.99 USD / year · Auto renews

Fly-Right app home screen showing SAFA Inspection Checklist, Aviation Carbon Emissions Calculator, and built-in pilot tools

Real SAFA Ramp Inspections. Real Aircraft.

Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft (SAFA) inspectors examine everything — flight crew documentation, cabin safety equipment, exterior condition, and crew procedures. Our SAFA ramp inspection app covers all of it.

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Pre-flight briefing — flight crew reviewing aircraft documents

Document Review

Crew licenses, logs, and certificates

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Cockpit Inspection

Manuals, checklists, and avionics

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Exterior Walk-Around

Airframe, engines, and placards

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Cabin Safety

Life jackets, oxygen, and emergency gear

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Pre-Flight Prep

Be ready before the inspector arrives

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Crew Briefing

Align the entire flight crew

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Aviation Carbon Emissions Calculator

"Every Flight Counted. Every Gram Tracked."

A professional CO₂ tracking module included in every subscription. Calculate emissions per leg, log Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) blends, and produce regulator-ready reports for CORSIA, EU ETS, and UK ETS. Built on ICAO methodology with emission factors for 200+ aircraft types.

✓ CO₂ per leg, per tail, per fleet
✓ Sustainable Aviation Fuel logging
✓ Regulator-ready PDF & CSV exports
✓ Per-passenger Scope 3 allocation

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Included in the single $149.99 USD / year Fly-Right subscription. No additional purchase required.

INCLUDED Built-in feature — no extra subscription

Aviation Carbon Emissions Calculator

"Every Flight Counted. Every Gram Tracked."

A core feature of the Fly-Right app — built around ICAO methodology and the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) lifecycle accounting your clients and regulators are starting to demand. Included in the single $149.99 USD / year subscription alongside the SAFA Inspection Checklist and built-in pilot tools.

Features

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CO₂ Per Leg

Calculate CO₂ emissions for every leg by aircraft type, block fuel, or trip distance. ICAO-compliant methodology with built-in emission factors for over 200 aircraft types — from Citation Mustang to Global 7500.

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Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Log SAF blends and instantly see lifecycle CO₂ reductions. Supports neat SAF and blended uplifts at any percentage. Captures the certifying body, batch ID, and feedstock so your record meets book-and-claim audit standards.

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Fleet & Tail Tracking

Group emissions by aircraft, by operator, by client, or by reporting period. Roll up an entire fleet's annual footprint in one tap, or drill down to a single leg for a passenger or charter client.

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Regulator-Ready Reports

Export PDF and CSV reports formatted for CORSIA, EU ETS, and UK ETS reporting. Audit trail on every entry — date, fuel quantity, SAF blend, methodology version.

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Passenger Allocation

Allocate emissions per passenger for charter, fractional, or owner-flown trips. Generate a per-passenger statement to share with clients who track their own corporate Scope 3 travel footprint.

All of this is included

The Aviation Carbon Emissions Calculator is a built-in feature of the Fly-Right app — not a separate purchase. The full app, including the SAFA Inspection Checklist, the Carbon Emissions Calculator, and the built-in pilot tools, is a single subscription. See pricing & download →

Everything You Need to Pass a SAFA Ramp Inspection

Built around the official Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft inspection items so nothing gets missed.

Complete SAFA inspection checklist organized by section

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Complete Checklist

All flight deck, cabin, exterior, and cargo inspection items organized into clear, sequential sections.

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Works Offline

No signal at a foreign FBO? No problem. The full checklist is available without an internet connection.

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Photo Evidence

Snap photos of compliant items and finding areas. Build a defensible record for every inspection.

Tail-specific notes and exportable PDF inspection reports

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Notes & Reports

Add tail-specific notes and export polished PDF reports to share with your operator or DO.

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Shareable Profiles

Build a fully-documented inspection profile per tail number, then share it with crew, dispatch, or your DO with a single tap.

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Customizable Appendix

Store every supporting document the inspector might ask for — Letters of Authorization, Operational Specifications, insurance certificates, registration, airworthiness, noise certificates, or any custom category your operator chooses. All in one tap.

Built-in Tools

Three professional pilot tools built right into the SAFA Inspection Checklist app — no extra subscription, no second app to open.

Duty Time and Rest Calculator — track flight duty period, rest, and legality

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Duty Time & Rest Calculator

Track flight duty period, required rest, and legality at a glance. Quickly verify that the next leg is within limits before you accept it — no spreadsheets, no mental math at 2 a.m.

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Time Conversion

Convert hours and minutes to the tenth of an hour — exactly the format your logbook and maintenance flight log require. No more mental math: enter 1:24 and get 1.4 instantly, ready to write down or paste into your records.

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Unit Conversion

Convert the units pilots actually use: pounds ⇄ kilograms (fuel and weight), gallons ⇄ liters, nautical miles ⇄ statute miles ⇄ kilometers, feet ⇄ meters, inches of mercury ⇄ hectopascals, and °F ⇄ °C. One tap, no Googling, no errors at the FBO fuel desk.

Climb gradient conversions built in. Convert between the four formats every pilot needs for SID, ODP, and missed-approach compliance: percent (%), feet per nautical mile (ft/NM), climb angle (degrees), and feet per minute (FPM) at any given groundspeed. Enter the value Jeppesen, ATC, or the chart gives you and instantly see the rate of climb your aircraft needs to meet the published gradient at your current speed.

One App. One Subscription. Total Compliance.

The complete Fly-Right app — SAFA Inspection Checklist, Aviation Carbon Emissions Calculator, and built-in pilot tools — all in a single $149.99 USD / year subscription. Designed for iPhone and iPad.

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Findings Categories

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Reference for Minor (Cat 1), Significant (Cat 2) and Major (Cat 3) finding criteria, including AMM/SRM dispatch-limits handling.

Placards

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Placards / Markings

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Quick reference for missing or unreadable placards and markings (A flight deck, B cabin, C exterior, D cargo). Tap a row to add notes and photos.

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Appendix

Confidence in your pocket.

Pre-loaded with the full SAFA inspection item list
Tail-number profiles for a fleet of aircraft
Customizable Appendix for Letters of Authorization, Operational Specifications, insurance, and operator-defined categories
Regular updates as SAFA categories evolve

$149.99 USD / year Auto renews. Cancel Auto-renew function prior to next term.

What Is a SAFA Ramp Inspection?

A quick primer on the Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft program — and why every business aviation pilot needs to be SAFA-ready.

SAFA = Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft

SAFA is a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) program of unannounced ramp inspections of third-country aircraft and crews at airports in EASA member states. The program assesses compliance with ICAO standards using a standardized checklist.

Four Inspection Sections

A SAFA ramp inspection covers four areas of the aircraft and crew: A — Flight Deck, B — Cabin Safety, C — Aircraft Exterior, and D — Cargo, plus a General section. The Fly-Right app mirrors this structure exactly.

Findings Categories

SAFA findings are graded as Category 1 (Minor), Category 2 (Significant), or Category 3 (Major). Major findings can ground an aircraft. The app provides quick reference for AMM/SRM dispatch-limits handling so you know exactly how to respond.

Who Gets Ramp-Inspected?

Any non-EASA aircraft operating into an EASA member state can be selected for a SAFA ramp inspection — Part 91, Part 135, fractional, charter, or commercial. Inspections are random and unannounced. Preparation is the only defense.

Customizable Appendix — Every Document at Your Fingertips

A SAFA ramp inspector may ask for far more than the inspection checklist itself. The Fly-Right app includes a customizable Appendix where you can store every supporting document — Letters of Authorization (LOA), Operational Specifications (OpSpecs), insurance certificates, certificate of registration, certificate of airworthiness, noise certificates, RVSM/MNPS authorizations, MEL, and any additional category your operator defines. Documents stay on the device, are accessible offline, and travel with the aircraft profile so the right paperwork is always one tap away.

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Built by Pilots, for Pilots

Fly-RightLLC was founded by veteran corporate aviation professionals who know firsthand the pressure of an unannounced SAFA ramp inspection and the growing scrutiny of carbon-emissions reporting for international business aviation.

We build one iOS app that solves both of the compliance problems modern flight departments face most often: the SAFA Inspection Checklist for ramp readiness and the built-in Aviation Carbon Emissions Calculator for CO₂ tracking and ESG reporting. One app, one annual subscription of $149.99 USD, covering the documentation and reporting workload of an entire flight department.

53+ Checklist Items

100% SAFA Aligned

24/7 Offline Access

⚠ Aviation Safety Notice

The Fly-Right app — including the SAFA Inspection Checklist and the built-in Aviation Carbon Emissions Calculator — is a preparation, reference, and reporting tool only. The app does not replace official EASA, ICAO, FAA, CAA, or other regulator documentation; your operator's approved procedures; the aircraft flight manual; or the judgment of a qualified pilot in command, sustainability officer, or environmental auditor. Use of the app does not guarantee a successful ramp inspection, regulatory compliance, the accuracy of any emissions calculation or report, or any particular outcome. Always defer to current regulations, current emission-factor data, and the authority having jurisdiction.

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Independent Developer Notice

Fly-RightLLC is an independent software developer and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or otherwise officially connected to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the EASA SAFA Programme, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the CORSIA scheme, the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), the UK ETS, or any other regulatory authority, aircraft manufacturer, fuel producer, certification body, or aviation operator. "SAFA" and "Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft" are programs of EASA. References to SAFA, ICAO, CORSIA, EU ETS, UK ETS, and similar programs on this website and within the Fly-Right app are nominative only and made solely to describe the regulatory frameworks the app helps operators prepare for and report against. All trademarks remain the property of their respective owners. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPad, and App Store are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

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