Balloon Pilot Logbook
Dedicated balloon flight log — totals, 90-day recency and landing counts computed live, private in your browser.
Balloon recency counts flights rather than landings, and commercial balloon work in many countries is audited per-flight with passenger counts.
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⚠️ Not for operational decisions. This is a record-keeping and planning aid only — not certified avionics, not a source of regulatory truth. Always verify against official sources (FAA/EASA/DGCA) and your operator's approved documents before flying.
Disclaimer: This tool is for general informational and estimation purposes only and is not professional financial, tax, accounting or legal advice. All figures are estimates — verify with a qualified professional before making decisions. Read the full disclaimer.
A free balloon pilot logbook that lives in your browser: log every flight in seconds, keep burner time, ascents and tether ops visible, and watch class-specific totals and 90-day recency update live. CSV export included, no account needed.
About Balloon Pilot Logbook
Balloon recency counts flights rather than landings, and commercial balloon work in many countries is audited per-flight with passenger counts. This dedicated log gives balloon pilots a clean, class-specific record: each entry captures date, aircraft, route, time, night time, landings and role, and the summary tiles rebuild your lifetime and rolling 90-day totals instantly. Keeping burner time, ascents and tether ops in the record means ratings paperwork, insurance questionnaires and checkout forms can be answered straight from the export instead of a weekend of logbook archaeology.
How to use Balloon Pilot Logbook
- 1Add each flight with date, aircraft, route, time, landings and role.
- 2Check the live tiles: lifetime hours, last-90-day hours and night time.
- 3Export the CSV when a rating application, insurer or examiner asks for evidence.
Why use Balloon Pilot Logbook?
- ✓Class-specific totals — only your balloon time feeds the numbers
- ✓Structured fields for burner time, ascents and tether ops
- ✓Rolling 90-day recency window recomputed on every entry
- ✓Private by design: localStorage only, one-click CSV export
- ✓Instant, offline-friendly — nothing to install
Frequently asked questions
How is balloon experience measured for ratings and rides?+
In flights and flight time rather than landings: the FAA private balloon certificate needs 10 flights, commercial needs 35 hours with specific solo and instruction flights, and ride operators audit per-flight passenger counts. This log records each ascent with duration, burner configuration and passengers so certificate applications and operator audits read straight off the export.
How does the 90-day recency tile work?+
It sums the time of every logged flight dated within the preceding 90 calendar days and refreshes each time you open the tool. Pair it with the landing counts in your entries and you can see at a glance whether your class-specific passenger-carrying recency is comfortably alive or about to lapse — before you promise anyone a ride.
What happens to my entries if I clear my browser?+
Clearing site data or doing a full browser reset deletes locally stored entries — that is the price of a genuinely private, server-free design. Protect yourself with the one-click CSV download before any cleanup, OS reinstall or new laptop: re-importing your history later is far easier than reconstructing it from memory.
Can I export my records for an audit or examiner?+
Yes — one click exports your complete balloon log as a CSV file that opens in Excel, Google Sheets or Numbers. The export preserves every column exactly as entered, so you can print it, attach it to an application, or hand it to an examiner, inspector or insurance underwriter as a supporting summary alongside your official records.
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