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Horizon Portable Glass Cockpit on Windows Pc

Developed By: Helios Avionics GmbH

License: Free

Rating: 3,5/5 - 134 votes

Last Updated: April 16, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 3.12
Size 57.4 MB
Release Date April 17, 24
Category Maps & Navigation Apps

App Permissions:
Allows an application to write to external storage. [see more (13)]

What's New:
Improved sensor fusion algorithmsImproved magnetometer calibrationGas sensor warning changesOAT indicationImproved chart renderingThermocouple... [see more]

Description from Developer:
A fully functional portable glass cockpit (EFIS) for general aviation pilots.
It improves your flight experience, offering you intuitive visualizations for enhanced situational awa... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Horizon Portable Glass Cockpit and install on Windows PC. Horizon Portable Glass Cockpit is free Maps & Navigation app, developed by Helios Avionics GmbH. Latest version of Horizon Portable Glass Cockpit is 3.12, was released on 2024-04-17 (updated on 2024-04-16). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000. Overall rating of Horizon Portable Glass Cockpit is 3,5. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 134 users, 28 users had rated it 5*, 49 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Horizon Portable Glass Cockpit on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Horizon Portable Glass Cockpit on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Horizon Portable Glass Cockpit on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Horizon Portable Glass Cockpit using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Horizon Portable Glass Cockpit" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Horizon Portable Glass Cockpit on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Horizon Portable Glass Cockpit" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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A fully functional portable glass cockpit (EFIS) for general aviation pilots.
It improves your flight experience, offering you intuitive visualizations for enhanced situational awareness.
It provides a backup system for all relevant instruments for navigation and orientation in the air using the internal sensors of a tablet or smartphone or an external solution (such as our SensorBox https://helios-avionics.com/product/sensorbox/ or third party GDL90 compatible devices like Talos, Stratux or Levil).
Therefore, it contains all relevant functions of a modern glass cockpit on a tablet, as well as the advantage of redundancy due to complete independence from the built-in avionics.
New intuitive visualizations improve the situational awareness and thus make it possible, in particular for private pilots, to provide greater flight safety, less stress and thus greater enjoyment of flying.
"Horizon - Your Portable Glass Cockpit" is currently available for Android, iOS and Linux.

Key Features:

- 3D Synthetic Vision
- Moving Map (VFR and IFR)
- AHRS (Attitude and Heading Reference System)
- Free Arrangement / Split Screen Views
- Side View
- Optional connection with our SensorBox and 3rd party GDL90 devices (Stratux, TalosAvionics, etc...)
- Inflight weather

Other features:

- worldwide* chart data with:
- Obstacles
- Airspaces
- Airways
- Airports
- Navaids
- Waypoints / GPS fixes
- VFR Reporting Points
- Taxiways/Aprons/Hangars/Terminals
- Water Bodies (e.g. Rivers and Lakes)
- Street and Railway Landmarks
- High quality worldwide terrain data (except greenland and antarctica)
- Landscape and Portrait Mode
- North Up and Track Up
- Support for US VFR Sectional raster charts
- Support for custom waypoints and other custom elements
- Manual and automatic calibration for best accuracy
- Angle of Attack indication (if available)
- QNH/Altimeter settings to use a pressure sensor (default: auto determined by GNSS)
- Flight plans
- Logfiles
- Checklists
- Viewing details of chart elements
- Viewing glide infos
- Multiple display support (via UDP Forwarding)
- In-App help / manual
- Attitude accuracy indication
- …

* worldwide data include: high quality data for Europe, USA, New Zealand, Canada and basic data for the rest of the world. Please also see our distribution overview maps.



About Helios Avionics GmbH:

We are a young and dynamic team of pilots, who admire flying and are constantly pursuing the dream of making the world of avionics more user friendly.
Since we are proud FAA Private Pilot License holders with Instrument Rating, we can offer you products made by pilots and created for pilots.
With "Horizon -Your portable Glass Cockpit" we are providing you straightforward navigation and enhanced situational awareness, so that you can concentrate on what really matters – the fun of flying!





Please be advised that "Horizon - Your portable Glass Cockpit" is not designed as an official flight instrument; usage is only permitted according to the EULA (https://helios-avionics.com/login/EULA_de.html) and applicable law.

Problems or questions? Please find our FAQ: https://helios-avionics.com/login/faq.html or the manual: https://helios-avionics.com/login/manual/index.html

Still need help? You can contact us on: https://helios-avionics.com/contact/

End User License Agreement: https://helios-avionics.com/login/EULA_de.html

General Terms of Service, Copyright, Data Protection, Cookies and Revocation Terms: https://helios-avionics.com/contact/impressum/
Improved sensor fusion algorithms
Improved magnetometer calibration
Gas sensor warning changes
OAT indication
Improved chart rendering
Thermocouple improvements
Angles for approach profiles
Scratchpad
Weather fix
Chart update time indication
Minor improvements and fixes
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to enter Wi-Fi Multicast mode.
Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows an application to expand or collapse the status bar.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to change network connectivity state.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.