Jeppesen logbook to digital

What this page is for

A Jeppesen professional logbook is a bound paper book. Flights are written across a two-page spread: date, aircraft, route, and time categories on a fixed grid. Taking a Jeppesen logbook to digital means turning those handwritten rows into a file your electronic logbook can import. ForeFlight, LogTen Pro, and MyFlightbook stay the system of record. This service does not replace them and does not rank them against each other.

Check one page before you buy credits. The Free page check confirms the photo and whether the page looks like a Jeppesen or ASA book. It does not start OCR and does not use a credit. Notes you will see later on Review — missing dates, row math, printed page totals, date order, duplicate flights, and long gaps — are listed on what Review checks.

The broader how-to for any supported paper book is how to convert a handwritten flight logbook to digital. This page is only the Jeppesen and ASA format guide.

Jeppesen logbook digitizer

You photograph each open spread, choose Jeppesen at upload, and we run OCR (AI-based optical character recognition) tuned for that grid. You review every flight beside the page image. Consistency notes flag row math, dates, and a printed page total that does not match. They are not an FAA audit, and they do not block download. Edit anything that is wrong, then download Generic CSV. The Export tab also downloads a file that follows ForeFlight’s logbook template. Confirm that preview in ForeFlight. LogTen Pro and MyFlightbook still map the Generic CSV. We do not send either file into your account.

The Generic CSV has these 21 columns:

• Date
• Aircraft Make & Model
• Tail Number
• Departure
• Arrival
• Route
• Day Landings
• Night Landings
• Instrument Approaches
• Airplane Single Engine
• Night
• Cross Country (All)
• Cross Country (Over 50 NM)
• PIC
• Solo
• Flight Simulator
• Dual Received
• Instructor Time
• Instrument
• Total Time
• Remarks

Illustration, not a logged flight: date 2024-03-15, Cessna 172, tail N12345, KDFW to KADS, one day landing, PIC 1.2, total time 1.2. The Date cell is 2024-03-15. You still compare that row to the photo before you keep it.

A credit is used only when processing succeeds. New accounts include 3 free page credits so you can test a couple of spreads before you buy more. Public rates are on the homepage Pricing section. Credits do not expire.

Confirm the book before you process it

The first one or two photos are checked automatically, at no credit cost. That check is a risk-free way to see whether the page looks like a Jeppesen logbook and whether the photo shows both pages of the open spread. You still choose Jeppesen at upload. The check does not start OCR.

ASA logbook to digital

ASA Standard Pilot Log pages use a different column layout. Capture the spread the same way, then choose ASA Standard Pilot Log at upload so the ASA extraction pack runs. The same free check runs on an ASA photo. It confirms the open spread and whether the page looks like an ASA or Jeppesen book before you process the rest. Selecting Jeppesen for an ASA book, or the reverse, degrades accuracy. If your publisher is neither, stop. Check is my logbook supported? or email support@flightlogconverter.com before you buy a credit pack.

Photos, scans, and PDFs

Upload one open spread per file. JPEG and PNG photos are the usual path. A PDF of a single clear spread is also accepted. A phone in landscape, even light, and the full spread in frame matter more than a dedicated scanner. A flatbed or office copier helps when a thick binding will not lie flat. Read our photo guide, how to take photos of a logbook for OCR, before you process a whole book, and use the free credits to prove your setup.

What OCR will and will not do

OCR fills the table from the image. It is not a guarantee that every handwritten cell is correct, and it is not a mail-in transcription desk. You are responsible for the hours you keep. Blurry, glared, or shadowed pages should be retaken. Photo-quality failures can be skipped without a charge instead of spending credits on the same bad file.

After the CSV

Import the Generic CSV with your app's own CSV flow. Column names will not match every app's labels on the first try. Map them in the import preview and spot-check totals. The export and import guide covers ForeFlight, LogTen Pro, and MyFlightbook, and includes a header-only CSV template you can download before you upload flights.