Feature overview

Every major Contact Ground feature, mapped to the manuals.

Use this overview to scan the product quickly, then open the linked manuals when you need setup details, permissions, operating steps, or workflow behavior.

Scheduling

Calendar and booking workflows

Help members reserve the right aircraft, instructor, or resource while keeping policies visible before the booking is saved.

Aircraft and resource scheduling

Members book club resources from calendar views with reservation details, participant tracking, and operational warnings.

Scheduling feature manual

Instructor-aware scheduling

Instructor availability can guide booking decisions so training reservations line up with CFI or CFII schedules.

Instructor availability manual

Mobile calendar views

Members can review day, week, month, and resource schedules from the mobile app with dark theme support.

Mobile calendar manual

Upcoming calendar limits

Clubs can control how far ahead members can view or create reservations, which helps manage schedule fairness.

Calendar limits manual

Resources

Aircraft, equipment, and maintenance visibility

Keep the resource list useful for scheduling while surfacing maintenance and weather context where pilots need it.

Resource management

Administrators define aircraft, instructors, and other bookable resources, including rates, availability, and access requirements.

Resource management manual

Maintenance blocks

Maintenance events can block aircraft from the calendar so unavailable resources are not accidentally booked.

Maintenance blocks manual

Maintenance reminders

Track upcoming maintenance requirements and alert the right people before required items become overdue.

Maintenance reminders manual

Weather integration

Show aviation weather context in schedule and operational workflows so members can make better go/no-go decisions.

Weather manual

Operations

Dispatch, checklists, and daily flight operations

Give flight operations staff and pilots a shared operational picture before, during, and after a reservation.

Flight operations

Dispatch and operations views support active flying workflows, tracking, and coordination around the day of flight.

Flight operations feature manual

Operations user guide

Operational users can follow role-specific instructions for dispatch, active flights, and related workflows.

Flight operations user manual

Checklists

Checklist workflows help clubs standardize recurring operational steps and keep completion status visible.

Checklists manual

Maintenance operations

Operations users can review maintenance status and coordinate aircraft availability from the maintenance manual workflow.

Maintenance operations manual

Members

Readiness, qualifications, documents, and member records

Centralize the information that determines whether a member is ready to fly and current with club requirements.

Member profiles

Members maintain profile details, preferences, and readiness information used across scheduling and notifications.

Member profile manual

Currency reminders

Track expiring personal and organization currency so members can see when required items are approaching renewal.

Currency reminders manual

Endorsements and qualifications

Use endorsements to manage resource access, pilot qualifications, and requirements for aircraft or operational privileges.

Endorsements manual

IFR endorsement

Support IFR-specific qualification workflows when a club needs separate instrument access or tracking.

IFR endorsement manual

Documents

Manage club references, required reading, member uploads, approvals, expiration dates, and booking enforcement.

Documents feature manual

Document administration

Administrators can publish documents, define upload requirements, review submissions, and remove approvals when needed.

Documents administration manual

Communications

Notifications, messaging, news, and search

Keep club communications visible without pushing every operational update through personal texts or email threads.

Notifications

Send email, push, SMS, and in-app notifications for important workflows while letting members manage preferences.

Notifications manual

Member notification preferences

Members choose the notification channels and categories that match how they want to receive club updates.

Notification preferences manual

Organizational messaging

Send targeted messages to members or groups from inside Contact Ground instead of maintaining separate lists.

Messaging feature manual

News and blog entries

Publish club news, updates, and announcements in a place members can review after sign-in.

News feature manual

Search

Find relevant records and workflows faster with search support across the product.

Search manual

Business

Administration, reporting, accounting, and ownership

Support the back office work that keeps the club configured, auditable, and financially organized.

Organization administration

Owners and administrators configure club settings, users, roles, resources, communications, documents, and policies.

Administration manual

Owner configuration

Organization owners manage higher-level configuration, subscription responsibilities, and club setup decisions.

Owner configuration manual

Audit log

Review administrative and operational changes when the club needs traceability for important activity.

Audit log manual

Reports

Use reports to review activity, billing, operations, and other club data without building spreadsheets by hand.

Reports manual

QuickBooks integration

Connect Contact Ground with QuickBooks Online for accounting setup, mapping, invoicing, and export workflows.

QuickBooks feature manual

Accounting and invoicing

Accounting users can follow playbooks for dues, flight charges, invoice review, and QuickBooks-backed workflows.

Accounting playbook

Credit requests

Members can request billing credits while accounting users keep the adjustment workflow organized.

Credit requests manual

Getting started and glossary

New users can orient themselves with first-login guidance and a shared vocabulary for product terms.

Getting started manual