How to export your LogTen Pro logbook and keep your data
Checked against the sources below on 29 October 2026. How these guides are written
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To export your LogTen logbook, open the Reports tab, go to Exporters and run Export Flights (Tab). It writes every flight, with every LogTen field, to a tab-delimited .txt file that Numbers, Excel and other logbook apps can read. LogTen says the file is not a complete backup: signatures, images and details on People and Aircraft entries need other exporters or a PDF. If your subscription lapses, LogTen says you can still view, edit, export and print, but cannot add new flights.
Check your LogTen export before you moveDrop the Export Flights (Tab) file and see its flights, hours and currency, read by the Off Chocks app's import code in your browser.- Every flight, every field
- Reports, Exporters, Export Flights (Tab)
- Tab-delimited .txt
- LogTen: Exporter Reports
- Only the fields on screen
- Dynamic Export Flights (fields shown in your Logbook tab)
- Tab-delimited .txt
- LogTen: Exporter Reports
- People, aircraft, types, certificates, places
- Address Book Export, Export Aircraft, Export Aircraft Types, Export Certificates, Export Places (Tab)
- One .txt file each
- LogTen: Exporter Reports
- Printable logbook
- Reports, Logbooks, then Save as PDF (iPhone, iPad) or Save As, Print/Save (Mac)
- LogTen: Printing & Saving Reports
- Not in the flights file
- Signatures, other images, details on People and Aircraft entries
- Any export
- LogTen: Spreadsheet Export
- After a lapse
- View, edit, generate reports, export and print; no new flights
- Any time
- LogTen: About LogTen Subscriptions
How do you export flights from LogTen?
In LogTen, open the Reports tab, go to Exporters (in the More section) and run Export Flights (Tab). LogTen's help centre lists it as the flights export that uses every field in LogTen. The result is a tab-delimited .txt file you can save, email to yourself, or open in Numbers or Excel.
On iPhone and iPad, reports run through Configure Report, where you choose the entry types, a filter group and a date range, then tap Generate. Clear any filter and set the full date range so nothing is left behind. On a Mac, LogTen says to select All Entries in the Logbook tab before you run a report.
Dynamic Export Flights is the other flights exporter. It writes only the fields you have set to display in your Logbook tab, so use Export Flights (Tab) whenever you are moving your logbook to another app.
What does the LogTen export leave out?
LogTen's Spreadsheet Export article states "THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE BACKUP". The file holds your flight entries, including crew names and tail numbers, and LogTen says your logbook can be rebuilt from it. Details you typed onto People or Aircraft entries are left out, and so are signatures and other images.
For the rest, run the matching exporters from the same menu: Address Book Export for the People tab, Export Aircraft, Export Aircraft Types, Export Certificates and Export Places (Tab). Each writes its own .txt file. None of them carries signatures, so save signed reports as PDFs.
The flights file is wide. A recent LogTen header has 280 columns: 236 flight fields, 37 aircraft fields and 7 aircraft type fields, most of them empty for most pilots. Before you export, note whether LogTen is showing your times in UTC or local time, so you can tell the importing app which they are.
How do you save a PDF logbook from LogTen?
The Logbooks section of the Reports tab holds reports laid out like paper logbooks: a General logbook and regional logbooks. LogTen says LogTen Pro includes 17 regions, switched with Change Region. On iPhone or iPad, tap the report, Configure Report, set the range and tap Generate, then Save as PDF and use the Share button. On a Mac, double-click the report to generate it, then use Save As, or Print/Save to open it in your PDF app.
Keep both outputs. The PDF is the copy an examiner, employer or authority can read without LogTen, and on iOS you can add a signature with Sign Report before saving. Another logbook app cannot import a PDF, so the tab file stays your data copy.
What happens to your logbook if you stop paying for LogTen?
LogTen's subscription article says that "if your subscription lapses, you can always download the latest app updates" and that "you will always have full access to your logbook data", where you can "view, edit existing entries, generate reports, export, and print". The limit: "you will not be able to add new flights." Its Subscription FAQs say the same: "The only limit when your subscription expires is you cannot add any new flights."
The same article says LogTen can be used without restrictions until you log more than 50 hours of total flight time; after that a subscription is needed to add flights and sync. LogTen's in-app backups are kept in your LogTen account and restore into LogTen. For a copy you hold yourself, export the tab file and a full PDF logbook and store them outside the app.
Mistakes pilots make
- Exporting with a filter group or a short date range still set in Configure Report, then finding years missing in the new app.
- Using Dynamic Export Flights for a move. It only carries the fields visible in your Logbook tab.
- Treating the tab file as a backup. LogTen says it leaves out signatures, images and the details on People and Aircraft entries.
- Not knowing whether the exported times are UTC or local. An import that guesses wrong shifts every Out, Off, On and In time, and every night calculation with it.
- Deleting LogTen before comparing the new app's totals with a LogTen totals report run over the same dates.
What Off Chocks tracks
- The LogTen Pro Import tile (Logbook, Import) takes the Export Flights (Tab) file as .txt, .tsv or .csv, recognises LogTen's column names and goes straight to Confirm once it finds a date and a total time.
- It brings across times, roles, night, instrument time, takeoffs, landings, full stops, holds, approaches, crew names and the aircraft details carried in the flights file, and skips rows that duplicate flights you already have. Signatures and images are not in LogTen's file, so they do not come across.
- Off Chocks exports back to a LogTen-format tab file, and lists aircraft, crew, credentials and custom airports in LogTen's format. Every export is free on every plan.
Common questions
- Can I export my LogTen logbook without a subscription?
- Yes. LogTen says a lapsed subscriber keeps full access to their logbook data and can view, edit, generate reports, export and print. Only adding new flights stops.
- What file format does LogTen export?
- Export Flights (Tab) writes a tab-delimited .txt spreadsheet file. LogTen's other exporters write .ics calendar files and .kml Google Earth files, and reports save as PDF or HTML.
- Does the LogTen export include signatures?
- No. LogTen says signatures and other images are not included. Save signed reports as PDFs.
- Can I open a LogTen export in Excel?
- Yes. LogTen says the .txt file opens in any spreadsheet program such as Numbers or Excel. Keep an untouched copy for importing, since re-saving in a spreadsheet can change dates and times.
- How do I get a PDF of my LogTen logbook?
- Open Reports, choose a report under Logbooks, set the range in Configure Report (iPhone, iPad) or the date range filter (Mac), generate it, then Save as PDF or Save As.
Sources
- LogTen Help Center: Exporter Reports (updated 5 May 2026)
- LogTen Help Center: Spreadsheet Export (updated 17 Mar 2026)
- LogTen Help Center: Printing & Saving Reports (updated 15 Oct 2025)
- LogTen Help Center: About LogTen Subscriptions (updated 2 Oct 2025)
- LogTen Help Center: Subscription FAQs (updated 6 Feb 2026)
- LogTen Help Center: In-App Backup (updated 20 Jun 2025)
- LogTen Help Center: Overview of Reports Tab (updated 5 May 2026)
This is a plain-words summary to help you keep your own records, not legal advice. The regulation and your operator's procedures always take precedence.