FREE TOOLS/WEATHER ORB

When can you fly?

Enter an airport, a time window and your personal minimums. We compare the forecast against them hour by hour.

FREE · NO SIGNUP REQUIRED

Where are you flying?

When can you fly?

Times are in the airport's local time.

Your conditions

WHAT WE CHECK

Ceiling

Lowest broken or overcast layer against your minimum.

Visibility

Forecast visibility in statute miles.

Wind & gusts

Sustained wind and gusts, checked separately.

Crosswind

Estimated for the best-aligned runway each hour.

Thunderstorms

Convection in the forecast, if you choose to avoid it.

METAR, TAF & hazards

Current observation, terminal forecast, SIGMETs and AIRMETs.

WEATHER ALERTS · COMING SOON

Want us to watch this for you?

Soon you'll be able to save your airport, minimums, and preferred flying date/time to get automated update notifications on the weather status.

Iced weather sensor on a mountain summit

HOW IT IS CALCULATED

Ceiling

Taken from the National Weather Service hourly forecast grid for the airport location and compared to your minimum.

Wind and crosswind

Crosswind is estimated from forecast wind against FAA runway headings, using the best-aligned runway each hour.

Convection

Any forecast thunderstorm risk in an hour marks it as no go when you choose to avoid convection.

This is a planning aid, not a weather briefing. Always get an official briefing before flight.