AVI8AIPilotBriefAI

AI briefing + FAA flight plan filing

File your FAA flight plan with AI judgment before it's sent.

PilotBriefAI reads live METARs, TAFs, NOTAMs, route hazards, your saved aircraft, and your personal minimums, then carries that briefing context directly into a real VFR or IFR flight plan filed through Leidos Flight Service.

Brief, judge, file, amend, activate, close, and let AI Wingman keep watching the route. Keep your EFB for charts, plates, and cockpit navigation.

See flight plan filing
Download the app to activate the trial Full IFR-tier access No credit card One trial per pilot
VFR MVFR IFR LIFR
PilotBriefAI marginal briefing screen with AI flight summary
PilotBriefAI dashboard with watched airport, METAR, runway wind, and forecast

Flight plan filing

The whole filing flow, built from the brief you just ran.

PilotBriefAI now manages the flight plan filing process in app: file, amend, activate, and close real FAA flight plans through Leidos Flight Service. The difference is what happens before you tap submit. Your AI flight briefing, saved aircraft, route, fuel context, personal minimums, and route hazards are already there, so the plan is checked before anything is transmitted.

Briefing data carries into the plan

Departure, destination, route, aircraft profile, and briefing context move into the filing workflow instead of forcing you to rebuild the flight from a blank form.

AI gate before transmission

Personal minimums and aircraft limits stay attached to the filing decision, so PilotBriefAI can flag a plan that breaks your own rules before it reaches the FAA.

AI Wingman keeps watching

After filing, AI Wingman monitors the route corridor and alternate picture and tells you when changes are meaningful enough to review or amend.

"Crosswind 18 kt at KDFW. Your max is 15. File anyway?"

PilotBriefAI's filing gate, shown before transmission
PilotBriefAI flight plan management screen showing KAUS to KOKC accepted by Flight Service with amend, cancel, ForeFlight, FPL, and share actions

Accepted by Flight Service

Manage the plan after it is filed.

See filed, accepted, active, and closed status in one place, amend or cancel when the window allows, and hand the filed route to ForeFlight, Garmin Pilot, or your panel when it is time to fly.

PilotBriefAI route hazard timeline showing KAUS to KOKC with a convective SIGMET and TFR in encounter order

Route hazard timeline

See hazards when you'll meet them, not as a raw list.

The brief maps hazards along your route and orders them by estimated encounter time. A TFR, convective SIGMET, or destination change is tied to the route segment and clock time that matter for this flight.

Pilot weather dashboard

The aviation weather screen pilots come back to before every flight.

PilotBriefAI opens on the airport picture that matters most: your watched field, favorite ATIS frequencies, live METAR category, runway wind, ceiling, visibility, sunset/night timing, nearby advisories, and one-tap access to the full AI flight briefing.

Favorite ATIS at your fingertips

Jump straight to KAUS, KNEW, KGTU, or any saved airport without hunting through menus.

Watched airport status

Flight category, wind, visibility, ceiling, runway wind, density altitude, and advisories stay visible in one scan.

From glance to briefing

Tap the airport card to move from dashboard awareness into the Claude-powered Go / Marginal / No-Go briefing.

PilotBriefAI dashboard with watched airport, ATIS shortcuts, METAR card, runway wind, and advisories

Live Track

Type a tail number. Watch it move on the sectional.

Live Track lets you follow a saved aircraft or spotlight any N-number on the map. PilotBriefAI pulls the aircraft identity, paints the track over a VFR sectional, and keeps speed, altitude, and heading context visible while you watch.

Track any tail VFR sectional context Saved aircraft Live movement
Know who you are watching

Tail, make, model, type, and saved-aircraft state stay attached to the live track.

Map-first situational awareness

The track sits on terrain, roads, airspace, and route context instead of an abstract radar list.

PilotBriefAI Live Track screen watching N127TJ on a VFR sectional map

Portable ADS-B receiver support

Works with open GDL90 Wi‑Fi.

PilotBriefAI connects to any ADS-B receiver that broadcasts standard GDL90 over Wi-Fi on UDP port 4000. Join the receiver's Wi-Fi network, open FLY, and paid plans can show live ownship and traffic on your sectional.

Required spec: standard GDL90 over Wi-Fi, UDP 4000
Collage of supported ADS-B receivers: Stratux, Stratus 3, iLevil 3 AW, and uAvionix skySensor connected by Open GDL90 Wi-Fi over UDP 4000

Fully supported

  • Stratux DIY or pre-built receivers, including CrewDog-style builds.
  • Appareo Stratus 3 / 3i with Open ADS-B Mode enabled in Stratus Horizon Pro.
  • Levil iLevil 3 AW/SW and BOM native GDL90 Wi-Fi receivers.
  • uAvionix echoUAT, skySensor, AV-Link, and SkyEcho 2 where regionally legal and available.

What to look for

  • Receiver documentation says GDL90 output or Open ADS-B mode.
  • It supports third-party EFB apps such as FltPlan Go, FlyQ, WingX, or similar tools.
  • Dynon portable or SkyView Wi-Fi may work, but uses a tweaked GDL90 stream; verify with your unit before relying on it.

Not compatible

  • ForeFlight Sentry, Sentry Plus, and Sentry Mini use a closed ForeFlight protocol.
  • Garmin GDL 50, GDL 52, GDL 39, and GDL 39 3D use Garmin Connext, not open GDL90.
  • Bad Elf units are GPS-only and do not provide ADS-B traffic.

PIREPs along your route

Every pilot report on your path.
Plotted. Explained. Relevant.

Most weather apps dump every PIREP filed in a 200-mile radius into a list and let you sort it out. PilotBriefAI does something different: it maps only the reports that fall near your actual flight corridor — then lets you tap any dot to read the raw report, or ask Claude to explain what it means for your route, your altitude, and your aircraft right now.

Turbulence at FL170 fifty miles north of your corridor at the wrong altitude isn't your problem. The MOD icing report 12 miles west at your cruise altitude absolutely is. We show you the difference.

SEV/EXTRM MOD LGHT Icing NEG
PilotBriefAI phone screen showing route PIREP map, severity legend, and expandable report list
PilotBriefAI Weather Explorer with radar loop, flight category stations, winds and temps aloft, and satellite imagery near KAUS

Weather Explorer

Zoom from the big weather picture to the airport that matters.

Pick any airport, fix, or navaid and Weather Explorer gives you an interactive weather workspace: animated radar, flight-category station dots, winds and temps aloft, and NOAA/NWS imagery without leaving the briefing flow.

Flight-category map

Station dots keep VFR, MVFR, IFR, and LIFR context visible while you pan.

Animated radar loop

Watch precipitation move over the same sectional-style map you use for route context.

Winds and temps aloft

See the winds layer tied to the selected point instead of hunting through decoded text.

NOAA/NWS imagery

Satellite, radar, and prog chart tabs keep the raw picture one tap away.

Brief. Listen. Fly with context.

FLY maps, live ATC, and live ADS-B — together.

PilotBriefAI brings the sound of the field and a VFR flying picture into one workflow. FLY is a supplemental situational-awareness aid for VFR pilots, not a certified navigation source or replacement for your EFB.

Build and download your FLY map

Set a route, save it, and download chart coverage before you go so the sectional stays available when the signal gets thin.

PilotBriefAI FLY menu showing route setup, saved route, and downloaded chart coverage

Live ATC audio

Stream tower, ground, and CTAF from LiveATC.net in the briefing flow so you hear the field before you key the mic.

PilotBriefAI live tower frequency chip PilotBriefAI KAUS ATC feed list

FLY sectional awareness

See your VFR sectional, downloaded charts, live METARs, weather overlays, Direct-To guidance, route lines, and ADS-B traffic in one aid for VFR situational awareness.

PilotBriefAI FLY screen with downloaded VFR sectional, route line, Direct-To, METARs, weather, and ADS-B traffic

AI Wingman

Your home-screen watch officer for the field you care about.

AI Wingman continuously watches your selected airport, compares live METARs, forecast trends, hazards, and personal minimums, then surfaces the single insight most worth your attention before you brief.

One priority at a time

Wingman promotes what changed or matters now, then lets you open the full context when you need it.

Tap for the engine room

Behind the Curtain shows the forecast detail, recent history, and why the safety call was made.

Calibrated to your field

Switch the airport from the strip and Wingman rebuilds the watch around that location.

IFR-tier intelligence

Included with IFR and CFI, alongside alternates, winds aloft, NBM forecast, and terrain awareness.

PilotBriefAI AI Wingman Behind the Curtain screen showing live insights for KAUS
PilotBriefAI AI alternate analysis with selected alternate and fuel budget

IFR alternate intelligence

When an alternate is required, Claude explains your best out.

PilotBriefAI does more than flag the 1-2-3 rule. It evaluates forecast ceiling and visibility, fuel budget, distance, approach type, and alternate minimums, then explains why the selected airport is or is not a practical out.

Legal and practical

Alternate requirements are checked against forecast arrival windows, non-precision minima, visibility thresholds, and fuel available.

Ranked by flyability

Claude compares candidates so pilots see the nearest legal option, the weather risk, and the reason behind the recommendation.

For flight instructors

Brief every student, run the oral, then watch the flight.

A dedicated CFI workflow built into the app: student profiles, fleet management, AI teaching notes, Mock Oral checkride practice, and live ADS-B monitoring in one place.

  • Student roster

    Certificate level, currency, personal minimums, and training focus kept separate for every student.

  • Fleet management

    Aircraft profiles by tail, type, crosswind limit, and equipment — so every briefing uses the right airplane.

  • Teaching briefings

    Claude surfaces FAR/AIM-cited teaching points with space for your own CFI notes, shareable by email or text.

  • Mock Oral

    Turn the student's exact briefing into a DPE-style oral with examiner tone, grounded questions, scoring, and debrief output.

  • Send and monitor

    Send the briefing, then follow the student on live ADS-B as they fly.

PilotBriefAI CFI teaching notes with FAR/AIM citations
PilotBriefAI send briefing to student with selectable teaching notes
CFI exclusive

Mock Oral

The cross-country briefing becomes the checkride oral.

PilotBriefAI Run mock oral command card

Every solo XC review already contains the raw material a DPE will use: route, weather, NOTAMs, fuel, aircraft, student minimums, and go/no-go reasoning. Mock Oral turns that exact brief into a structured examiner-style session you can run before the student ever leaves the room.

Live brief DPE-style oral Cited debrief
Not a generic quiz bank

Questions are built from the student's actual KAUS -> KDFW route, live TAFs, fuel math, alternates, NOTAMs, and personal minimums.

Four examiner tones

Start supportive, step up to stage-check pressure, then run it like a checkride DPE when the student is ready.

Score what matters

Mark Got it, Partial, or Missed as you go, then turn the misses into a focused study list instead of a forgotten ramp debrief.

PilotBriefAI Mock Oral setup screen with student and examiner style controls
PilotBriefAI Mock Oral live question screen with grounded fuel and weather questions
From the brief Every question keeps the evidence visible.

Weather, fuel, route, and minimums stay tied to the question so the CFI can coach judgment, not memory tricks.

Works with what you already fly

The decision and filing layer your EFB is missing.

ForeFlight and Garmin Pilot are brilliant for charts, plates, and cockpit navigation. PilotBriefAI is different because it turns your AI briefing, saved airplane, personal minimums, and route hazards into a filing decision, then lets you manage the filed plan in app while AI Wingman keeps watching.

01

Brief the real route

Claude synthesizes live weather, route hazards, aircraft data, and personal minimums into a go/no-go judged for this flight.

02

File from that context

The route and saved aircraft flow into the filing workflow, with a minimums gate before the plan is sent through Leidos Flight Service.

03

Monitor, amend, then fly

Manage file, amend, activate, and close in app, while AI Wingman watches the route and your EFB handles charts, plates, and navigation.

Your EFB files what you type. PilotBriefAI knows what you briefed, what you fly, and what your route will encounter before it sends the plan.

CapabilityRaw weather sitesEFBs like ForeFlight / Garmin PilotPilotBriefAI
Live METAR / TAF / NOTAM dataYesYesYes
Charts, plates, and cockpit navigationNoYesNo, keep your EFB
FAA flight plan filing through Leidos Flight ServiceNoYesYes
AI go/no-go gate before filingNoNoYes
Route hazard timeline by estimated encounter timeNoPartialYes
FLY VFR sectional map with offline chart downloadsNoPartialYes
AI pilot weather briefing with Go / Marginal / No-Go judged against your personal minimumsNoNoYes
Plain-English PAVE risk synthesisNoNoYes
Route PIREPs mapped and interpreted by AINoPartialYes
Live ATC audio in the briefing flowNoNoYes
Supplemental FLY sectional aid with offline maps, METARs, weather, Direct-To, and ADS-B trafficNoPartialYes
Role in your workflowSource dataNavigate and flyBrief, judge, file, monitor

Complete preflight briefing

Every aviation weather briefing section. Labeled when Claude is doing the work.

PilotBriefAI pulls from 8+ live FAA/NOAA sources for the briefing, then keeps filing separate and direct through Leidos Flight Service. Claude writes the decision-support judgment around the data; Flight Service handles the actual plan transmission.

Live tools

Live Cockpit Tools

Live ATC audio, ADS-B traffic, and FLY VFR sectional context built into the briefing flow — not separate apps you have to juggle at the ramp.

  • Live ATC Audio
  • FLY sectional map, Direct-To, METARs, weather, and ADS-B traffic
  • Weather Explorer maps and imagery
Live data

Conditions & Airspace

Live FAA/NOAA feeds displayed exactly as received with color-coded flight categories and your aircraft limits applied.

  • METAR + TAF
  • Winds Aloft Chart
  • Crosswind Analysis
  • Density Altitude
  • Fuel & FBO Availability
Claude AI

AI Analysis

Claude reads every source together and writes the sections that require judgment — a verdict checked against your specific certificate, minimums, and aircraft, not a summary of decoded strings.

  • Go / No-Go Verdict
  • PAVE Analysis
  • Route Risk Corridor
  • Route Hazard Timeline
  • SIGMET / AIRMET Synthesis
  • PIREP Synthesis
  • NOTAM Summary
  • IFR Alternate AnalysisIFR+
AI flight summary MARGINAL
MARGINAL
Powered by Claude

It evaluates your pilot weather minimums, not just the weather.

Raw weather tools show conditions. PilotBriefAI checks those conditions against your personal minimums, certificate level, aircraft profile, and route context, then explains the risk in pilot language.

Ceiling2,500 ft
Crosswind0 kt
HazardsTFR + TSRA
GO

Conditions are inside your minimums, with no major route blockers identified.

MARGINAL

Flyable only with mitigation, alternates, and careful verification against official sources.

NO-GO

Conditions or hazards exceed your profile, aircraft, or route risk limits.

~15sfrom tap to multi-source AI briefing
8+live data feeds synthesized per briefing
4FAA flight categories color-coded everywhere
100%public-domain U.S. weather and NOTAM sources
14days of full IFR trial access

Decision-focused planning

Built for the whole pilot journey.

From VFR go/no-go decisions to IFR alternate planning to CFI teaching moments, the app is organized around the decisions that actually matter before flight.

Claude powered

VFR safety suite

Departure, destination, and alternate weather analyzed in one briefing so you know your outs before you go.

Crosswind component analysis against your aircraft limit Density altitude, takeoff penalty, and IMSAFE checks Claude calls out icing, turbulence, PIREPs, TFRs, SIGMETs, and IFR conditions on your corridor by name Route hazard timeline shows what you will encounter and when Flight plan filing through Leidos Flight Service FLY map with offline chart downloads, Direct-To, METARs, weather, and ADS-B traffic Live Track tail following on a VFR sectional Weather Explorer, live ATC audio, route PIREPs, fuel, and FBOs
Claude powered

IFR planning suite

For serious GA pilots who need more than legal minimums and a wall of decoded weather strings.

AI Wingman monitors your selected field and surfaces the most urgent change Claude ranks alternates by real flyability, fuel budget, forecast window, and legal minima Claude reads FD winds and recommends cruise altitude with reasoning Hourly NBM forecast and terrain awareness
Claude powered

CFI toolkit

Manage students, aircraft, teaching notes, and shared briefing records from one instructor workflow.

Claude flags teachable moments with FAR/AIM citations and classic decision traps Mock Oral turns the student's live briefing into DPE-style checkride practice Student and aircraft profiles with separate minimums Share briefings with CFI notes by email or text

Why PilotBriefAI is different

Pilot weather decision support, not a data dump.

Your minimums matter

Every briefing is judged against your certificate level, preferences, weather limits, and aircraft profile.

It complements your EFB

Use PilotBriefAI to brief, judge, file, and monitor; keep ForeFlight or Garmin Pilot for charts, plates, and cockpit navigation.

Four tools in one cockpit

AI weather synthesis, route hazard timelines, live ATC audio, and live ADS-B on sectionals in a single app.

Honest about its role

Filing runs through Flight Service; AI guidance is decision support. The go/no-go is always yours.

Simple pricing

Start in the app. Upgrade when the airplane gets serious.

The website does not sell subscriptions directly. Download PilotBriefAI, activate the 14-day trial in the app, then choose a plan through the App Store or Google Play when you are ready.

Free

Try a real briefing

Free

3 briefings total. No credit card.

  • Live METAR & Go/No-Go
  • Personal minimums profile
  • Animated Windy maps
  • 3 favorite airports · 1 aircraft
Save 33%

VFR

$39.99/yr

$3.33/mo · billed annually

  • Multi-airport route briefing
  • Crosswind & density altitude
  • Route hazards, fuel & FBOs
  • Flight plan filing through Leidos Flight Service
  • Weather Explorer maps & imagery
  • Live ATC audio
  • FLY sectional aid + GDL90 ADS-B support
Best fit

IFR

$59.99/yr

$5.00/mo · billed annually

  • Everything in VFR
  • AI Wingman field monitor
  • AI Alternate Advisor
  • Winds aloft & altitude advisor
  • Filed route and alternate monitoring
  • Unlimited briefings & routes
Save 50%

CFI

$119.99/yr

$10.00/mo · billed annually

  • Everything in IFR
  • Mock Oral checkride practice
  • FAR/AIM teaching callouts
  • Student briefing and filing context
  • Student & fleet management
  • Briefing share & ADS-B watch
FeatureFreeVFRIFRCFI
Core
Live METAR and Go/No-Go analysisYesYesYesYes
Personal minimums profileYesYesYesYes
Animated weather maps powered by WindyYesYesYesYes
Briefings included3 total30/moUnlimitedUnlimited
Saved routes010UnlimitedUnlimited
Favorite airports310UnlimitedUnlimited
Aircraft profiles13UnlimitedUnlimited
VFR Planning and Safety Suite
AI multi-airport route briefing-YesYesYes
Crosswind component analysis-YesYesYes
Density altitude and performance-YesYesYes
IMSAFE personal check-YesYesYes
AI route hazard analysis-YesYesYes
Route hazard timeline by estimated encounter time-YesYesYes
Flight plan filing through Leidos Flight Service-YesYesYes
File, amend, activate, and close in app-YesYesYes
Fuel and FBO availability on route-YesYesYes
Live ATC audio-YesYesYes
Weather Explorer maps and imagery-YesYesYes
FLY VFR sectional map with offline chart downloads-YesYesYes
Direct-To, live METARs, route lines, and weather overlays in FLY-YesYesYes
Live tail tracking on VFR sectional-YesYesYes
Open GDL90 Wi-Fi ADS-B receiver support-YesYesYes
IFR Planning Suite
AI Wingman live watch-field monitor--YesYes
Filed route and alternate monitoring after filing--YesYes
AI Alternate Advisor with fuel budget and minima analysis--YesYes
AI winds aloft and altitude advisor--YesYes
Hourly NBM point forecast--YesYes
AI terrain awareness--YesYes
CFI Instructor Toolkit
Mock Oral checkride practice from the student's live briefing---Yes
AI teaching callouts with FAR/AIM citations---Yes
Student profiles---Unlimited
Fleet aircraft management---Yes
Email/text briefing share with CFI notes---Yes
FLY map and live ADS-B student flight watch---Yes
Briefing PDF export and share---Yes
Early access and priority in-app support---Yes

Pilot objections, answered

Built to fit the way pilots already brief weather.

Do I still need ForeFlight or Garmin Pilot?

Yes, and keep them. PilotBriefAI now files real FAA flight plans through Leidos Flight Service, but it does not replace charts, plates, or certified cockpit navigation. Use PilotBriefAI to brief, judge, file, amend, activate, close, and monitor; use your EFB where you need chart and navigation workflows.

What makes it different from a weather app?

Weather apps show conditions. PilotBriefAI uses Claude to interpret those conditions against your personal minimums and aircraft, shows hazards in the order you will encounter them along the route, carries that context into filing, then lets AI Wingman keep watching after the plan is filed.

Where does this fit with my EFB workflow?

Use PilotBriefAI for the route-aware briefing and filing workflow, then fly with the EFB or panel setup you already trust. The filed route can be handed to ForeFlight, exported as an .fpl for Garmin Pilot and other tools, or shared when you need it outside the app.

How does flight plan filing work?

Paid plans can file, amend, activate, and close VFR or IFR flight plans through Leidos Flight Service. PilotBriefAI carries over your route, saved aircraft, and briefing context, shows Flight Service status in app, and keeps the AI layer focused on decision support before and after transmission.

Which ADS-B receivers work with FLY?

Paid plans support any receiver broadcasting standard GDL90 over Wi-Fi on UDP port 4000, including Stratux, Appareo Stratus 3 with Open ADS-B Mode, Levil iLevil, and uAvionix echoUAT / skySensor / AV-Link devices. ForeFlight Sentry and Garmin GDL receivers use closed protocols, and Bad Elf units are GPS-only.

Which AI does it use?

Anthropic's Claude. It reads live FAA/NOAA data server-side and produces the plain-English PAVE analysis and Go / Marginal / No-Go result.

Is this an official weather briefing?

No. PilotBriefAI supports Flight Service filing, but the AI briefing and go/no-go guidance are decision-support aids. Always verify safety-critical information with official sources, and every decision remains yours as pilot in command.

How does the free trial work?

14 days of full IFR-tier access, no credit card, one per pilot.

Safety first

Honest about its role.

PilotBriefAI is a situational-awareness and decision-support aid, not a certified weather briefing service. Flight plan filing is transmitted through Leidos Flight Service; AI briefings, route hazard summaries, and go/no-go guidance do not replace official preflight verification or pilot judgment. PilotBriefAI does not make the go/no-go decision - it surfaces how live data compares to your personal minimums, in plain English. Every decision, and the safe conduct of the flight, remains solely yours as pilot in command. Weather, NOTAM, TFR, PIREP, and winds-aloft data may be delayed, incomplete, unavailable, or inaccurate, and AI summaries can contain errors. Always verify all safety-critical information against official primary sources before flight, as required by 14 CFR 91.103. You assume all risk of using this app.