VFR flight assistant for US pilots
Ask in plain English. AeroZulu reads the official sources — FAA airport data, NOAA weather, live TFRs and terminal charts — and hands back a ready nav log, with the raw official message next to every summary.
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Pilot’s question: Plan KHPN → KFRG tomorrow
Tools consulted: Looking up the airport, Analyzing the leg and its airspace, Fetching METAR/TAF, Reading NOTAMs, Checking sunset.
🛩️ VFR BRIEFING — KHPN → KFRG
24.3 NM direct · sunset 22:32 UTC
White Plains Class D → under the 3,000 ft Class B shelf → Farmingdale Class D. Both fields VFR, but NOTAMs close both Republic runways all day tomorrow:
09/051 B) 2609241707 C) 2610302200 E) RWY 01/19 CLSD EXC XNG 09/076 B) 2609291514 C) 2610050359 E) RWY 14/32 CLSD EXC XNG
Direct leg from Westchester County to Republic drawn under the New York Class B shelf.
🔴 No open runway at Republic tomorrow
Not an official briefing — always check the official publications. The pilot in command is the final authority.
The data
FAA and NOAA data for every flight. Live weather, NOTAMs and TFRs. FAA datasets on the FAA cycle.
Sources: FAA (NASR, d-TPP, DOF, tfr.faa.gov) and NOAA.
The app
Route
It plans a direct leg between your airports and checks every Class B, C and D along it against your planned altitude, plus the special-use airspace and the TFRs active at that moment, with frequencies from the FAA registry.
Airspace limits from official FAA data. Always check the current chart before flight.
Nav log
A leg table with heading, altitude and frequency. A contact timeline without gaps. Fuel against endurance. Latest takeoff computed from sunset at the destination — ready to clip to your kneeboard.
Light single · planned at 100 kt
Distance 24.3 NM direct · ETE 15 min · Sunset at Republic 23:45 UTC
⏰ LATEST TAKEOFF: 23:00 UTC — 7:00 pm EDT
| Leg | NM | Airspace | Alt. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depart KHPN | — | White Plains Class D | SFC–3,000 ft |
| Enroute, under the shelf | 24.3 | New York Class B above | shelf floor 3,000 → 4,000 ft |
| Arrive KFRG | — | Farmingdale Class D | SFC–2,600 ft |
🟡 VFR now; ceilings drop to 1,500 ft tomorrow afternoon — the pilot in command decides
Weather
METAR and TAF appear exactly as NOAA published them, next to the decoded reading. You verify in seconds instead of trusting. SIGMETs, G-AIRMETs and PIREPs join the same read.
The message, as NOAA published it:
METAR KHPN 212156Z 04005KT 10SM OVC065 24/17 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP170 T02440172
TAF KHPN 212031Z 2121/2218 06005KT P6SM SCT045 FM220000 VRB03KT P6SM FEW050 BKN250 FM221500 11004KT P6SM OVC015 PROB30 2215/2218 P6SM -RA OVC025 AMD NOT SKED
Overcast at 6,500 ft with 10 miles now — comfortably VFR. The TAF drops the deck to overcast 1,500 ft after 15Z tomorrow with a 30% chance of light rain: go early.
Source: NOAA Aviation Weather Center · fetched on every ask.
Export
One tap builds the route file with every waypoint named and opens the share sheet: FPL for Garmin Pilot and ForeFlight, GPX for the rest. AeroZulu does not try to replace your navigation app.
KHPN-KFRG.gpx
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Charts for the trip
The airspace
Class B, C and D, special-use areas and the TFRs active at that moment — with the floors and ceilings quoted from the official FAA data, not from memory.
The result is a briefing you can fly. “Remain below the 3,000-foot Class B shelf, Republic Tower on 118.8” is how the flight actually goes.
Direct leg — KHPN → KFRG
Airspace sweep · official FAA data
| Segment | Dist NM | Track | Airspace | Vertical limits | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depart KHPN | — | 147° T | White Plains Class D | SFC–3,000 ft | WESTCHESTER TWR 118.575 |
| Enroute, under the shelf | 24.3 | 147° T | New York Class B above | shelf floor 3,000 → 4,000 ft | KHPN D-ATIS 133.8 |
| Arrive KFRG | — | — | Farmingdale Class D | SFC–2,600 ft | REPUBLIC TWR 118.8 · ATIS 126.65 |
Airspace limits from official FAA data. Always check the current sectional before flight.
Trust
Every METAR and every TAF appears exactly as published, next to the plain-language reading. The summary never replaces the original.
FAA and NOAA — public-domain US government data. Live weather, NOTAMs and TFRs; forecast winds come from weather-model data.
Numbers come from FAA and NOAA data, weather-model winds and code, not from the AI, and the source is shown so you can check.
AeroZulu is not an official source of preflight briefings and is not certified by any aviation authority, including the FAA. It is a planning aid. Always check the official FAA and NOAA sources before flying. The pilot in command retains full legal responsibility for the preparation and conduct of the flight.
FAQ
No. It is an advisory planning tool. It reads the official publications and organizes them into a nav log, which can help you become familiar with the available information before a flight, the way 14 CFR 91.103 requires and AC 91-92 describes for third-party tools — but it is not certified by any aviation authority, and it does not replace the official sources. The pilot in command remains the final authority.
From official, public US government sources: airport data from the FAA NASR (about 4,900 public-use airports), terminal procedures and airport diagrams from the FAA d-TPP (24,000+ charts), aviation weather — METAR, TAF, SIGMET, G-AIRMET, PIREPs — from NOAA, and live TFRs from tfr.faa.gov. Forecast winds come from weather-model data.
As a direct leg between your airports. Every Class B, C and D along it is checked against your planned altitude, along with the special-use airspace and the TFRs active at that moment.
It is built not to. Frequencies, altitudes, distances and fuel figures come from FAA and NOAA data, weather-model winds and code, not from the AI, and the source is shown so you can check. The AI writes the summary around those numbers and can still get one wrong, so check each one against the current chart before you fly.
No. It drafts the plan for you to review, but filing stays with the official channels and the services you already use.
Plans are billed in US dollars through the App Store or Google Play. Cancel anytime through the store.
No. Weather, NOTAMs and TFRs are fetched when you ask, because they change constantly — a briefing saved from yesterday would be worse than none. The exported route file, though, stays on your phone.
Ask, check the sources, export the FPL or GPX — with official FAA and NOAA data.
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