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Everything about FlightReady — interactive, connected, and complete.

Learn every feature, follow guided journeys step-by-step, and understand Free vs Pro — all in one place.

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Quick Start

What FlightReady is and where to begin

What is FlightReady?

FlightReady is an AI-powered general aviation preflight readiness platform. It answers: “Am I flight-ready for this route?” by synthesizing live weather, NOTAMs, terrain, NTSB accident history, pilot factors, and aircraft data into an explainable risk score and AI briefing. It is decision support — you always make the final go/no-go call.

The core workflow at a glance

01

Route

Add flight context

02

Factors

Review critical inputs

03

Score

Readiness breakdown

04

Brief

Explainable AI output

05

Decide

Clearer go/no-go

New here?

Sign up → onboarding → first risk check

Returning pilot

Home dashboard with quick actions

Need Pro?

Compare plans and upgrade paths

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Guided Journeys

Step-by-step walkthroughs for common goals

I am a…

Your first Flight Risk Check

The core product — analyze a route in under two minutes

Step 1 of 6

Sign up & complete onboarding

Create an account, pick your pilot persona, set your home airport, and optionally add an aircraft. Onboarding tailors defaults and unlocks the dashboard.

You can skip flight hours and aircraft during onboarding — add them later in Aircraft Intel.

Sign up

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Every Feature

What each page does and how to use it

How to use

  • 1.Land here after onboarding or login
  • 2.Use quick-action cards to jump to Risk Check, Preflight, or AI Assistant
  • 3.Complete the activation checklist for first-time tips

Works with

  • Flight Risk Check
  • Onboarding
  • Home airport weather
Open Home (Overview)

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How It Flows

End-to-end workflows and decision paths

Analysis pipeline — click each stage

What happens when you click Analyze on Flight Risk Check

Stage 1: Route context

ICAO pair, altitude, time, aircraft

Sign up → Dashboard

  1. 1Create your account and sign in
  2. 2Complete the onboarding wizard
  3. 3Add your home airport and optional aircraft
  4. 4Land on Home with quick actions ready

Save a briefing

  1. 1Run analysis on Flight Risk Check
  2. 2Save as a preflight assessment
  3. 3Or save as a flight plan (Pro)
  4. 4Find everything in Briefings
  5. 5Free: 7-day history limit

Upgrade to Pro

  1. 1Hit a Pro gate (lock icon in sidebar)
  2. 2Open Settings → Billing
  3. 3Complete checkout
  4. 4Pro features unlock immediately

Onboarding path

  1. 1Welcome → persona → certificate
  2. 2Home airport → hours (optional)
  3. 3Aircraft (optional) → activate
  4. 4Optional: run your first risk check
  5. 5Arrive at Home dashboard

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Plans & Limits

Free vs Pro and what unlocks where

$0

Free

For pilots testing FlightReady.

  • Unlimited basic route risk checks
  • 5 full AI safety briefings / month
  • Basic weather summary
  • Basic airport info
  • Limited accident intelligence preview
  • 1 saved aircraft
  • 7-day briefing history
  • PDF export
  • Personal minimums engine
  • Full accident intelligence
  • Multiple aircraft
  • Full saved briefing history

Upgrade to unlock

Pro

  • + Unlimited full AI safety briefings
  • + Full route risk analysis
  • + Personal minimums engine
  • + Accident intelligence along route
  • + Airport risk profiles
  • + Multiple aircraft profiles
Upgrade to Pro

Where gates appear: Pro-only features show a lock icon in the sidebar and upgrade prompts throughout the app. Admins bypass billing limits.

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Data Sources

Weather, accidents, NOTAMs, and AI grounding

NOAA Aviation Weather▼

Used for METAR, TAF, SIGMETs, G-AIRMETs, and PIREPs at departure, arrival, and along your route

Where you see it Flight Risk Check, Preflight Wizard, airport weather pages

FAA NOTAMs▼

Used for Active notices translated to plain English with relevance for your specific flight

Where you see it Risk factor breakdown, airport pages, briefing panel

NTSB Accident Database▼

Used for Historical accident records used to identify patterns relevant to your route

Where you see it Accident Map, AI briefings, Route Analysis

AI Safety Analysis▼

Used for Plain-English briefings and chat grounded in your route context and accident history

Where you see it Flight Risk Check briefing, AI Assistant, safety reports

Mapbox▼

Used for Interactive maps with route lines, accident points, and airspace overlays

Where you see it Flight Risk Check, Accident Map, airport pages

OpenSky▼

Used for Live flight traffic

Where you see it Live Flights page

FAA / OpenAIP▼

Used for Airport data, runways, frequencies, and approach plates

Where you see it Airport Intelligence pages

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Tips & Shortcuts

Command palette, navigation, and power-user tips

Open command palette

Anywhere in dashboard

⌘K / Ctrl+K

Close palette / modals

Dialogs and overlays

Esc

Jump to any major feature

Mission, Planning, Intelligence groups

Sidebar

See current mission at a glance

Sidebar when route is set

Active route chip

Service status indicator

Green = systems online

Bottom status bar

Navigation map

Sidebar groups: Mission (Home, Risk Check, Briefings) → Planning (Preflight, Flight Plan) → Aircraft & Pilot → Intelligence (AI, Route Analysis, Accidents). Immersive full-height pages: Risk Check, AI Chat, Accident Map.

Open dashboard

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FAQ

Common questions answered

No. FlightReady is decision-support software. Always obtain required official briefings (e.g. 1800wxbrief), follow regulations, aircraft documentation, and instructor guidance. The pilot in command makes the final go/no-go decision.

FlightReady is decision-support software and does not replace pilot judgment, official weather briefings, regulations, instructor guidance, aircraft documentation, or required preflight procedures.