Full weather intelligence.
Free forever.
PlaneWX will never put safety behind a paywall. Every pilot gets the same AI engine, the same weather models, the same WX Score — whether you pay or not. We limit how much you can use it, not how well it works.
Same analysis as Pro · No credit card · Never expires
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What you get for $0
Every feature below is available on the free plan. No trial countdown. No feature gates.
The free plan limits how much you use PlaneWX (2 flights, 15 briefings/week), not how well it works. A free briefing and a Pro briefing for the same flight are identical.
Free vs Casual vs Pro
Same engine. Same analysis. Paid plans add automation and scale.
Feature
Free
Casual
$7.99/mo
Pro
$14.99/mo
Safety & Analysis
Convenience & Automation
Scale
“We don't make pilots pay for safety. We won't. We refuse.”
Our mission is to increase general aviation safety. Removing the free plan would mean telling pilots they need to pay to access weather intelligence that could prevent an accident. That's not something we're willing to do.
Pro doesn't make your briefings better — they're already full quality. Casual makes PlaneWX watch the weather for you — auto-refresh, email alerts, Trip Watchers. Pro adds route intelligence and maximum scale: Corridor Watch, Multi-City Optimizer, and the mentor directory.
Which plan fits how you fly?
Every pilot gets full-quality weather analysis. Choose the level of automation and scale that matches your flying.
Weekend Flyers
You fly a handful of cross-country trips a year. Two active flights and 15 weekly briefings cover your typical usage comfortably. Full analysis, every time.
Monthly Flyers
A few cross-country flights per month. You want PlaneWX to watch the weather and alert you to changes — not just brief you when you remember to check.
Student Pilots
Building hours, learning weather, developing good ADM habits. PAVE risk assessments and mentor access help you build the judgment that keeps you safe for a lifetime.
Pilots Evaluating PlaneWX
This isn't a watered-down demo. It's the real product with quantity limits. Run actual flights through the system and see the full analysis before deciding to upgrade.
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From student pilots building hours to ATP captains flying Citations and Gulfstreams.
Start with full Pro Plus. Free for 14 days.
No credit card required. Every pilot gets full-quality briefings. After your trial, choose the plan that fits how you fly. Pro Plus adds automation while you're on the ground and when you file.
Safety is not a premium feature.
Every briefing — free, Casual, Pro, or Pro Plus — uses the same AI engine, the same weather models, and the same scoring methodology. We limit how much you can use PlaneWX, not how well it works. Paid plans unlock automation and scale — not the quality of the analysis that keeps you safe.
I priced annual when the app was new. It isn't anymore. This locks today's rate for two years. Grateful for your support — it's why I keep putting my heart, soul, and wallet into PlaneWX. — Mark
Pro Plus
For pilots who want PlaneWX working between flights — parked-aircraft watch, briefings on file, and early access to tools still in development. Decision support only; you stay PIC.
Everything in Pro, plus:
- Ground Protection
We watch the weather at your parked aircraft and text you before hail, wind, or freezing rain arrives.
- Auto-Brief
File a flight plan and your briefing is waiting before you ask for it.
- Pre-Flight Text
Your WX Score by text 30 minutes before departure, with a link that opens the briefing without a login. Requires a verified phone number.
- Contract Fuel Pricing
Your negotiated vendor prices, applied to every fuel stop recommendation.
- Briefed Fuel Stops
Your fuel stops get NOTAM-screened, so a closed runway — or an outage of the fuel you actually burn — rules a stop out before you plan around it.
- On-Demand Refresh
Take complete control of your briefing refresh schedule. Refresh your briefing anytime you want. *15-minute cooldown between refreshes (5 minutes in the last hour).
- 5x5 Insurance Discount
Eligible for up to 10% off your aircraft insurance premium through our partner 5x5. Terms are set by 5x5.
- PlaneWX Labs
Early access to features still in development. Altitude Profile cross-section, Route Map Forecast models, and Pilot Self Debrief.
$20.75/mo effective — save $111 vs monthly
Also includes higher limits than Pro — 25 monitored trips, 10 aircraft, unlimited saved routes, and 25 Corridor Watch routes.
Start 14-Day Free TrialLock 2 years — $498Free
Full-quality briefings for occasional flyers
- 2 monitored flights
- 1 aircraft profile
- 15 briefing refreshes per week
- Full WX Score breakdown
- Synoptic Intelligence™
- PAVE Risk Assessment
- Flight Window Explorer
- Access to mentors
Casual
Auto-monitoring for pilots who fly a few times a month
or $59.99/yr — 4 months free
$5.00/mo effective
Start 14-Day Free TrialLock 2 years — $120- 5 monitored with auto-updates
- 3 aircraft profiles
- Unlimited briefing refreshes
- Auto-refresh briefings
- Email weather alerts
- Trip watchers (4/flight)
- Access to mentors
Pro Monthly
Auto-monitoring & advanced tools for active pilots
- 10 monitored with auto-updates
- 5 aircraft profiles
- Unlimited briefing refreshes
- Auto-refresh briefings
- Email weather alerts
- Trip watchers
- Multi-City Optimizer
- Corridor Watch (10 routes)
- Access to mentors
Pro Annual
4 months freeBest value — save $60.88 vs monthly
$9.92/mo effective
Start 14-Day Free TrialLock 2 years — $238- 10 monitored with auto-updates
- Everything in Pro Monthly
- Unlimited briefing refreshes
- Save $60.88 per year
- Cancel anytime
All plans include WX Score, PAVE Risk Assessment, Synoptic Intelligence™, mentor broadcast, and 14-day planning.
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Founder's Story
“I built PlaneWX because I needed it.”
PlaneWX was founded in 2025 by Mark Wolfgang, an experienced technology entrepreneur and General Aviation pilot.
After selling his Information Security consulting company in December 2022, Mark retired and bought his first airplane — a Diamond DA40 NG. He earned his Private Pilot's license in just six weeks and started flying his wife and dog around the country.
After completing an accelerated IFR program in five days, Mark discovered the complexities of weather planning for instrument flying. He grew frustrated having to tell his wife, “Yeah, we should be good. I'll let you know after the TAF comes out tonight.”
Now flying a TBM 900 and approaching 1,000 hours total time — including 784 hours of cross-country PIC in under 2 years — Mark built PlaneWX to solve his own problem. What started as personal frustration became a mission to help every pilot answer the question: “Is this flight going to happen?”
Mark Wolfgang is a Commercial Instrument pilot with single and multiengine ratings, and a veteran of the U.S. Navy.
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