Every weather tool shows you data.
PlaneWX helps you decide.
“The confidence to go, or the courage to stay™”
PlaneWX improves GA safety by giving pilots a robust decision support system: weather briefing, FRAT, and a mentor network. See weather and risk, and connect with a mentor pilot before the pressure locks in. Nobody has to make a tough decision alone.
Soft start: brief a real trip. Work the FRAT. Bring a mentor in when the call is close.
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Every other tool makes you the analyst.
Most bad launches are not mysteries. They are late decisions. Hotels are booked. Passengers rearranged work. The airplane is reserved. Then the night before, “we'll see” quietly becomes “we have to go.” By then you are not deciding. You are rationalizing.
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PlaneWX
This is the difference between a data display and a decision support system.
A decision support system is more than another weather tab. Structured inputs, clear synthesis, and room for judgment before launch.
Weather
A briefing matched to your airplane and personal minimums. Ceiling, visibility, wind, icing, convective trends, and how those products evolve as the window tightens. The WX Score updates as the forecast sharpens.
FRAT
Pilot, Aircraft, enVironment, External. Fed by the high-quality WX briefing plus airport complexity, day or night, unfamiliar destinations, and risk stacking. Dynamic, not a static one-time checklist.
Mentors
Another set of eyes before you launch. Someone who will ask the awkward question about fatigue, currency, or get-there-itis when the forecast looks good enough.
PlaneWX sits beside your EFB. It does not replace charts, filing, or official weather sources. It does not tell you what to do. Outputs are decision-support tools. The pilot in command remains solely responsible for the flight.
From raw data to confident decision
Three steps that happen automatically, before you even open a briefing.
Synthesize
Our AI reads METARs, TAFs, PIREPs, SIGMETs, winds aloft, HRRR/GFS/ECMWF model data, and NWS forecaster narratives, then synthesizes them into a coherent picture along your entire route.
- METARs · TAFs · PIREPs
- SIGMETs · AIRMETs · G-AIRMETs
- HRRR · GFS · ECMWF model consensus
- NWS forecaster narratives
Personalize
The synthesis is matched against your aircraft's actual capabilities, FIKI, TAS, service ceiling, autopilot, and your personal minimums. Your SR22T has different limits than a rental 172.
- Per-aircraft minimums (ceiling, vis, crosswind)
- Icing & turbulence tolerance per aircraft
- FIKI, TAS, autopilot, weather radar aware
- Multiple aircraft profiles supported
Decide
The WX Score feeds FRAT on PAVE: Pilot, Aircraft, enVironment, External pressures. Risk updates with the briefing, airport complexity, and the rest of the picture. You get a complete decision view, not just a weather snapshot.
- WX Score: 0-100% quantified risk
- FRAT / PAVE, fed by briefing and context
- 14-day trend to avoid last-minute pressure
- Mentor connection for human perspective
The WX Score: weather risk, finally quantified
Right now, your go/no-go judgment lives entirely in your head. You mentally juggle ceilings, winds, icing, turbulence, currency, and fatigue, under pressure, often at the last minute.
The WX Score externalizes that work. For the first time, the cognitive burden of weather risk assessment lives in software, not your memory, not your gut.
- 0-100% metric calculated against YOUR minimums, not generic VFR/IFR
- Ceiling, visibility, crosswind, turbulence, icing, all weighted
- Different scores for each aircraft you fly
- Every deduction is transparent and explained
- Updates automatically as weather evolves, 40+ times over 14 days
Illustrative example. Your score reflects your aircraft and minimums.
Weather alone is not the whole call
FRAT turns risk into a conversation with yourself. PlaneWX FRAT uses the FAA's PAVE framework (Pilot, Aircraft, enVironment, External) and stays dynamic: it reads the WX briefing, airport complexity, day or night, unfamiliar destinations, and risk stacking. Not a static one-time form.
Pilot
- Currency & recency
- Fatigue & physical condition
- Experience with route / conditions
- Mindset, are you flying pressured?
You complete this, PlaneWX prompts the right questions.
Aircraft
- FIKI / de-ice capability
- TAS and service ceiling
- Autopilot & weather radar
- Aircraft-specific minimums
Pre-filled from your aircraft profile.
enVironment
- WX Score (synthesized risk)
- Icing & turbulence consensus
- Convective activity
- 14-day trend visibility
Fully pre-filled, this is what PlaneWX does.
External Pressures
- Time pressure
- Passenger / family expectations
- Business commitments
- Trip Watchers, share data, reduce pressure
Trip Watchers helps, stakeholders see the same data.
⚠️The Pattern That Kills
- 1.Plans made weeks in advance, hotels booked, family waiting
- 2.Weather monitored, but TAFs only go 24 hours. "We'll know the night before."
- 3.Morning of departure: conditions marginal. Bags are packed. Commitments made.
- 4.The pressure to go is immense. The decision feels impossible.
This is when accidents happen. Not because pilots lack skill, because they're forced into decisions when the stakes are highest.
✔️How PlaneWX Changes This
- Know 7+ days out, WX Score trends visible before you commit to anything
- 40+ automatic updates, Watch conditions evolve, no scramble the night before
- Alternative windows, 'Friday looks bad. Thursday afternoon shows 85%.'
- Trip Watchers, Stakeholders see the same data, rescheduling is shared
The safest pilots aren't the ones who can fly in anything, they're the ones who never put themselves in that position.
Everything the decision requires
Every layer of the decision support system, from raw data to community connection.
Personalized WX Score
A 0-100% risk metric calculated against your minimums and your aircraft, not generic VFR/IFR thresholds. Structured context so you can decide with a clearer picture.
14-Day Planning Horizon
Monitor WX trends from 2 weeks out. Never face a last-minute go/no-go with bags packed and commitments made.
Multi-Model Analysis
HRRR, GFS, and ECMWF consensus across 3-7 sample points along your route with confidence scoring. Nobody else does this.
FRAT (PAVE)
Pilot, Aircraft, enVironment, External. Fed by the WX briefing, airport complexity, day or night, unfamiliar destinations, and risk stacking. Dynamic risk assessment, not a static checklist.
Mentor network
Connect with experienced pilots who see your full briefing: WX Score, aircraft profile, minimums. Mentors catch what you cannot see alone.
Trip Watchers
Family, passengers, schedulers see the same live data. Rescheduling becomes a shared decision, not a confrontation at 6 AM.
Corridor Watch
Route-specific intelligence at departure, waypoints, and arrival. TFRs, NOTAMs, and icing overlays along your exact path.
Synoptic Intelligence™
NWS forecaster narratives synthesized into regional summaries that explain the big picture, not just the numbers.
Multi-City Optimizer
Planning a multi-leg trip? Enter all your stops and PlaneWX finds the optimal departure sequence based on weather windows.
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 / 500 saved flights, 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
- 2 saved 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
- 10 saved flights
- 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
- 100 saved flights
- 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
- 100 saved flights
- 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 over 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.
Read the full story on our About page: how PlaneWX started, why safety stays free, and the mission behind Synoptic Intelligence™.
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