66 toolsCross-mode tools
Cross-mode tools
Tools available regardless of which aircraft mode you fly.
- Weather
getMetar
Fetch the current METAR for one or more airports and decode it into plain English.
- Weather
getTaf
Fetch the TAF for an airport and surface forecast windows aligned to your ETD/ETA.
- Compliance
getNotams
Fetch active NOTAMs for an airport and decode them into plain English.
- Compliance
getTfrs
Find active or upcoming TFRs along a planned route.
- Airport
getAirportInfo
Surface runway, frequencies, services and chart-supplement info for any US airport.
- Compliance
getPilotCurrency
Compute your currency status (3 takeoffs/landings, instrument currency, BFR, medical).
- Crew Rest
getSelfLoggedDutyStatus
Read your OWN self-logged duty/rest periods (personal 14 CFR 135.267 / Part 117 duty log) — self-tracking, not a dispatcher record.
- Planning
generateBriefing
Build a comprehensive pre-flight briefing combining METARs, TAFs, NOTAMs, TFRs and AIRMETs.
- Planning
calculateFuelReserve
Compute legal and prudent fuel reserves for a planned flight.
- Planning
calculateDensityAltitude
Compute density altitude for current or forecast conditions at an airport.
- Planning
calculateCrosswind
Compute crosswind and headwind components for a runway and reported wind.
- Safety
getEmergencyLandingOptions
Find suitable emergency-landing airports given current position, altitude and glide ratio.
- Compliance
decodeNotam
Decode a single NOTAM string into plain English with affected runways/frequencies.
- Weather
getSigmets
Fetch active SIGMETs and AIRMETs (convection, turbulence, icing, IFR, mountain obscuration), optionally filtered by airport.
- Weather
getPireps
Fetch recent Pilot Reports (PIREPs) with turbulence, icing and weather observations, optionally filtered by station.
- Weather
getWindsAloft
Fetch winds-aloft data (direction, speed, temperature) from 3,000–39,000 ft for altitude and route selection, plus the derived freezing level.
- Weather
getGairmets
Fetch active G-AIRMETs for IFR conditions, turbulence, icing, freezing level, mountain obscuration and surface winds.
- Planning
getAircraftPerformance
Fetch performance data — V-speeds, W&B envelope, fuel capacity, climb/cruise/descent and service ceiling — for an aircraft type.
- Profile
getUserAircraft
Surface the pilot’s registered aircraft — tail number, type, fuel capacity, burn rate, cruise, MTOW, ELT and maintenance dates.
- Planning
getUserAircraftPerformance
Surface the pilot’s aircraft performance profiles (empty weight, CG, fuel, burn, envelope) for W&B and performance math.
- Compliance
getComplianceStatus
Surface complete compliance/currency status — medical, flight review, IPC, day/night passenger, IFR currency and endorsements.
- Planning
calculateWeightBalance
Compute weight and balance — total weight vs max gross and CG vs forward/aft limits — for a planned loading.
- Planning
getRunwayAnalysis
Analyze every runway at an airport against current wind to recommend the best runway with crosswind/headwind components.
- Planning
getNearbyAirports
Find airports within ~30 NM of a field for alternate/diversion planning, with elevation, tower, fuel and runway info.
- Planning
getProcedures
List IFR procedures (SIDs, STARs, instrument approaches) available at an airport for flight planning and approach briefings.
- Weather
getSpaceWeather
Fetch current space weather (Kp index, NOAA R/S/G scales) and its impact on GPS/WAAS reliability and HF propagation.
- Operations
getAirportDelays
Fetch active NAS delays and ground stops — ground delays, arrival/departure delays — with reasons and durations.
- Operations
getDigitalAtis
Fetch the latest D-ATIS for an airport — current information letter and full text — without tuning the frequency.
- Weather
getConvectiveOutlook
Fetch the current SPC convective outlook for thunderstorm risk (TSTM/MRGL/SLGT/ENH/MDT/HIGH).
- Weather
getNwsAlerts
Fetch active NWS severe-weather alerts — tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash-flood warnings — near a location.
- Safety
getAccidentHistory
Fetch NTSB accident/incident history near an airport to surface common causes and local safety trends.
- Profile
getLogbookSummary
Surface the pilot’s logbook totals — total, PIC, cross-country, night and instrument time, recent landings and currency.
- Training
getStudyProgress
Surface the pilot’s study progress — completed questions, accuracy, weak areas and current learning path.
- Safety
getObstacles
Fetch terrain obstacles (towers, buildings, antennas, cranes) near an airport or location for departure/arrival planning.
- Planning
getPreferredRoutes
Fetch FAA preferred routes (TEC, Tower Enroute Control, preferred IFR routes) between two airports.
- Planning
getUpcomingFlights
Surface the pilot’s upcoming flight plans with departure/destination, weather and readiness status.
- Safety
getFratHistory
Surface the pilot’s recent Flight Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT) history — risk trends, scores and patterns.
- Planning
getSunTimes
Fetch sunrise, sunset and twilight times for an airport on a date — for VFR night legality determinations.
- Weather
getSmokePlumes
Fetch active wildfire smoke plumes near a location — a visibility hazard that often does not appear in standard reports.
- Weather
getAirQuality
Fetch air quality index (AQI) observations nearest an airport, since high AQI can degrade flight visibility.
- Safety
getWildlifeRisks
Fetch FAA wildlife-strike history for an airport — total strikes, top species, seasonal/time-of-day patterns and damage rate.
- Airspace
getAirspaceStatus
Fetch special-use airspace (MOAs, Restricted, Warning, Prohibited) and Military Training Routes near a location.
- Airport
getAirportServices
Fetch airport services and operational details — fuel, hours, attendance schedule, manager contact and remarks.
- Maintenance
getAirworthinessStatus
Fetch recent Airworthiness Directives for the pilot’s aircraft type and compliance status (overdue/upcoming).
- Planning
optimizeRoute
Suggest the optimal cruise altitude from winds-aloft data, comparing groundspeed and fuel burn across altitudes.
- Training
getRentalCheckout
Provide a checkout guide for an aircraft type a pilot is renting for the first time — V-speeds, systems, key differences.
- Training
getStudyRecommendations
Recommend study topics from the pilot’s recent flights, weak study areas and upcoming certificate goals.
- Weather
getWeatherCameras
Fetch weather camera sites near an airport for visual verification of sky, visibility and cloud layers before departure.
- Planning
compareFlightDates
Compare weather across multiple days to find the best day to fly a planned trip.
- Safety
generatePassengerBriefing
Generate a passenger safety briefing for a flight when carrying non-pilot passengers.
- Weather
getCenterWeatherAdvisories
Fetch active Center Weather Advisories (CWAs) — short-duration CWSU warnings for convection, turbulence, icing and wind shear.
- Weather
getTropicalCyclones
Fetch active tropical-cyclone advisories from the National Hurricane Center — position, max winds, movement and forecast track.
- Weather
getInternationalSigmets
Fetch active International SIGMETs for oceanic and international FIRs — turbulence, volcanic ash and tropical cyclones.
- Weather
getForecastDiscussion
Fetch the latest NWS Area Forecast Discussion — forecaster reasoning explaining WHY the weather is developing.
- Weather
getMosForecast
Fetch MOS (Model Output Statistics) extended forecast — 7-day ceiling, visibility, wind, precip probability and flight category.
- Weather
getOceanBuoyData
Fetch ocean-buoy observations near a location — wind, wave height, pressure and water temperature.
- Weather
getCoastalConditions
Fetch the nearest NOAA CO-OPS coastal station observation — OBSERVED water level (the real tide, including surge/seiche) plus coastal wind and temperature.
- Operations
getTidePredictions
Fetch tide predictions for a station, relevant to seaplane/floatplane operations where water level affects landing areas.
- Compliance
getAiracInfo
Fetch the current AIRAC cycle — cycle ID, effective and expiration dates, and days until the next cycle.
- Weather
getSpcWatches
Fetch active SPC severe-weather watches — tornado and severe thunderstorm watches with hail/gust/tornado probabilities.
- Safety
getPersonalMinimums
Surface the pilot’s own saved personal minimums — their self-set weather floors (ceiling, visibility, crosswind, wind, night ceiling/visibility) — so the Copilot can compare them against live conditions. These are the pilot’s policy, NOT FAA regulatory minimums.
- Safety
getImsafeStatus
Surface the pilot’s most recent IMSAFE self-assessment (Illness, Medication, Stress, Alcohol, Fatigue, Emotion) and how stale it is, so the Copilot can raise a flagged fitness factor as an advisory consideration (AC 60-22). Never a go/no-go ruling.
- Safety
getChecklists
Pull up the pilot’s own checklists plus any shared/default checklists, optionally filtered by aircraft type or phase (preflight, takeoff, cruise, approach, landing, emergency), each with its ordered items. The Copilot reads YOUR saved steps so it can walk you through a checklist in chat — it never invents steps.
- Safety
markChecklistComplete
Record that the pilot finished a checklist — the Copilot’s first action that WRITES to your account. Call only after walking through every item and getting your confirmation; it logs a completion record with the elapsed time. Ownership is verified before any write, and a retried call within seconds is de-duplicated rather than double-logged.
- Planning
getRouteHazards
Scan the enroute corridor — not just the departure and destination airports — for weather and airspace hazards. The Copilot samples waypoints along the great-circle track and returns SIGMETs/G-AIRMETs, TFRs, and Special Use Airspace near each segment, and tells you how many waypoints it sampled.
- Compliance
lookupAirmanCertificate
Look up a pilot, flight instructor, mechanic or ground instructor in the FAA Airman Certification Database by certificate number, or by name and state. Returns certificate type, level, ratings, issue date and expiration status — plus how old the FAA snapshot is, on every answer.
10 toolsAirplane mode
Airplane mode
Fixed-wing pilot tools — equipment, currency, endorsements.
- Equipment
getPrimaryAircraftEquipment
Surface your primary aircraft equipment (TKS-FIKI, CAPS, oxygen, glass) so the AI frames answers correctly.
- Compliance
getEndorsementGate
Verify required endorsements (high-performance, complex, tailwheel, high-altitude) for a planned aircraft.
- Compliance
getCurrencyForecast
Project when each of your currencies will lapse based on planned flights.
- Safety
getCapsAdvisory
Surface CAPS deployment envelope for Cirrus pilots.
- Profile
getPilotIntroduction
Introduce the pilot to a new instructor with a structured profile.
- Compliance
getExperimentalLimits
Surface operating limitations specific to experimental aircraft.
- Compliance
getSicQualification
Check second-in-command qualification requirements for the planned aircraft and operation.
- Crew Rest
getDutyOutlook
Compute Part 117/135 duty/rest implications for a planned schedule.
- Profile
getOperatingContext
Surface your operating context (Part 91/135/121) so the AI tailors framing.
- Compliance
getPart135Qualification
Return trailing-12-month 14 CFR 135.247 qualifying experience plus the 135.243(b) 1,500-hour ATP gate state for Part 135 pilots.
11 toolsHelicopter mode
Helicopter mode
Rotorcraft tools — HOGE/HV, LTE, Cat-A, HEMS, offshore ops.
- Performance
getHelicopterHOGE
Compute Hover-Out-of-Ground-Effect ceiling for a helicopter at given OAT/PA/weight.
- Performance
getHelicopterHV
Surface the height-velocity diagram avoid zones for the planned helicopter.
- Safety
assessLteRisk
Assess loss-of-tail-rotor-effectiveness risk for a planned hover/sustained-OGE op.
- Performance
getCatAWAT
Compute Category A Weight-Altitude-Temperature limits for the planned operation.
- Performance
calculateExternalLoadCG
Compute longitudinal CG with an external load (Class A/B/C/D under 14 CFR 133).
- Compliance
getHEMSWxMinimums
Surface HEMS-specific weather minimums under 14 CFR 135 Subpart L.
- Operations
getHoistOpsLimits
Surface hoist-operations limitations (wind, sea state, day/night).
- Operations
getOffshoreHelideckCheck
Combine wind, swell, deck motion and visibility for an offshore helideck approach decision.
- Crew Rest
getCrewRestRequirements
Surface helicopter-specific crew-rest rules under Part 135, in both the §135.267 and the §135.271 (HEMES) regime.
- Operations
getOcsDeckMonitoringProtocol
Surface OCS (Outer Continental Shelf) deck-monitoring protocols.
- Maintenance
getHumsExceedanceGuidance
Surface HUMS (Health and Usage Monitoring System) exceedance guidance.
8 toolsDrone mode
Drone mode
Part 107 tools — UASFM, LAANC, Remote ID, Operations Categories.
- Airspace
checkUasfm
Check the UASFM ceiling and LAANC eligibility for a lat/lon point.
- Compliance
submitLAANC
Submit a LAANC mission through Aloft USS once credentials are provisioned.
- Compliance
getOperationsCategory
Determine the appropriate Part 107 Operations Category (1-4) based on the planned mission.
- Compliance
validateRemoteIdConfig
Validate Remote ID configuration before a planned flight (standard, broadcast module, FRIA).
- Compliance
getPublicAircraftAuth
Surface public aircraft / COA authorizations for government drone operators.
- Compliance
checkPart107Currency
Check Part 107 recurrent-training currency per 14 CFR 107.65 (every 24 calendar months) and return days remaining.
- Compliance
getPart107Waivers
List common Part 107 waivers (107.31 BVLOS, 107.29 operation without anti-collision lighting, 107.35 multiple aircraft, 107.39 OOP, 107.51 altitude/speed) with citations.
- Compliance
getPart137Compliance
Return the 14 CFR Part 137 compliance checklist for agricultural drone operations (certificate, aircraft, records, pesticide/EPA, buffers).
6 toolseVTOL mode
eVTOL mode
Powered-lift tools — energy budget, vertiports, MCS, SFAR No. 120 reserves.
- Performance
getEnergyBudget
Compute battery energy budget for a planned eVTOL flight including reserves.
- Airport
getVertiports
List vertiports (FAA-defined) along a planned eVTOL route.
- Charging
getMCSAvailability
Check Megawatt Charging System availability at vertiports along a route.
- Performance
calculateEvtolReserves
Compute eVTOL energy reserves under SFAR No. 120 and operator-specific minima.
- Operations
getNoiseAbatement
Surface vertiport-specific noise abatement procedures.
- Compliance
checkSFAR194
Check the pilot’s powered-lift recent flight experience per 14 CFR §61.57(a)(1): 3 takeoffs + 3 landings within the preceding 90 days, counted per aircraft type.
4 toolsIFR planning
IFR planning
IFR-specific tools — alternates, equipment strings, templates.
- Planning
suggestAlternate
Suggest IFR alternates per 14 CFR 91.169 with current and forecast WX.
- Planning
generateEquipmentString
Build the ICAO flight-plan equipment string for your aircraft and planned ops.
- Planning
listSavedIfrTemplates
List your saved IFR flight-plan templates for one-click filing.
- Planning
getHoldingPattern
Look up published FAA holding patterns at an IFR fix or near an airport — inbound course, turn direction, leg length, altitudes and max speed.
1 toolsRegulatory citations
Regulatory citations
Citation lookup — verified 14 CFR / AC / 49 USC text with the source and date it was read.
5 toolsSWIM / NAS data
SWIM / NAS data
System Wide Information Management tools — ITWS terminal hazards, TBFM metering, flow programs, HEMS 135.609 gate, ASDE-X surface movement.
- Weather
getTerminalHazards
Return active ITWS terminal hazards at an airport — microburst, wind shear, gust front, echo top — with intensity, runway and max wind.
- Operations
getMeteringExpectation
Return TBFM (Time-Based Flow Management) metering for a destination — STA at meter fix, ETA, expected delay, runway and sequence.
- Operations
getFlowRestrictions
Return the FAA NAS Status delay programs active at an airport — arrival delay, departure delay, ground stop, ground delay — with the average the FAA published, the reason and the trend.
- Compliance
getHEMS609Gate
Evaluate the 14 CFR 135.609 HEMS dispatch gate by combining ITWS hazards, surface METAR ceiling/visibility, gusts and winds aloft.
- Operations
getSurfaceMovement
Return recent ASDE-X surface-movement events at an airport — event type, runway and the age of each event.
3 toolsPost-flight debrief
Post-flight debrief
Tools that help you learn from each flight.
- Training
analyzeManeuver
Analyze a flight track segment for maneuver quality (steep turns, slow flight, stabilized approaches).
- Training
getDebriefGuidance
Surface AIM/AFH study references based on what happened during the flight.
- Training
extractStructuredFacts
Extract structured facts (departure, route, conditions, surprises) from a free-form debrief narrative.
Switch the conversation persona
The same Copilot can speak as ChatFAR, ChatCFI, ATC Trainer or a post-flight debriefer. Each persona uses these tools differently.