Helicopter operations demand weather intelligence that goes beyond ceiling and visibility. You need density altitude for hover performance, wind at the LZ, and micro-weather that changes between the helipad and the hospital.
AeroCopilot is built to serve rotorcraft pilots with the performance data, currency tracking, and weather tools that match how you actually fly — low, slow, and into places fixed-wing pilots never go.
- Density altitude and hover performance calculations for current conditions
- Wind at surface level — direction, speed, and gusts at your actual operating altitude
- Helicopter-specific currency: NVG, overwater, autorotation practice, and instrument
- Confined area and pinnacle approach weather and performance planning
- Offshore weather monitoring with sea state, fog, and wind forecasts
- Digital logbook with rotorcraft fields: hover time, NVG, external load, and EMS
What a rotorcraft pilot actually needs. Performance and weather for how helicopters fly.
An EMS shift with AeroCopilot. How the platform fits into rotorcraft operations.
HEMS Operations Awareness
If you fly helicopter air ambulance, your operation is governed by a tightly specified regulatory subpart. AeroCopilot does not replace your operational control center, your OpsSpec authorizations, or your PRiM — but we do surface the citations you reference daily.
HEMS subpart governing helicopter air ambulance operations end-to-end — qualifications, ops specs, risk analysis, and operational control.
Required experience, training, and currency for pilots flying helicopter air ambulance under Part 135.
HEMS Operations Specifications A024 (HAA authorizations) and A040 (operational control program) issued by the FAA POI.
Required pre-departure risk assessment matrix scoring weather, terrain, fatigue, mission urgency, and crew factors.
Operational control center (OCC) requirements for HAA certificate holders — flight following, dispatch, and risk concurrence.
Advisory Circular covering HAA night weather procedures, NVG considerations, and pilot weather decision support.
Scope statement. AeroCopilot does not provide HAA-compliant operational control, OCC dispatch, or pre-flight risk analysis services required under §135.617. Those functions remain with your certificate holder. We surface regulatory references and weather decision support — not operational control.
Helicopter Route Charts (HRC)
The FAA has migrated standalone Helicopter Route Charts (NYC, DC SFRA, LA Basin, Boston, Chicago, Houston) into the NASR product set. AeroCopilot is building a self-tile pipeline ingest for the NYC and DC HRC corridors first, with a Q3 2026 target. Until then, helicopter route corridors are not overlaid on the moving map. Pilots flying in HRC airspace should continue to reference the official FAA chart products for corridor routing.
Part-Specific Rotorcraft Certifications
Helicopter operators are reminded of additional certification requirements beyond Part 91 and Part 135 general operating rules.
Rotorcraft Weather & LZ — What We Do Not Yet Do
Current helicopter weather coverage in AeroCopilot is general METAR / TAF / SIGMET. The following rotorcraft-specific items are tracked as Q4 2026 roadmap and are not in the product today.
Honest about the gaps
AeroCopilot is honest about what it does and does not yet do for rotorcraft operators. We track the gaps publicly — HEMS operational control, HRC corridor overlays, density-altitude at LZ, hover power margins, transverse-flow and VRS assessment, SVFR helicopter minima, and Part 133 external load planning are all open work.
If you fly HEMS, Part 133 external load, or commercial tour operations and want to influence the rotorcraft roadmap, email rotor@aerocopilot.ai. We answer.
Helicopters are not small airplanes
You should not have to translate fixed-wing tools into rotorcraft reality. Hover performance, confined areas, density altitude margins — these are not edge cases for you, they are every flight.
AeroCopilot understands the difference and builds for it.