Read the report top to bottom the first few times; the order is deliberate.
Hazard bars
A strip of at-a-glance bars, one per hazard category, showing where the risk is concentrated for
this flight. Green does not mean ignore, and red does not mean cancel — it means read that section
carefully.
The written verdict
A narrative assessment in plain English, individualized to your route, your aircraft, your time of
day and your logged experience. It names the two or three things most likely to bite, and what would
have to change for the picture to improve.
The analysis sections
- Weather — departure, destination and en route along the planned track, including cloud layers, a vertical weather profile, and convective hazards translated from raw SIGMET text into what the squall line actually means for your route.
- Terrain and obstacles — elevation along the corridor, minimum safe altitudes, and obstacles and wires near the track.
- Airspace and TFRs — what you will cross and what has appeared since yesterday.
- Performance — density altitude, winds and temperatures aloft scaled to your aircraft, fuel and reserve.
- Light and fatigue — sunrise, sunset, civil dawn and dusk in Zulu for both airports, moon phase and illumination, and circadian factors for the planned departure time.
- Experience fit — how this flight compares with what you have actually flown.
- Airmanship notes — practical suggestions rather than regulatory recitation.
- Glossary — technical terms used in the report, defined, including the ones nobody explains (a sagging cable is a catenary, for example).
History
Every run is kept with its original timestamp. Open an earlier run to see exactly what you were told,
when — useful for reviewing a decision after the fact.