Creating a Trip
Learn how to add trips and start monitoring weather for your flights.
Three Ways to Create a Trip
PlaneWX offers three ways to create trips. All three are accessible from the + New Trip button on your dashboard — click the button directly for Quick Add, or use the ▾ dropdown to choose Trip Planner or Multi-City Optimizer.
1. Quick Add
The fastest way — click + New Trip on your dashboard and enter departure, arrival, date, aircraft, and flight rules. Best when you already know exactly where and when you're going.
2. Trip PlannerLearn more →
A guided wizard that helps you plan the perfect flight. Open it from the ▾ dropdown next to + New Trip. Choose “Flexible” to find a destination based on weather and preferences, or “Obligation” to analyze departure scenarios for a fixed route with a deadline.
3. Multi-City OptimizerProLearn more →
Visiting multiple cities? Open it from the ▾ dropdown next to + New Trip. Enter up to 6 destinations with priority levels and a travel window, and PlaneWX finds the optimal visit order based on weather. Creates all legs as a linked trip group in one click.
Quick Add: Adding a New Trip
From the home screen, click the + New Trip button in the top right corner. You'll be asked to provide the following information:
Departure Airport
Enter the ICAO code (e.g., KSFB) or search by airport name. This is where your flight begins.
Arrival Airport
Enter the ICAO code for your destination airport.
Date & Time
Select your planned departure date and local time. PlaneWX uses this to determine which weather products are relevant and how often to refresh your briefing.
Aircraft
Select from your saved aircraft. The aircraft's capabilities and minimums will be applied to your briefing analysis.
Flight Rules
Choose VFR or IFR. This affects how PlaneWX evaluates weather conditions—IFR flights have different ceiling and visibility requirements.
Cruise Altitude
Enter your planned cruise altitude. This is used for winds aloft analysis and en-route weather evaluation (icing levels, turbulence, etc.).
What Happens Next
Once you create a trip, PlaneWX immediately:
- •Adds the trip to your home screen
- •Starts monitoring weather for your route
- •Schedules automatic refreshes based on your departure time
- •Shows a trip card with the current weather outlook
Tap on the trip card to generate a full weather briefing.
Generating Your Briefing
When you tap on a trip, PlaneWX fetches the latest weather data and generates an AI-powered briefing. This typically takes 15-30 seconds.
The briefing includes:
- •GO Score – An overall assessment (0-100%)
- •Executive Summary – Plain-language overview
- •Departure Weather – Conditions at your origin
- •En-Route Conditions – Winds, turbulence, icing
- •Arrival Weather – Conditions at your destination
- •Alternate Departure Times – If conditions are marginal
Tips
- • Add trips as early as possible — up to 14 days out — to start tracking weather trends
- • You can have multiple trips active at once
- • Edit or delete trips from the trip card menu
- • Add crew members to share weather updates with family or friends
- • Not sure where to fly? Use the Trip Planner to find destinations based on weather and preferences
- • Visiting multiple cities? The Multi-City Optimizer finds the best order based on weather