On-Demand Refresh
Pro PlusTake complete control of your briefing refresh schedule. Refresh anytime you want before departure — not only in the final hour.
When you can refresh
Casual and Pro already get Live Weather Refresh in the last hour before departure. Pro Plus keeps that, and shows the same control days out as Refresh.
| When | Label | Cooldown | What it fetches |
|---|---|---|---|
| More than 1 hour to departure | Refresh | 15 minutes | Regenerates even if no new weather products have published yet |
| Final hour | Live Weather Refresh | 5 minutes | Live METAR/TAF fetch from the Aviation Weather Center |
The button hides after departure. Auto-refresh keeps running in the background either way — this does not replace the scheduler.
Who sees what
- Free — Check Updates only. Still blocked when nothing new has published.
- Casual / Pro — Live Weather Refresh in the final hour only (5-minute cooldown).
- Pro Plus / Enterprise — Refresh anytime before departure, as in the table above.
Not an unbounded tap
The asterisk on the pricing page is the cooldown: 15 minutes days out, 5 minutes in the last hour. The server enforces it — the disabled button is just the courtesy countdown. Each successful tap counts as a user-initiated briefing the same way a manual refresh always has.
For the full briefing lifecycle — auto-refresh cadence, emails, and Free-plan Check Updates — see How PlaneWX keeps your briefings current.