NOTAMs
NOTAM Integration — Filtered, Prioritized, and Scored
Your briefing now includes relevant NOTAMs for departure and arrival airports, filtered by time, sorted by priority, and wired directly into your WX Score. Airport closures and TFRs that close an airport are hard NO-GOs. Approach outages and runway contamination carry score penalties. A wall of 100+ raw NOTAMs is replaced by the handful that actually matter for your flight.
New — Smart NOTAM Filtering
- NOTAMs filtered to only those active during your flight window — with a ±4-hour safety buffer for critical items
- Cancelled NOTAMs (type C) hidden entirely — they're not a factor and shouldn't add noise
- Three priority tiers: Operational (Tier 1, always expanded), Awareness (Tier 2), and Lower Priority (Tier 3, collapsed by default)
- Procedure NOTAMs (approach amendments) grouped by runway direction — expand just the runway family you'll use
- All TFRs except airport-closing ones shown as a single reference line with link to tfr.faa.gov — no more walls of TFR text
- NOTAM count in the card header breaks down as total · operational · awareness so you know exactly what you're looking at
New — NOTAM-Driven Scoring
- Airport or primary runway closure → hard NO-GO (0% WX Score)
- Airport-closing TFR → hard NO-GO (0% WX Score)
- RWYCC below your aircraft's hard minimum → hard NO-GO
- IFR approach outage on a planned IFR flight → 5–15 point penalty
- GPS/RAIM outage affecting planned RNAV approach → up to 10 point penalty
- RWYCC below your aircraft's soft threshold → 10–20 point penalty
- All NOTAM deductions appear in the score breakdown alongside weather deductions
New — FICON Field Condition Card
- FICON NOTAMs (US) and RSC reports (Canada) render a dedicated Field Condition card with a visual RWYCC 0–6 gauge per runway surface
- Hard and soft RWYCC thresholds configurable per aircraft in your Aircraft Profile
- Inline text highlighting calls out the most important values (DA, HAT, RVR, contamination type) directly in NOTAM text
New — Canadian NOTAM Coverage
- NOTAMs for Canadian airports (CY-prefix ICAOs) fetched live from Nav Canada's public NOTAM service
- ~80 major Canadian airports (CYVR, CYYZ, CYUL, CYYC, CYEG, CYWG, and more) seeded nightly
- Smaller Canadian airports fetched on demand at briefing time — no gaps for north-of-border flights
- Canadian RSC runway condition reports parsed and mapped to the same RWYCC 0–6 scale as US FICON
Heads Up
- PlaneWX NOTAM data is not a certified pre-flight briefing under 14 CFR 91.103 — always obtain an official briefing before flight
- NOTAM data may be delayed up to 30 minutes — time-sensitive items (pop-up TFRs) should be verified with ATC or 1800wxbrief.com
- European and other international NOTAMs are not yet supported