Should you fly today?

Minimums decodes METARs (aviation weather reports) into plain English, checks conditions against your personal minimums, and gives you an instant Go/No-Go before you drive to the airport.

Minimums app screenshot showing decoded METAR
Available on the App Store No Account Required Zero Tracking

Built by a pilot, for pilots. Every feature designed to make your preflight faster and more confident.

The flagship

Raw weather, beautifully decoded.

Wind compass, ceiling diagram, visibility bar, temperature, altimeter, and density altitude. Every METAR rendered as a visual card you can read at a glance. Tap any field to learn what it means in plain English.

TAF forecasts

Terminal forecasts, color coded.

Every TAF period painted by flight category with a tappable timeline ribbon and syntax-highlighted raw text that matches the visual language of the period cards.

Personal minimums

Your limits, your safety.

Guided onboarding tailors ceiling, visibility, wind, gust, and crosswind limits to your certificate and experience.

Go / No-Go

Instant assessment.

Ceiling, visibility, wind, gust, and crosswind checked against your personal minimums.

GO
Crosswind

Best runway, solved.

Bundled runway data for 538 airports, with crosswind and headwind components built into every minimums check.

Density altitude

Performance, live.

Real-time DA with an amber warning when it exceeds field elevation by 1,500 ft.

Share & explore

Built for flying buddies.

Export any METAR as a stunning shareable image. Long-press favorites for quick actions. Pull-to-refresh, rich haptics, and a direct link to the official report on aviationweather.gov.

Nearby airports

What's around you, effortlessly.

The closest reporting airports, sorted by distance with live conditions. A lightweight logbook quietly tallies the airports you've checked in the background.

See what Minimums does with a real METAR.

Raw report
KORD 041953Z 27012G18KT 2 1/2SM RA BR BKN010 OVC025 12/11 A2992
Decoded
What it means
Wind
270°at 12 kt
Gusting 18 kt
Visibility
2.5SM
Ceiling
1,000ft
Broken at 1,000 · Overcast 2,500
Weather
Rain, Mist
Light precipitation, reduced vis
Flight Rules
IFR
Instrument conditions
Your Minimums
NO-GO
Below ceiling and visibility limits

Designed to be beautiful, fast, and informative.

Beautiful METARs
Beautiful METARs
Personal Minimums
Personal Minimums
Go / No-Go
Go / No-Go
Weather Visualized
Weather Visualized
Forecasts / TAFs Explained
Forecasts / TAFs
Nearby Airports
Nearby Airports
Pilot Logbook
Pilot Logbook

Search any airport

Find airports by ICAO code, city name, or airport name. Your nearby airports appear automatically.

Check conditions

Decoded weather with wind, visibility, ceiling, and temperature. Beautiful visualizations with live freshness tracking.

Know before you go

Your personal minimums checked instantly. A clear Go or No-Go to support your preflight decision.

Your data stays yours.

No Account Required

Open the app and search. That's it. No sign-up, no email, no friction.

Zero Tracking

No analytics SDKs. No ad networks. No fingerprinting. Your flights are your business.

100% Local Storage

Favorites and personal minimums live on your device. Nothing touches our servers.

Open Weather Data

Powered by aviationweather.gov, a free public government API. No middleman.

Ready for takeoff?

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Available for iPhone and iPad

Minimums is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not a substitute for official weather briefings from 1800wxbrief.com or FAA-approved flight planning tools. Always obtain a proper briefing before flight.

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