RiskBird
Preflight risk assessment
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RiskBird runs the FAA Flight Risk Assessment Tool with the numbers pulled from live METAR and TAF, runway lengths and wind components, your personal minimums, and optionally even last night's sleep from your Apple Watch. You review, update, and get a scored assessment in seconds.
FAA FRAT, AUTO-FILLED
Answer the thirteen questions from the official FAA form. RiskBird answers the weather, airport, pilot currency, and fatigue items from live data.
PERSONAL MINIMUMS PER AIRCRAFT
Your crosswind limit in a 172 differs from your limit in a Cirrus. Set minimums for each aircraft you fly, starting from nineteen included general aviation templates. RiskBird scores current conditions against them.
LIVE WEATHER
Current METAR and TAF for over 12,000 US airports, plus an Apple Weather forecast for what to wear when you arrive. Weather stays cached so the app works on the ramp with no signal.
RUNWAY ANALYSIS
Length, surface, headwind, and crosswind for the runway in use today, checked against your takeoff and landing distances and your crosswind limit.
PAVE BRIEFING
One screen that walks through Pilot, Aircraft, enVironment, and External pressures with live conditions beside your minimums. Density altitude, reported conditions, and the forecast are included.
FATIGUE FROM APPLE HEALTH
With your permission, RiskBird reads last night's sleep from Apple Health for the IMSAFE check. Sleep data never leaves your phone.
SHARE WITH YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Students send a completed assessment to their CFI before a solo flight or cross-country. Both of you see the same scores, weather, and overrides.
WIDGETS AND SIRI
Your current risk on the home screen. Ask Siri to start a preflight risk check.
OPEN IN GARMIN PILOT OR FOREFLIGHT
Once you've assessed your risk, send your route to your flight planning app with one tap.
RiskBird is an advisory tool. It does not make go/no-go decisions and does not replace an official weather briefing, current charts, or your judgment. The pilot in command is the final authority for the operation of the aircraft (14 CFR 91.3).
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What's New in RiskBird
1.1
October 25, 2026
Ready for iPhone Duo! Also: • Clearer results. Each answer shows if it increases or reduces risk, and the (i) explains why, with the FAA source. • See what could lower your score, like flight following or a WINGS phase. • Send your FRAT to your CFI as one image with your score, the weather and the runway winds. The link opens it in RiskBird or in a browser. • Enter your name once in Settings. • Aircraft templates now use FAA Type Certificate Data Sheets and manufacturer data, and cover 19 aircraft. • Made for iPhone Duo: two columns on the inner screen, split at the fold. iPad gets the same layout.
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