SmartBriefing METAR,TAF,NOTAMS
Faster, clearer pilot briefing
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Never miss the NOTAM that matters. Smart NOTAMs are here — categorised, ranked by operational impact, with the critical wording highlighted for you.
A weather and NOTAM briefing app for pilots, built by a pilot. SmartBriefing makes pre-flight faster, clearer, and easier than ever. Open all your flight’s airports in one step and focus only on what matters - relevant airports, time periods, TAF sections, runways in use, and NOTAMs. Weather and winds are visualized on a timeline for instant understanding. Get a faster briefing with better data - free 30-day trial included.
Dive deeper into any airport: explore weather, wind, and daylight forecasts, assess runway winds at a glance, and read NOTAMs ranked by operational impact with the critical wording highlighted.
Try it today and discover how effortless a pilot’s weather briefing can be.
Main Features:
* Manual flight creation with history (SmartBriefing remembers even takeoff and enroute alternates).
* Flight imports from PDFs (including ForeFlight), clipboard, camera, or ATC data on the internet (via flight number or aircraft tail number).
* Manual or automatic insertion of enroute alternates. A relevant time window for each enroute alternate is calculated based on the distance from the route and other enroute alternates.
* Compact view showing only relevant time windows (a quick scroll provides instant understanding of the weather situation for the whole flight).
* Airport search with filtering by country or runway length.
* Groups of airports can be easily filled with airports from any selected country. They can also be imported from Aeroweather.
* Quick airport search tab with search history.
* Visual guides explaining how to use certain features.
* In-app notifications.
* Settings to customize the preferred weather color scheme, units, airport filters, app appearance, etc.
Features for Every Airport:
Weather
* Timeline separately depicts permanent, TEMPO, or PROB phenomena, along with sunrise and sunset.
* METAR and TAF are available in original format, colored format (original text colored according to weather minima), or decoded format (including decoded remarks or runway state messages).
* D-ATIS for major U.S. airports and selected European airports, with a compact view showing the runways and approaches in use.
Premium subscription is needed for features below after the first 30 days:
METAR history
* Previous observations expandable under the current METAR - the trend at a glance.
Wind
* Timeline displays wind forecasts from TAF.
* Animated wind over airport layout provides quick awareness of the overall wind situation.
* Each runway is depicted separately from a pilot’s perspective, including its dimensions and wind components.
* Evaluation of (user-defined) wind limits for every runway with suggestions on usable/unusable runways.
NOTAMs
* Smart NOTAMs: every NOTAM is categorised by what it affects (runway, approach, taxiway, airspace, ...) and ranked by operational impact - the ones that matter most are always at the top.
* The critical wording is highlighted in the NOTAM text, and activity schedules are extracted and shown first.
* Overview list first; tap any NOTAM for the full text and swipe through the rest.
* NOTAMs effective at your relevant time are automatically highlighted and separated.
* Important NOTAMs can be bookmarked; new, unread NOTAMs are always first.
* Any NOTAM can be displayed on the map with a single tap.
* Built on our own worldwide NOTAM database.
Details
* Timeline shows local time along with night, dawn, day, and dusk periods.
* Local time and UTC offset.
* Precise sunrise and sunset times.
* Airport layout and detailed runway information.
* Option to add personal notes to airports.
* Links to external apps such as maps or web sources with airport information.
Try it out and discover the convenience of effective weather briefings!
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Never miss the NOTAM that matters.
This update introduces Smart NOTAMs — a complete rebuild of how SmartBriefing handles NOTAMs.
Open NOTAMs for any airport and you'll see an overview with the most important ones always at the top. Every NOTAM is categorised by what it affects, ranked by operational impact, and shown with the critical wording highlighted. Activity schedules are extracted from the text and presented clearly, and any NOTAM can be displayed on the map with a single tap.
Start at the top and stop whenever you need to — what's below is always less critical than what you've already read.
Built on our own worldwide NOTAM database for speed and reliability.
The developer, Ivan Lacko, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Provider
- Ivan Lacko
- Size
- 146.9 MB
- Category
- Weather
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Premium Subscription 9,99 €
- Copyright
- © 2026 Ivan Lacko