About AeroSentinel

AeroSentinel watches the airports you care about and tells you the moment something changes. It polls TAF, METAR, and SPECI reports every 60 seconds and active NOTAMs every 10 minutes, compares each report against the last one it saw, and raises an alert when a forecast is amended, a special report is issued, or a NOTAM appears, changes, or is cancelled. No account is needed. It is free.

Where the data comes from

Weather reports come from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov). NOTAMs come from the FAA NOTAM system. Raw report text is never rewritten, summarized away, or interpolated: what you read on AeroSentinel is the report as issued, with color added on top for fast scanning. Decoded views and plain-language summaries always sit next to the original text, never instead of it. From issuance at the source, a change typically reaches your screen within one scan cycle.

What it detects

Alerts fire on TAF amendments and corrections, SPECI reports, LIFR-level visibility and ceiling, reported or forecast phenomena with operational impact (thunderstorms, freezing precipitation, hail, squalls, dust and sandstorms, blowing snow, funnel clouds, volcanic ash), and strong or gusting wind, including per-runway headwind and crosswind components computed from each airport's actual runway headings. NOTAM alerts distinguish new notices, revisions, and cancellations.

What it is not

AeroSentinel is a monitoring and situational-awareness tool, not an official briefing source. It does not replace your flight service provider, approved weather briefings, or dispatch procedures, and it should never be the only source behind an operational decision. If something here disagrees with an official source, trust the official source and tell us.

Contact

Questions, corrections, and feature requests: [email protected]. Feedback from working pilots and dispatchers shapes what gets built next.