IFR chart briefing,
annotated by AI.
Open an approach plate. ChartBrief surfaces what to expect, the NOTAMs that matter, and the minimums that apply to your aircraft — pinned to the plate, not buried three taps away.
Not just an annotated PDF.
A pilot opens an unfamiliar plate; ChartBrief reads the plate, your aircraft profile, and live NOTAMs together — then surfaces the three or four things that actually matter for this approach.
The minimums that apply to your airplane.
Aircraft category (A/B/C/D), GPS equipage (LPV, LNAV/VNAV, LNAV), and approach equipment shape every briefing. No more eyeballing the right line on the minima box.
Closed runways flagged where they appear.
Active NOTAMs from the FAA are matched to the chart you opened. Closed runways, OOS navaids, lighting changes, and TFRs surface as callouts on the procedure — not buried in a raw text dump.
What to expect, gotchas, missed approach.
Three to four cards per chart: the setup you'll fly, the things that catch first-timers (step-down fixes, non-standard MAP), the missed in plain English, and the source notes ChartBrief drew from.
From ICAO to fully briefed in under a minute.
Designed for the moment between filing and launching — not for a Saturday-afternoon study session.
Find every chart for the airport.
Type an ICAO. ChartBrief lists every IAP, SID, STAR, and airport diagram from the current FAA d-TPP cycle, with the most recent METAR pinned to the airport chip.
Pick the chart and your aircraft profile.
Saved aircraft profiles carry your category, equipment, and approach minimums preferences. Switch between profiles for a flight school fleet without retyping a thing.
Brief, save, and fly.
The plate renders from the FAA source. AI annotations layer on top with citations to the plate, Chart Supplement, and active NOTAMs. Save the brief; it's there in the cockpit when you lose signal.
Every chart in the FAA d-TPP, every cycle.
ChartBrief syncs the full FAA Digital Terminal Procedures Publication every 28-day cycle. If it's published, it's briefable.
Approach plates
ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS), VOR, NDB, RNP. Per-equipage minima.
Departure procedures
Climb gradients, transitions, equipment notes flagged.
Arrival procedures
Speed restrictions, descend-via, RNAV transitions called out.
Airport diagrams
Runway closures, hot spots, lighting, taxi NOTAMs in place.
Live NOTAMs
FAA api.faa.gov — refreshed on every airport open. Free for all tiers.
Chart Supplement
Airport remarks and special procedures cited inline in your brief.
One tier. Annual starts free.
The annual plan starts with a 7-day free trial — full feature set, no metering, no aircraft-profile cap. Cancel before it ends and you're never charged. Monthly is a straight $4.99, no trial.
ChartBrief Subscription
$4.99/mo
or $39.99/yr (~$3.33/mo)
- +Quick Brief on any airport — one-tap AI briefing of any single chart, no flight planning required
- +Unlimited AI briefings on every chart in every flight
- +NOTAM-to-chart correlation, surfaced where it matters on the plate
- +Saved briefings, available offline in the cockpit
- +iPhone & iPad — iPad-first kneeboard layout
Briefings are generated in the cloud and cached on-device for offline use in the cockpit. Works on every iOS 18+ device. Cancel any time in your Apple ID subscriptions.
Brief smarter. Fly the approach you planned.
ChartBrief opens for TestFlight ahead of the App Store launch. Email us to be on the first invite list.
