PilotGPT
PilotGPT is an AI copilot for general aviation pilots that consolidates aircraft-specific manuals, FAA regulations, and live weather data into a single offline-capable platform. The system grounds every answer in official documents like the aircraft's POH and 14 CFR, and includes custom VFR/IFR route planning built around the pilot's actual aircraft performance numbers. It is designed to reduce cockpit workload by providing instant, sourced answers for route planning, weather briefs, and checklists without requiring an internet connection.
- AI Agents
- Artificial Intelligence
- Aerospace
- Mobility & Transportation
- Software Only
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Founder details are not available yet.
Product
Problem
Pilots often need critical information that is scattered across multiple sources—a POH in a flight bag, a regulation buried in a long PDF, and weather spread across various briefing pages. This fragmentation creates a high workload, slows decision-making, and can compromise safety, especially when pilots are trying to manage tasks while flying.
Solution
PilotGPT provides an AI copilot that consolidates essential aviation information into a single, offline-capable platform. The system is trained on a pilot's specific aircraft POH, FAA regulations, the AIM, PHAK, and advisory circulars, and is connected to live weather and aviation data feeds. Pilots can ask questions and receive sourced, precise answers for route planning, weather briefs, and cockpit checklists. The AI is designed to be honest about uncertainty, and answers are grounded in official documents to prevent the hallucinations common in general-purpose LLMs. The service works fully offline, ensuring availability when an internet connection is unavailable.
Target Audience
Pilots of general aviation and private aircraft who need reliable, instant access to aircraft-specific information and flight planning tools, from pre-flight preparation to in-cockpit operations.
Features
- Grounds every response in official documents, including the aircraft's specific POH, 14 CFR, AIM, PHAK, and advisory circulars
- Works fully offline with instant responses and no internet dependency, ensuring availability in the cockpit
- Custom VFR and IFR route planners that build routes based on official airway data, current TFRs, terrain clearance, winds aloft, and the aircraft's actual performance numbers from its POH
- Integrates live data from multiple weather and aviation feeds, including NWS, Aviation Weather Center, and FAA SWIM, with automatic backup routing if a feed goes stale
- Uses honest warnings for critical issues like TFR crossings, unsuitability of alternates per 14 CFR 91.169, and tight terrain margins
- Includes a daily training loop where user thumbs-down votes are reviewed by engineers and fixes are incorporated into the next model training run
- Indexes 5,156 airports and 21,808 charts, refreshed every cycle
- Supports 500+ aircraft models including Cirrus, Cessna, Piper, Diamond, Beechcraft, and Mooney
- Includes an on-device ATC transcription model (in beta) that runs without cell signal