Smooth

A calm turbulence forecast for US flights — enter a flight number and get a plain-English answer in seconds, powered by the same NOAA data pilots use.

Aviation Forecasting Web App

Smooth

A turbulence forecast built for nervous flyers. Enter a US flight number, see when bumps are likely along the route, and get a calm verdict in plain English — no EDR charts to decode. Powered by NOAA’s GTG model and real filed flight plans.

Smooth started as a reverse-engineering experiment to match industry turbulence forecasts, then became a product question: can a simple, human answer delivered before takeoff be worth paying for? The prototype is live — try it with your next flight.

The build log

The full story — reverse-engineering Turbli from free NOAA data, the flight-schedule plot twist, the −900-line pull request, and the text message the carriers blocked — is on the blog: Reverse-Engineering Calm.

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