Flight Planner

Flight Planner

End-to-end flight planning: route → winds → timing → calendar.

Workflow

When asked to plan a flight:

1. Parse the route — Extract airport sequence (e.g., "HSV to JWN to HMP to HSV")

2. Calculate each leg — Use flight_time.py for each leg:

   ~/clawd/skills/flight-time/scripts/flight_time.py KDEP KARR --altitude ALT --tas TAS --json
   

3. Optimize altitude — Check multiple altitudes (4000, 6000, 8000, 10000) for the longest leg and pick the best ground speed. Note the recommendation.

4. Add ground time — 30 minutes at each intermediate stop (pickup/dropoff)

5. Build timeline — Start from requested departure time, sequence all legs and ground stops

6. Ask about attendees — Before creating calendar entry, ask:

   "Should anyone be invited to this flight?"

7. Create calendar entry — Use m365cal.py create with:

   • Subject: Route summary (e.g., "Flight: HSV-JWN-HMP-HSV")
   • Duration: Total block time
   • Body: Full timeline and leg details
   • Attendees: As specified

Default Parameters

• TAS: 185 kt
• Fuel burn: 24 gph
• Altitude: 6000 ft (optimize from there)
• Ground time: 30 min per stop

Example Output Format

✈️ FLIGHT PLAN: HSV-JWN-HMP-HSV
Date: Jan 29, 2026 | Depart: 12:00

LEG 1: HSV → JWN
• 93 nm | TC 357° | 0:35
• Winds 300°@48kt (tailwind)

LEG 2: JWN → HMP  
• 210 nm | TC 142° | 2:23
• Winds 320°@52kt (headwind)
• ⚠️ Better at 8000ft: 2:03

[... more legs ...]

TIMELINE
12:00 Depart HSV
12:35 Arrive JWN (30 min ground)
13:05 Depart JWN
[...]

TOTALS: 446 nm | 3:44 flight | 4:44 block | ~90 gal

Should anyone be invited to this flight?

Dependencies

• ~/clawd/skills/flight-time/scripts/flight_time.py — Time/wind calculations
• ~/clawd/skills/m365-calendar/scripts/m365cal.py — Calendar integration