NewFlyby 1.2.2 — Light Direction

Know before you launch.

Flyby turns weather, daylight, airspace context, and your aircraft limits into a calmer drone preflight.

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Meet Fly Score

A score that shows its work.

Fly Score rates flying conditions from 0 to 100, hour by hour. It weighs wind, gusts, rain, visibility, clouds, and geomagnetic activity against the limits you set for your drone.

  • Excellent
  • Good
  • Fair
  • Poor

  1. Set your limits

    Start from a Careful, Standard, or Flexible profile, then tune max wind, gusts, and more for the drone you fly.

  2. See what shapes the score

    Each condition is marked Ideal or shows the points it costs, so a lower score always comes with a reason.

  3. Know how sure it is

    A confidence check shows whether the weather and geomagnetic data behind the score are current.

Fly Score is an advisory planning aid, not a guarantee or flight authorization. Always check official sources before you fly. Learn more

speedFly ScoreverifiedHigh confidence

92 Excellent

Largely favorable. Clouds take a small bite, but the window is still excellent.

What shapes this score

  • Wind5 mphIdeal
  • Gusts7 mphIdeal
  • Rain0% chanceIdeal
  • Visibility9.5 miIdeal
  • Clouds77% cover−8 pts
  • GeomagneticKp 0Ideal

A clearer preflight

See the full flying window

Track Fly Score, wind, rain, visibility, and clouds across the next 24 hours—or explore up to 72 hours with Flyby Pass.

Compare places to fly

Compare Fly Scores at saved launch spots, then revisit the flights you’ve logged at each place.

Plan around the light

Drag the sundial to preview any time between sunrise and sunset, and find your next blue hour or golden hour.

A Flyby drone flying above a stylized coastal city

Flying should be fun

Free Flight, Gate Run, and Touchdown add a little delight between forecasts.

Bring your drone into Flyby

Scan your drone in 3D and make it part of your Hangar. Included with Flyby Pass.

More than a weather app

Airspace context

View supported FAA UAS Facility Map cells, ceiling details, airspace class, and LAANC availability guidance.

Airspace context

Understand the airspace around a launch point before you arrive. Flyby places supported FAA UAS Facility Map data beside your weather and daylight.

  • Facility Map cells

    See the supported FAA UAS Facility Map cells around your launch point.

  • Ceiling details

    Check the ceiling values for nearby cells at a glance.

  • Airspace class

    Know which class of airspace a location sits in.

  • LAANC guidance

    See LAANC availability guidance while you plan.

Your aircraft, your limits

Tune wind, gust, visibility, battery reserve, payload, and weather limits around the drone you actually fly.

Your aircraft, your limits

Flyby evaluates the forecast against the aircraft profile you choose, using the limits you set for the drone you actually fly.

  • Wind & gusts

    Set the sustained wind and gust speeds you’re comfortable flying in.

  • Visibility

    Choose how much visibility you want before you launch.

  • Battery reserve

    Plan around the reserve you like to land with.

  • Payload

    Account for the extra weight when you’re carrying a payload.

Same forecast, different answerA lightweight drone can get a different recommendation than a larger aircraft, so the guidance fits what you’re flying.

Planned flights

Save a future flight window and let Flyby watch the forecast for meaningful changes.

Planned flights

Save a location, date, and flight window, and Flyby keeps that plan connected to the changing forecast.

  • Save a flight window

    Pick where and when you want to fly next.

  • Always current

    The plan updates as the forecast changes.

  • See what shifted

    Spot changes in wind, rain, visibility, daylight, or the Fly Score.

  • No repeat preflight

    Check in as takeoff gets closer without rebuilding the plan.

With Flyby PassGo beyond three active planned flights, and follow them with Live Activities on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island.

A local logbook

Keep notes, conditions, and route maps together. Import GPX tracks, then share a flight as a Postcard or Flight Record.

Useful at a glance

Home Screen widgets keep flight conditions, daylight, and Flyby's retro city close at hand.

Useful at a glance

Keep a little Flyby on your Home Screen. Check your Fly Score, follow the daylight, or enjoy a view of the city without opening the app.

Small Fly Score widget showing a score of 92, excellent conditions, and 7 mph wind at Cape Henlopen

A quick flight check

The small Fly Score widget puts your score, verdict, wind, and location in one compact view.

Medium Fly Score widget showing a score of 92 alongside wind, rain chance, and a countdown to the next flight window

A little more detail

Make room for the medium widget to see wind, rain chance, and the countdown to your next flight window.

Sunlight widget showing the sun’s arc, sunrise at 6:48 AM, sunset at 7:04 PM, and a daylight timeline

Follow the daylight

See the sun’s progress, sunrise, sunset, and the day’s light in a single view.

Flyby’s retro city widget with a drone, a Fly Score of 92, wind, rain chance, and sunset time

A city on your Home Screen

Bring Flyby’s retro city along, with your Fly Score and flight conditions alongside the skyline.

Planned-flight Live Activity showing an Evening Coast Flight, launch countdown, Fly Score, best hour, and flight window
With Flyby Pass

Your next flight, on the Lock Screen

Planned-flight Live Activities keep your launch countdown, Fly Score, best hour, and flight window close at hand.

Private by default

No account, no ads, and no cross-app tracking. Your locations, plans, profiles, and logs stay on your device.

Flyby Pass

Look farther ahead.

Flyby is free to use. Flyby Pass adds longer forecasts, room for every place and aircraft you fly, and a few extras for pilots who fly often.

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  • Monthly$3.99 per month
  • Yearly$29.99 per year
  • Lifetime$79.99 one-time purchase

Upgrade anytime in the app. Prices in USD; local pricing may vary. Monthly and yearly plans renew automatically unless canceled.

  • Three-day forecasts

    Charts out to 72 hours, plus flight windows and hourly tables for future days.

  • No limits

    Unlimited saved locations, aircraft in the Hangar, and planned flights.

  • Flyby Guides

    Discover scenic places to fly and preview a location before you go.

  • Your drone in 3D

    Scan your aircraft, give it a callsign, and see every flight it’s logged.

  • More map styles

    Switch between standard, satellite, and hybrid maps.

  • Live Activities

    Follow planned flights on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island.

Compare Free and Flyby Pass
FeatureFreeFlyby Pass
Saved locationsUp to 3Unlimited
Aircraft in the HangarUp to 3Unlimited
Aircraft personalization—Callsigns, flight history & 3D scans
Place collections—Included
Active planned flightsUp to 3Unlimited
Forecast charts24 hours24, 48 & 72 hours
Future-day planningDaily summariesFlight windows & details
Detailed hourly tables—Included
Flyby Guides—Scenic places & location previews
Map stylesStandardStandard, satellite & hybrid
Planned-flight Live Activities—Lock Screen & Dynamic Island
App iconsStandard & O13 StackAlso includes the Pass icon

Flyby — Drone Planner

More confidence before takeoff.

Fast when you need the answer. Detailed when you want to understand it. Thoughtfully built for drone pilots.

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