Balloon Crumbs — Pilot flight planner

Launch

Click the map, or use this device’s location.

Choose a launch point.

Flight shape

The balloon climbs, cruises, then descends through forecast layers.

Departure (local time)

Duration min Launch elevation m MSL

Planned maximum altitude m MSL

Wind layer

UKMO UKV forecast via Open-Meteo.

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Displayed altitude 500 m MSL

Set a launch point to load wind.

Arrows point downwind; labels show km/h. Height levels are metres above mean sea level.

Destination and landing envelope

Test whether forecast winds at different heights can approach a chosen destination.

Waiting for a wind forecast.

Set a launch point to calculate the landing envelope.

The purple boundary is a convex envelope of tested forecast endpoints, not a guarantee that every point inside it is reachable or suitable for landing. The height solver does not assess airspace, terrain, legal limits, fuel or actual climb/descent performance.

Aeronautical chart

OpenAIP advisory airspace context.

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Chart key and limitations

: Purple/blue areas commonly mark controlled airspace.
: Red areas commonly mark restricted, prohibited or danger areas.
: Orange/yellow areas can mark special-use or caution areas.
: Labels and boundary styles give class and vertical limits.

Colours are a reading aid, not a legal interpretation. OpenAIP may omit temporary restrictions and current NOTAMs.

Create the same short plan code flow used by TEC.

Plan name

Click the map to set the launch point

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Launch Forecast landing Destination Altitude-coloured forecast track Forecast landing envelope