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by smithcoin 726 days ago
Do you offer turbulence predictions for consumers? I’m scared of flying and would love to know if my ride will be smooth.
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Don't be scared of flying, be scared of crashing. Crashing doesn't happen that often.

Try watching/downloading flightradar24 - the sheer number of flights is staggering. Then multiply them by the number of days since you can (without assistance) actually remember hearing about a plane crash.

Right now flight predictions and route quality are offered only to pilots who are operating the flight and to dispatchers. There are discussions with the airlines to integrate our technology into their apps but at the moment there is no such solution available.
My site focuses on the consumer side and does just that: https://turbulenceforecast.com
nice work! where is the data coming from?
We're processing noaa data and making it easy to understand. I'd love to license your data to display in our app behind our paywall.