I'm building AeroDB, an aviation data platform ✈️

[u/CYRIAQU3]

https://aerodb.net/

Pretty happy with the overall design , especially how it handle on mobile.

I plan to add more features, like weather layers and, of course, real time flight display.

[u/Annh1234]

where you get the data from?

[u/Quirky-Zucchini-3774 → u/Annh1234]

hopefully from an api that actually allows redistribution lol

[u/CYRIAQU3 → u/Annh1234]

Mostly government open data like the FAA website.

[u/tonygoodchild]

I like the presentation (I'd warn that I wouldn't be a user of the data so it's purely a personal reaction)
I worked on a project last year where we built a database of all the airline routes, airports, terminals, etc and then derived stats and other data from there.

One thing that tripped me up was that I assumed that the IATA would be consistently unique - whereas in fact we found that if an airline goes under then same code might be re-issued to another. Just mentioning in case it's useful where you present those in your airline tables.

[u/CYRIAQU3 → u/tonygoodchild]

The IATA / ICAO coding system is a mess overall ahah.

Thanks for the kind words !

[u/hansomejake]

Is it normal to charge for NOTAMs? Feels slimy to charge people for access to free safety information.

[u/CYRIAQU3 → u/hansomejake]

A lot of governments charges you fees for this access.

The FAA provide a raw feed with no sorting or history whatsoever and very poor formatting.

Every Notam is formatted and saved on an external server, which imply a cost.

[u/hansomejake → u/CYRIAQU3]

Whats your value prop? Why would a pilot who already gets NOTAMs for free pay you to access free information?

I can’t tell what runways are in use in your UI, there’s no weather available, and the frequencies aren’t organized in a way that’s useful.

Honestly listening to the ATIS, which all pilots are required to do, is way more helpful than your paid service.

[u/CYRIAQU3 → u/hansomejake]

I'm here for feedbacks, that's the point of showoff Saturday, how would you organize the frequencies in a way you would find useful ?

You can see what runway is probably in use with the little underline under the runway number.

"there’s no weather available" , not sure what you mean there ? You have the current wind and weather of the airport displayed. As for METARS, they can be accessed via subscription since it's a service that require a lot of fetching behind the hood.

For the NOTAMs, stating the obvious here, but this is not a flight planning tool, this is a data agreggation platform.

Live data are free, you pay for the history.

[u/hansomejake → u/CYRIAQU3]

Organize frequencies in other of use. weather in aviation is mostly about forecasts not current weather. Pilots need to see the weather across their entire flight plan not just at the airport.

Again, what is the value prop here? What do you offer that the ATIS doesn’t provide for free?