Hey everyone,
I’ve been tinkering with this as a personal project for a while and decided to clean it up and share it with the community. It’s a local Python-based preflight planning tool I built for my own MSFS 2024 sessions — nothing professional, just something I wanted for my own flying that grew into something bigger.
What it does:
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Route planning with destination picker and IFR alternate selection
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Live METAR / TAF weather (FAA AWC with fallback)
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Winds aloft with wind-corrected ETE and fuel burn adjustments
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NOTAMs for departure and arrival airports
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POH-based fuel planning across 52 aircraft profiles
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Hemispherical cruise altitude selection (FAR 91.159 / 91.179)
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SimBrief OFP integration
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Navigraph Charts deeplinks
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Flight plan export (.pln) with automatic MSFS Community folder copy
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Flight logbook
Important disclaimers:
This is not a professional tool. The POH data for the aircraft profiles is incomplete and may contain errors — I compiled it from various sources and my own research, but I can’t guarantee its accuracy. Do not use this for real-world flight planning. Ever.
There are probably bugs too. It works well for my setup but I haven’t tested every scenario.
Where to get it:
https://github.com/stratomarco/msfs-flightplanner
Setup instructions are in HOWTO.md. The only thing you need is Python 3.11+ and optionally a free CheckWX API key for international weather coverage.
If anyone wants to contribute — especially correcting or completing the POH data for specific aircraft, or reporting bugs — pull requests and issues are very welcome on GitHub.
Happy flying 
/StratoMarco