For pilots · On your TV

Flight conditions on the hangar TV.

Live VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR at hundreds of U.S. airports, drawn on FAA sectional charts and refreshed every 5 minutes from the FAA Aviation Weather Center.

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AvLights showing flight-category dots at airports across the continental United States

01 · Flight categories

Read the sky at a glance.

Every dot is an airport's latest METAR, colored by flight category — using the same thresholds as the app.

VFRCeiling ≥ 3,000 ft and visibility ≥ 5 sm

MVFRCeiling 1,000–2,999 ft or visibility 3 to < 5 sm

IFRCeiling 500–999 ft or visibility 1 to < 3 sm

LIFRCeiling < 500 ft or visibility < 1 sm

Chicago sectional chart with flight-category dots

02 · Sectionals

Conditions on the chart you know.

The U.S. overview and FAA sectionals rotate on screen, each airport lit in its flight category right on the chart. Choose which maps are in rotation and how long each one stays up.

Weather map: radar and surface fronts over a satellite view of the United States

03 · Weather

Radar and fronts in the rotation.

A weather map with NEXRAD radar and surface-analysis fronts from the National Weather Service joins the charts, so the why sits next to the what.

04 · Get AvLights

On the TV you already have.

Roku

A screensaver channel for Roku TVs and streaming players.

Roku Channel Store

Apple TV

An app for Apple TV.

App Store

Samsung TV

For Samsung Smart TVs.

Coming soon

Mac

A macOS screensaver.

Coming soon

For situational awareness only. Not for navigation — always consult official sources.

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