https://github.com/andrewda/inthesoup

Find nearby instrument approaches in IMC 🛩️ ☁️
https://github.com/andrewda/inthesoup

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Find nearby instrument approaches in IMC 🛩️ ☁️

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/andrewda/inthesoup
• Owner: andrewda
• Created: 2023-03-28T01:04:28.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-08-01T22:08:44.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-17T15:40:01.958Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: airplane, aviation, flight, ifr, imc
• Language: TypeScript
• Homepage: https://inthesoup.xyz
• Size: 151 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml

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# In the Soup ☁️

Find nearby instrument approaches in IMC.

> **Warning**

> This app should not be used as a replacement for safe preflight planning

> practices. All weather data is not guaranteed to be accurate, and the

> instrument approach data is not guaranteed to be complete. Always check the

> official sources before flying, especially when venturing into IMC.

## What is this?

This is a web app that allows you to search for nearby instrument approaches in

instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). It uses the [NOAA National Blend of Models][nbm]

to get cloud ceiling forecasts, and joins them with instrument approach data

from the FAA's [Coded Instrument Flight Procedures (CIFP)][cifp]. With this

information, pilots can more easily plan flights to improve their proficiency

flying in IMC.

[nbm]: https://blend.mdl.nws.noaa.gov/

[cifp]: https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/digital_products/cifp/

## Infrastructure

This app uses [Google App Engine][gae] to host a Node.js server running

[Next.js][next]. The backend portion of the app is very simple, and just runs

a query against a few [Google BigQuery][bq] tables. Weather forecasts are

regularly fetched from NOAA using GitHub Actions and loaded into BigQuery.

Similarly, the FAA's CIFP data is periodically fetched by a GitHub Action and

loaded into BigQuery.

[gae]: https://cloud.google.com/appengine/

[next]: https://nextjs.org/

[bq]: https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/

## Running locally

*TODO*