Paragliding weather & flight planning
Find your next flying day.
Magic Skyweed brings the forecast, flying sites and live wind onto one map. See how the day lines up with your launch, your wing and your limits.
The whole day.
A single view.
From a first look at the forecast to a shortlist of launches, keep the pieces of your plan together.
How to plan a flying day- Read the weather
- Compare hourly wind, gusts, cloud base and rain for the week ahead. Open any score to see the forecast behind it.
- Find your launch
- Explore thousands of sites worldwide, with launch aspects, elevation and local guidance where available.
- Check the context
- Bring live wind observations and airspace into the same view, alongside your local knowledge and official briefing.
| SW-facing launch | 12:00 | 14:00 | 16:00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind | 8 kt | 11 kt | 15 kt |
| Gusts | 12 kt | 14 kt | 22 kt |
| Direction | SSW | SW | W |
| Cloud base | 1,200 m | 1,450 m | 1,300 m |
| Score / 100 | 64 | 87 | 42 |
Illustrative values, not a current forecast. Scores help compare hours; they do not clear a flight as safe.
A forecast that knows your wing.
The same wind can mean different things at different launches. Magic Skyweed compares the forecast with the site’s aspect and your chosen flying limits.
A score helps you find hours worth a closer look. The wind, gusts and weather detail stay visible, so you can make your own assessment.
Understand the forecastYour local hill. Somewhere new.
Explore the world mapGet to know the sky.
A few useful starting points for reading a forecast, choosing a site and putting a plan together.
Before you head out.
What is Magic Skyweed?
Magic Skyweed is a free, map-first paragliding weather and flight-planning web app. It combines hourly forecasts, a global catalogue of flying sites, airspace overlays and live wind observations, and scores each site's flyability for your specific wing and limits.
How does the flyability score work?
For every site and every forecast hour, Magic Skyweed checks wind speed and gusts against your wing's range, wind direction against the launch aspect, plus cloud base, precipitation and visibility. The result is a 0–100 score you can open up and inspect — the underlying forecast is always shown, never hidden.
Is Magic Skyweed free to use?
Yes. The forecast map, flying-site pages and flyability scores are free to use. Creating a free account adds a pilot profile, your gliders and personal limits, a logbook and social features.
Does Magic Skyweed cover flying sites near me?
Magic Skyweed is global. The site catalogue is based on ParaglidingEarth and spans launches on every continent, and the forecast engine works anywhere on the map — search any place in the world and scan the sites around it.
Is Magic Skyweed a substitute for official weather or airspace briefings?
No. Magic Skyweed is a planning aid. Forecast models simplify the atmosphere, and map airspace is informational. Always check official aeronautical information, NOTAMs and local site rules, and apply your own training and judgement at launch.
See what the week has in store.
Free to explore. No account needed to open the map.