The TurboTrack flight turbulence tracker gives you live rough air data for any route before and during your flight. Enter your flight details — departure, destination, date — and get a complete turbulence profile.
Flight turbulence tracking combines three data layers: (1) Atmospheric wind shear — computed from pressure-level wind data at 200–500 hPa (roughly 18,000–39,000 feet). Where adjacent altitude bands show large speed differences (wind shear), turbulence is likely. (2) Pilot reports (PIREPs) — real-time observations from crew filing turbulence reports at specific locations and altitudes. (3) SIGMET alerts — official government turbulence warnings for areas where severe turbulence is forecast. TurboTrack weights all three sources and produces a single turbulence level for each flight phase.
For each tracked flight, you see: an overall turbulence score (Smooth / Light / Moderate / Severe), a route bar colored by severity at each phase of flight, predicted worst altitude range, live PIREPs from recent flights on your route, any active SIGMETs overlapping your path, and seat recommendations based on aircraft type. The tracker updates every 15 minutes as new pilot reports come in.
Ranked by historical turbulence score — click any route for details