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Practical tools for your next flight and breeding season. No account required.
Flight-speed calculator
Distance ÷ elapsed time. This is an arithmetic check, not an official race classification; organiser rules and corrections may differ. Use one time zone for both timestamps. Ambiguous clock-change times are rejected.
Breeding-date calculator
Around 18 days is a general reference, not a guarantee. Enter the observed start of incubation, not the pairing date. Record actual laying and hatching separately. This does not determine ringing, weaning or treatment dates.
Route & weather preview
Straight-line planning preview, not GPS tracking or a predicted flight path. The release-point forecast uses departure time; the home-loft forecast uses estimated arrival time. Coordinates sent to WeatherAPI are rounded to 2 decimals. No flight or location record is created.
Click the map to set the selected point, or enter coordinates below.
Planning information only. Check official local forecasts and applicable release rules. This preview cannot determine whether a release is safe.
Calculator entries are not saved as portal records. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles; weather requests use WeatherAPI. See the privacy notice. Privacy and GDPR · WeatherAPI.comPractical guides
Original AviLoft guidance · Updated 24 October 2026 · General information, not veterinary advice.
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