Systems and methods for landing site selection and flight path planning for an aircraft using soaring weather

A method for providing aviation navigational information to a pilot of an aircraft during operation of the aircraft, comprising:

• receiving, with one or more processors of a controller onboard the aircraft, data indicative of terrain, airports, airspace, aerodynamics of the aircraft, real-time weather, and real-time status of the aircraft;
• determining, with the one or more processors of the controller, a gliding range of the aircraft based at least in part on soaring weather conditions capable of producing lift sufficient to extend the gliding range of the aircraft;
• determining, with the one or more processors of the controller, a landing site for the aircraft based on the gliding range of the aircraft;
• and
• determining, with the one or more processors of the controller, a flight path of the aircraft that uses the soaring weather conditions to extend the gliding range of the aircraft and land at the landing site.