Windsock has launched Autopilot, a tool that generates an aircraft valuation report in about 20 seconds from a single uploaded document.
Autopilot accepts logbooks, maintenance records, PDFs, and photos. It returns a more than 20-page report including a Windsock valuation, logbook hotspots and risk signals, compression and engine history, propeller and structural events, airworthiness directive impact, and a market trend forecast.
The tool replaces a workflow that has historically required 20 to 30 minutes of manual research on each aircraft, according to company officials.
Autopilot runs on Windsock’s valuation model, which covers more than 25,000 year-make-model combinations and includes a price index dating back to 1960. The model updates continuously against live market activity and combines fair market value with market elasticity to produce a number reflecting current market conditions rather than the prior quarter, company officials explained.
Windsock serves more than 5,500 users across general aviation. Since going live, the platform has run more than $5.3 billion in aircraft value through its valuation model, company officials noted. The company has also signed commercial agreements with more than a dozen industry players, including brokerages, lenders, insurers, and aviation services providers.
In January 2026, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) selected Windsock as its exclusive aircraft valuation partner, giving the association’s members up to 12 complimentary valuation reports per year.
The release is available immediately to all users at Windsock.ai. A sample report and product walkthrough are available on request.
AOPA used to provide its members with VREF which resulted in a complete, detailed and comprehensive aircraft valuation report at no charge.
The Windsock service that AOPA provides now is a very general range of valuation at no charge, however, for a detailed report similar to what VREF provided at no charge, there are extra fees to arrive at a SPECIFIC valuation.
This is disappointing as AOPA appears to be cutting some free benefits through the years while periodically raising member dues. Perhaps an internal audit of AOPA is due to cut some of its unnecessary and / or high spending for the purpose of providing the membership with the same level of free benefits it has in prior years. As an AOPA member since the 1970s, I have seen AOPA becoming a typical profit-oriented company in exchange for reducing free services. The newly revised changes in leadership at AOPA should not only include the current attention to revising its policies but also review cutting the fat in its spending to help reduce the current level of member disenchantment.
Full valuation reports on Windsock are included as an AOPA member benefit for free, 12 of them each year. The only additional discounted charge would be $15 for logbook records, where we can take your maintenance records, fully organize them, and review them for you in minutes.