PlaneWX Pilots Save with 5X5 Insurance Safety Rewards

Direct-to-customer insurance underwriter 5X5 Aviation Insurance is offering discounts under its Safety Rewards program for pilots who use PlaneWX’s preflight decision-support system. The discount is a 5% risk-based premium credit at quote and bind, available to PlaneWX Pro Plus members.

Launched in 2025, 5X5 Aviation Insurance uses flight data and recognition of regular training, membership in an owners and pilots association, frequent flying,  hangaring, and maintenance to provide coverage for owner-pilots of high-performance light jets and turboprops and in-production piston singles and twins from Cirrus, Diamond, and Cessna. 

TBM owner Mark Wolfgang founded PlaneWX last year to help pilots gather information ahead of a planned flight to inform its pilot decision support system. Capable of giving pilots a picture of upcoming conditions up to 14 days before a flight, PlaneWX provides a WX Score based on weather information, the pilot’s aircraft, and personal minimums. According to PlaneWX, this is fed into an integrated flight risk assessment tool built on the FAA’s PAVE framework and also gives the pilot access to a peer mentor network for help in making a go-/no-go decision.

“PlaneWX doesn’t tell you not to fly. It gives you the information to make that decision yourself, days earlier, when you still have options,” said Wolfgang. “5X5 is the first insurer I’ve seen that treats that kind of preparation as something worth underwriting.”