Airborne research and observations continue to be a part of a robust and resilient Earth Science Division program as defined in NASA’s decadal survey. As part of this, planning of the suborbital research flights involves much thought, time and effort in order to translate scientific sampling objectives to aircraft waypoints. We present the planning process and tools that have been used in 2 field campaigns operated by NASA in 2024; ARCSIX (Arctic Radiation-Cloud-Aerosol-Surface Interaction Experiment) and PACE-PAX (The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem Postlaunch Airborne eXperiment). Combined these campaigns have different guiding principles, regions, and 5 aircraft. To enable more efficient science operations using distributed observations, we developed an efficient tool for flight planning, which achieved numerous science objectives.
