IBA Tunnelflight Integration for Home Assistant

This integration connects to the International Bodyflight Association (IBA) Tunnelflight platform to provide information about your wind tunnel flying status, skills, and flight time.

Features

• Track your IBA membership status and currency
• Monitor your Static, Dynamic, and Formation flying skill levels
• View detailed information about your completed skills
• Log flight time directly to your IBA logbook
• Search the global database of wind tunnels

Installation

HACS (Recommended)

1. Open HACS
2. Go to "Integrations"
3. Click the "+" button
4. Search for "IBA Tunnelflight"
5. Click "Install"
6. Restart Home Assistant

Manual Installation

1. Download the latest release
2. Extract the folder tunnelflight to <config>/custom_components/
3. Restart Home Assistant

Configuration

Add the integration via the Home Assistant UI:

1. Go to Settings → Devices & Services
2. Click "Add Integration"
3. Search for "IBA Tunnelflight"
4. Enter your IBA username and password

Services

The integration provides several services:

tunnelflight.log_flight_time

Logs flight time to your IBA logbook.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
tunnel_id	int	Yes	ID of the tunnel where you flew
time	int	Yes	Flight time in minutes (1-120)
comment	string	No	Optional comment for the entry
entry_date	datetime	No	Date of flight (defaults to current time)
username	string	No	Specific account username (required if multiple accounts configured)

tunnelflight.find_tunnels

Searches for wind tunnels by name, city, or country.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
search_term	string	No	Text to search in tunnel name or city
country	string	No	Country to filter results

tunnelflight.list_countries

Lists all countries that have wind tunnels in the IBA database.

tunnelflight.refresh_data

Forces a refresh of all data from the Tunnelflight API.

Finding Tunnel IDs

To log flight time, you need the correct tunnel ID:

1. Use the tunnelflight.find_tunnels service with a search term like your tunnel's city name
2. If you're not sure of the country, first use tunnelflight.list_countries to see all available countries
3. The search results will include the tunnel ID needed for logging flight time

License

This integration is licensed under the MIT License.