Freight appointment intelligence

Build a freight schedule the truck can actually make.

Plan forward to a delivery appointment or work backward from a delivery already booked—using route time, stops, equipment work, fuel, driver clocks, weather, traffic, construction, and schedule uncertainty.

Recommended appointment P80 planning band + check-in buffer Every allowance stays visible and editable.

Trip basics

Required

What do you need ArrivalIQ to calculate?

Delivery appointmentI know when loading starts. Ideal loading timeThe delivery is already scheduled.

Pickup location

Time zone

Pickup appointment The time the driver checks in—not the expected departure.

Equipment

Delivery location

Time zone

Route and driver

Route needed

Enter pickup and delivery locations, then resolve the route.

Truck route miles

Moving time

Driver plan

Driver clock source

Truck routing profileOptional load-specific dimensions and hazmat restrictionsEdit profile

Loaded height

Loaded width

Overall length

Loaded weight

Hazardous material

Used by the commercial truck-routing connector. Always confirm permitted dimensions, hazmat class, axle limits, and route notices before dispatch.

03Fine-tune the planFuel, HOS, facility work, and route riskEdit assumptions

Pickup and facility work

Pre-trip

min

Loading / dwell

min

Securement

min

Washout / sanitation minutes Tarping minutes

Dock delay history

Receiver check-in buffer

min

Receiver schedules every

Keep pickup inside shipper hoursMoves an unavailable pickup to the next valid facility appointment.

Pickup days

Opens

Last appointment

Close on U.S. federal holidays (actual + observed)

Additional pickup closuresOptional comma-separated YYYY-MM-DD dates.

Keep delivery inside receiver hoursMoves recommended appointments past closed weekends and holidays.

Delivery days

Opens

Last appointment

Close on U.S. federal holidays (actual + observed)

Additional delivery closuresOptional comma-separated YYYY-MM-DD dates.

Fuel plan

Fuel economy

mpg

Usable tank

gal

Starts at

Reserve

Fuel stop

min

Hours of service at pickup Property-carrying HOS appliesTurn off only after confirming the vehicle and operation are exempt.

Carrier operating cycle

Drive left

14-hour window left

Drive before break

70-hour cycle left

Parking reserve

min

Enter current clocks from the ELD. Sleeper-berth pairings, recap gains, and the adverse-driving exception are intentionally not assumed.

Route uncertainty

Traffic exposure

Weather

Construction

Terrain

Recommendation updates from the visible assumptions above.

Appointment plan

Your delivery window will appear here.

Resolve the route or enter truck miles and moving time, then calculate the schedule.

Three confidence scenarios
HOS-aware event timeline
Fuel and service allowances

Methodology

Built around real operating constraints.

Hours of service

Property-carrying 11-hour drive, 14-hour window, 30-minute break after 8 cumulative driving hours, 10-hour reset, and 60/70-hour cycle planning.

FMCSA summary ↗

Commercial routing

The production connector supports truck dimensions, legal restrictions, departure-time traffic, waypoints, and route notices. Review mode deliberately widens uncertainty.

HERE truck routing ↗

Weather and work zones

NWS hourly forecasts and alerts can inform route risk; construction stays explicit when a live incident or WZDx feed is unavailable.

NWS API ↗

Decision-support boundary. ArrivalIQ estimates a feasible appointment window from the information supplied. P50/P80/P95 are transparent planning bands—not statistically calibrated forecasts until actual lane outcomes are used for validation. It does not replace truck navigation, dispatch review, ELD compliance checks, permits, facility confirmation, or driver judgment.