METAR

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METAR is a format for weather data. It is mainly used by airports.

Example METAR reports

LTFJ 301350Z 06019KT 9999 -SHRA SCT019 BKN030 06/02 Q1030 RESHRA NOSIG RMK RWY24R 06019KT RWY06R 04023KT RWY24L 05021KT
LTFJ 301320Z 06018KT 9999 -SHRA BKN030 05/03 Q1030 NOSIG RMK RWY24R 07016KT RWY06R 05017KT RWY24L 05016KT
LTFJ 290620Z VRB03KT 9999 FEW015TCU BKN025 03/02 Q1030 NOSIG RMK RWY24R VRB02KT RWY06R VRB03KT RWY24L VRB01KT

Data sources

You can get METAR data from a few different sources.

Aviation Weather Center

API: https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/
All airports
- CSV: https://aviationweather.gov/data/cache/metars.cache.csv
- CSV.GZ: https://aviationweather.gov/data/cache/metars.cache.csv.gz

National Weather Service

https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/observations/metar/

Turkey weather service

https://rasat.mgm.gov.tr/result?stations=LTFJ&obsType=1&hours=2

The following pages link here

Nanopredict

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@article{yaltirakli,
  title   = "METAR",
  author  = "Yaltirakli, Gokberk",
  journal = "gkbrk.com",
  year    = "2024",
  url     = "https://www.gkbrk.com/metar"
}

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Gokberk Yaltirakli, "METAR", November, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.gkbrk.com/metar. [Accessed Nov. 12, 2024].

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Yaltirakli, G. (2024, November 12). METAR. https://www.gkbrk.com/metar

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Gokberk Yaltirakli, METAR, GKBRK.COM (Nov. 12, 2024), https://www.gkbrk.com/metar

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