# Airport ATIS Retrieval

> Airport ATIS Retrieval is a paid API for AI agents from x402.nichospt.net, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Fetches the current ATIS (Automatic Terminal Information Service) broadcast for any airport given its 4-letter ICAO code, returning parsed weather, temperature, dewpoint, and ATIS letter.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402.nichospt.net/airport-atis
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/airport-atis-retrieval-655fd309
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_A7WswtUyWdAn79kudlSBv

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability airport-atis-retrieval-655fd309 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What's the current ATIS at KSFO? I need the ATIS letter, temperature, dewpoint, and the raw broadcast text.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an AI agent needs real-time airport ATIS data — current weather conditions, active runway information, ATIS letter, and temperature/dewpoint — for a specific airport identified by ICAO code. Prefer this over general weather APIs when aviation-specific terminal information (ATIS letter, D-ATIS uplink) is required for flight planning, dispatch, or situational awareness.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unknown ICAO code returns an error (non-4-letter input rejected by regex pattern)
- Airport does not have a D-ATIS uplink or active ATIS broadcast, resulting in no data returned
- Upstream ATIS data source is unavailable or stale, causing fetch failure
- Network timeout contacting the ATIS provider
- Payment not settled via x402 protocol results in HTTP 402 and no data returned

## How this service works

Pay-per-call utility APIs for AI agents, settled in USDC via the x402 protocol.

## Output

A JSON object containing the raw ATIS broadcast string, the ICAO code, the ATIS letter (e.g. 'B'), the ATIS time (e.g. '1853Z'), ATIS type (arrival/departure), temperature in Celsius, dewpoint in Celsius, the data source (e.g. 'd-atis'), and the timestamps for when it was observed and fetched.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "icao": {
   "type": "string",
   "pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{4}$",
   "description": "4-letter ICAO airport code (e.g. 'KSFO', 'EGLL', 'RJTT')"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "raw": "SFO ATIS INFO B 1853Z ... T 19 / DP 13 ...",
  "icao": "KSFO",
  "parser": "D-ATIS uplink",
  "source": "d-atis",
  "temp_c": 19,
  "atis_time": "1853Z",
  "atis_type": "ARR",
  "dewpoint_c": 13,
  "fetched_at": "2026-06-01T18:55:12.000Z",
  "atis_letter": "B",
  "observed_at": "2026-06-01T18:53:00.000Z"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/airport-atis-retrieval-655fd309/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402.nichospt.net](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402.nichospt.net/llms.txt)