FlightAware Airport Weather Observations (METAR)

Choose this endpoint when you need structured, decoded METAR weather data for a specific airport including flight rules classification, wind, visibility, and cloud cover. It is ideal for aviation use cases such as pre-flight planning, dispatch decisions, and real-time arrival monitoring. It is backed by FlightAware's authoritative aviation data feed and returns both raw METAR strings and human-friendly decoded fields in a single call.

• Invalid or unknown ICAO airport code returns an error or empty result
• Airport has no active METAR reporting station — may return null fields or nearby observation if return_nearby_weather is true
• Stale or unavailable METAR data if the station has not reported recently
• Malformed timestamp parameter may cause request failure or unexpected results
• Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance returns 402 error