AWC METARs

Introduction

Meteorological service for international aviation is provided by meteorological authorities designated by States. The actual weather observations at aerodromes and offshore structures are made by aeronautical meteorological stations. The specific types of observations and related reports are disseminated either locally, or to other aerodromes. METARs are updated once per minute.

Data Source Characteristics

Data Target Characteristics

  • Database management system: PostgreSQL

  • Database name: io_xpa_db

  • Database table: io_awc_metar

Data Processing

  • Repository: io-xpa-core

  • Script: run_io_xpa_core_aws

  • Task:

    • d_a (Load AWC weather data)

    • d_a_m (Load AWC METAR data)

Processing Steps:

  1. Load the airport data (all and the ones with an ICAO code).

  2. Load the AWC METAR data from the REST API using the JSON format.

  3. Store the METAR data in the database table io_awc_metar.

  4. Determine and store the nearest METAR airport.

For detailed processing steps, refer to the external repository: io-xpa-core

Configuration Parameters:

awc_weather_data_request_max_metar = 500
awc_weather_data_timeout = 10
awc_weather_data_url_metar = "https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids={ids}%2CKBOS&format=json&taf=false"

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