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Alexa skill
AvioMeteo (Italian locale) and AvioWeather (English locale) are the same Alexa skill: they read a METAR for an airport on demand and — for Pro users — warn about active SIGMETs nearby. Linking your account is optional: without linking you can still get 1 METAR per day.
Linking your account to Alexa is now free for all users, both Free and Pro. The tier difference is your usage quota and features (e.g. nearby SIGMETs and proactive notifications, Pro only), not the ability to link.
Link your account to Alexa
- 1.Open the Alexa app on your phone, search for «AvioWeather» (or «AvioMeteo») and enable the skill
- 2.Tap «Link account»: dashboard.avioweather.app/alexa-link opens in the Alexa app's locale
- 3.Enter the email of your AvioWeather account; you'll receive a single-use 6-digit code by email (valid for 10 minutes)
- 4.Enter the code: the browser confirms the link and returns you to the Alexa app automatically
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No password is ever sent to Amazon. Linking uses OAuth 2.0 + a one-time email code — the same mechanism as the web dashboard sign-in.
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As an alternative to the email code, you can link your account by tapping «Sign in with Apple» on the linking page: Apple verifies your identity and completes the link to Alexa without sending any password to Amazon. Available on accounts that use «Sign in with Apple».
Voice commands
- «Alexa, open avio weather» — opens the skill and waits for your request
- «Alexa, ask avio weather for the METAR at Lima India Romeo Foxtrot» — METAR for LIRF (Fiumicino) using the NATO phonetic alphabet
- «Alexa, ask avio weather for the METAR at Kilo Juliett Foxtrot Kilo» — same pattern, KJFK
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Spell the ICAO with the NATO phonetic alphabet (Lima India Romeo Foxtrot, not «L I R F»). Alexa's speech recognition is far more accurate on complete phonetic words. All times read by the skill are in UTC (zulu).
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On Alexa+ (the new generative Alexa)? Launch the skill explicitly with «Alexa, launch the AvioWeather skill» (or «open the AvioWeather skill»). Alexa+ doesn't always route to a skill by name, so the explicit «launch/open the skill» phrasing is the reliable way to start it; then ask for the METAR as above.
Conversational briefing (Pro)
For subscribers with the unlimited skill (Dashboard-only or Pro) the skill doesn't just read a METAR: it runs a question-led briefing, keeping the conversation open.
- 1.Ask for an airport's METAR: the skill reads METAR + nearby SIGMETs, then asks «Would you also like the TAF?»
- 2.Say «yes» to hear the TAF, or «no» to skip it — either way the skill asks «Would you like the briefing for another airport?»
- 3.Say «yes» then the airport, or all at once — «yes for Lima India Romeo Foxtrot» or just «Lima India Romeo Foxtrot» — and the briefing restarts on the new field
- 4.Say «no» to finish: the skill signs off with «clear skies»
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The TAF is no longer read automatically: it comes only if you say «yes», so you never wait for a forecast you don't need. A «no» never ends the briefing mid-way — it just moves to the next question. To close at any time say «Alexa, stop» or «cancel».
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You can name a new airport at any time, with or without «yes» in front, to restart the briefing there. Free users keep the classic behaviour: one METAR per day, no conversation, TAF or SIGMET.
Free vs Pro tier
- METAR by voice
- Free: 1 / day · Pro: unlimited
- Free quota reset
- Midnight UTC
- Nearby SIGMETs (within ~100 NM)
- Pro only
- Proactive notifications on Alexa
- Pro only (opt-in from the dashboard)
- Supported Alexa locales
- it-IT, en-US, de-DE, es-ES, fr-FR
Proactive notifications
When a METAR relevant to one of your airports changes (category degradation, a new SIGMET appearing nearby), AvioWeather can send a notification to your Alexa device. The device lights up yellow (notification ring) and — if you say «Alexa, read my notifications» — you'll hear the updated METAR.
- Go to Account → Notifications and turn on «Alexa notifications»
- Notifications are sent only if the skill is linked and the toggle is on
- Your Alexa device must have notifications allowed (a standard Alexa setting, not skill-specific)
- No guaranteed minimum or maximum notifications per day: it depends on weather changes at the airports you follow
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Proactive notifications require an active Pro subscription. If Pro lapses, already-delivered notifications stay readable, but no new ones are sent.
Unlink or revoke
- From the Alexa app: AvioWeather skill → «Disable» or «Unlink account». Removes the link on both Amazon's and AvioWeather's side
- From the dashboard: Account → Notifications → turn off «Alexa notifications» to stop receiving notifications while keeping the skill linked
- After unlinking, the Alexa identifier associated with your account is removed within seconds
Languages and availability
The skill is published on the Italian marketplace (locale it-IT, name «AvioMeteo») and the US / UK marketplace (locale en-US, name «AvioWeather»). On Alexa devices set to German, Spanish or French the skill is not available: you can still link your account from the web dashboard in your language, but to use voice commands you have to switch the Alexa device's locale.
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The data the skill processes is described in the «Alexa Skill» section of the privacy policy. AvioWeather only receives from Amazon the stable skill identifier (amzn1.ask.account.*) and the requested ICAO; no voice recording is accessible to AvioWeather.