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What is AvioWeather

Aviation weather briefing for the apron — METAR, TAF, SIGMET, intelligent alerts.

AvioWeather pulls official aviation observations from around the world (NOAA AWC, OGIMET, Iowa State ASOS) and presents them to pilots and ops in two surfaces: an iOS app built for the pad and an editorial dashboard built for desk briefings. Same backend, same parsing, same flight category.

In both clients

  • METAR (raw + decoded) with FAA flight category VFR/MVFR/IFR/LIFR derived from ceiling and visibility
  • TAF for 24–30 hours split into periods, with inferred category per group
  • Global SIGMET map with hazard-coloured polygons (TS, TURB, ICE, MTW, VA, TC, GR, DS, SS, RDOACT)
  • Headwind/crosswind component for the airport's actual runways
  • QNH trend across the last 8 observations
  • Ephemeris: sunrise, sunset, civil/nautical/astronomical twilight
  • Synced favourites: airports added on iOS appear on the dashboard and vice versa
  • Pro intelligent alerts: conditional rules that notify only on the false→true edge

Where they differ

Airport pin map with wind barbs
iOS only
60-day METAR archive
iOS + Dashboard (Pro)
Push notifications
iOS only
Biometric unlock (Face ID / Touch ID)
iOS only
StoreKit / Pro purchase
iOS (App Store)

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METAR data is server-side cached for ~5 minutes. The dashboard does not auto-refresh — use the reload button or refresh the page. The iOS app refreshes every 10 minutes while in foreground.