Local METARs
No Touch Weather Reports!
$0.99
1.4for iPhone, iPad and more
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About Local METARs
No Touch Aviation Weather!
I designed this app for my own use but my flying buddies wanted it too. Something simple. No map scrolling or typing!
Run the app and up pops a detailed, translated METAR report from the closest station. Of course, you get all the nearby METAR reports, sorted by Distance or Bearing from your current location, or by age of the report. The app will fetch the last hour's reports, so you can look for trends at the Stations you are interested in. Press a button and the reports get filtered to show only the latest report from each station.
You can limit the reporting stations to 25, 50, or 100 statute miles. Want to fly cross-country? Sort the METARs by Heading and you can get a quick idea of what lies ahead.
Tap any of the station reports in the table and you will get a clear, legible translation of the METAR, plus the calculated Relative Humidity, the estimated Cloud Base (from the standard lapse rate), the Station Elevation, and the estimated Density Altitude at the station.
These reports come straight from the National Weather Service and reports are updated every few minutes. Drag down on the Table of reports and the app will pull a fresh update from the server.
This app requires a Wifi or Cell data connection to fetch METARs.
I designed this app for my own use but my flying buddies wanted it too. Something simple. No map scrolling or typing!
Run the app and up pops a detailed, translated METAR report from the closest station. Of course, you get all the nearby METAR reports, sorted by Distance or Bearing from your current location, or by age of the report. The app will fetch the last hour's reports, so you can look for trends at the Stations you are interested in. Press a button and the reports get filtered to show only the latest report from each station.
You can limit the reporting stations to 25, 50, or 100 statute miles. Want to fly cross-country? Sort the METARs by Heading and you can get a quick idea of what lies ahead.
Tap any of the station reports in the table and you will get a clear, legible translation of the METAR, plus the calculated Relative Humidity, the estimated Cloud Base (from the standard lapse rate), the Station Elevation, and the estimated Density Altitude at the station.
These reports come straight from the National Weather Service and reports are updated every few minutes. Drag down on the Table of reports and the app will pull a fresh update from the server.
This app requires a Wifi or Cell data connection to fetch METARs.
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What's New in the Latest Version 1.4
Last updated on Sep 25, 2021
Old Versions
Updated for iOS 15!
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Version History
1.4
Sep 25, 2021
Updated for iOS 15!
1.3
Jun 24, 2020
International Now! Fully customizable settings for units of Pressure, wind speed, altitude, and distance
Full iOS 13 compatibility.
Full iOS 13 compatibility.
1.2
Sep 27, 2019
Ready for iOS 13 including Dark mode!
Improved audio METAR reporting
Tweaked display graphics
Improved audio METAR reporting
Tweaked display graphics
1.1
Aug 8, 2018
The App formerly known as AvWx is now "Local Metars"!
New Features include: Color-coded Flight Conditions; icons at a glance for Rain, High winds or gusts, and thundershower activity; voice reporting of weather details. Weather reports now include name of station along with ICAO. There is also a button to filter reports to show only the most recent from each station, or all in the past hour.
New Features include: Color-coded Flight Conditions; icons at a glance for Rain, High winds or gusts, and thundershower activity; voice reporting of weather details. Weather reports now include name of station along with ICAO. There is also a button to filter reports to show only the most recent from each station, or all in the past hour.
1.0.3
May 4, 2018
Squashed a bug hiding under the Nearest Station button! Updated code for latest versions of iOS.
1.0.2
Aug 16, 2017
Great new Features! More Data for flight planning!
Now estimates Density Altitude, and Humidity from METAR data.
Calculates Cumulus Cloud Base using standard lapse rate.
Improved interface!
Now estimates Density Altitude, and Humidity from METAR data.
Calculates Cumulus Cloud Base using standard lapse rate.
Improved interface!
1.0.1
Sep 15, 2016
Minor tweaks to user interface
Improve AppStore metaData
Improve AppStore metaData
1.0
Sep 6, 2016
Local METARs FAQ
Click here to learn how to download Local METARs in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Local METARs.
iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
Local METARs supports English