Aviation weather

Live METAR and TAF, decoded into plain English with the flight category. Search an airport to see its weather panel, or paste a raw report into the decoder.

Decode a raw METAR or TAF Live SIGMETs & AIRMETs Winds & temperatures aloft

Flight categories

VFR

Ceiling > 3,000 ft and visibility > 5 SM

MVFR

Ceiling 1,000–3,000 ft or vis 3–5 SM

IFR

Ceiling 500–999 ft or vis 1–<3 SM

LIFR

Ceiling < 500 ft or vis < 1 SM

Weather data: AviationWeather.gov (NOAA/NWS), free and public. Cached ~10 minutes.