Using data science to demystify weather patterns.
Generate visual and interactive summaries of years' worth of an airport's METARs.
Imagine you're planning a cross-country to somewhere you've never been. It's months in advance, and there's no forecast available to tell you whether to expect VMC or IMC. How do you plan?
Do you call the airport manager? Find someone who flew there last year? Find a pilot online based at your destination?
Assuming your destination airport is one of America's ~2,500 that has METARs, then historical METARs could contain some very good hints. But how to access, aggregate, and act on them?
Visual METAR Trends solves this data gap for pilots.
Visual METAR Trends is a service that generates visual and interactive summaries of years' worth of an airport's METARs -- filterable by calendar month and hour of the day.
Use this visual data to plan your arrival times, select your approaches, and better understand the area's macro weather trends -- increasing your confidence and improving your safety margins.
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Below is an example airport comparison between KSAN and KORD.
Note: In some cases, it may take up to 30 seconds for these plots to be generated. There is a lot of data to parse!
Flight Categories
Temperatures
Altitudes
Humidity and Precipitation
Wind
Wind Direction
Headwind and Crosswind
Wind Speeds
Wind Speed (without gust)
Wind Speed with Gust
Gust Factor
Airport Info