VATSIM

VATSIM METAR API

The METAR API from VATSIM — 1 operation(s) for metar.

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OpenAPI Specification

vatsim-metar-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: VATSIM AIP Airport info METAR API
  version: 2.0.0
  termsOfService: https://vatsim.net/docs/policy/user-agreement
  contact:
    email: tech@vatsim.net
    name: VATSIM Technology Team
servers:
- url: https://my.vatsim.net/api/v2/aip
tags:
- name: METAR
paths:
  /{icao}:
    get:
      tags:
      - METAR
      summary: Retrieve METARs
      description: 'Returns the current METARs for the specified airports.


        The ICAO codes must be specified in the path, delimited by commas.


        A special code of `all` can be used to retrieve METARs for all airports.


        A code of three characters or less will be treated as a wildcard,

        and will return METARs for all airports that start with that prefix.'
      operationId: getMetar
      parameters:
      - name: icao
        in: path
        description: ICAO code of the airport
        required: true
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        example: EGLL
      - name: format
        in: query
        description: 'Format of the response (default: text)'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - text
          - json
        example: text
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: Newline-delimited METARs of the specified airports
                example: EGLL 010000Z AUTO 23008KT 9999 NCD 18/13 Q1018
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/METAR'
components:
  schemas:
    METAR:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: ICAO code of the airport
          example: EGLL
        metar:
          type: string
          description: METAR of the airport
          example: 010000Z AUTO 23008KT 9999 NCD 18/13 Q1018