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Aviationweather Metar Example

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Aviationweather Metar Example is an example object payload from Aviation Weather Center, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

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Example Payload

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{
  "operation": "GET /api/data/metar",
  "summary": "METAR observation for Chicago O'Hare (KORD)",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/metar?ids=KORD&format=json"
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "contentType": "application/json",
    "body": [
      {
        "icaoId": "KORD",
        "receiptTime": "2023-11-03 21:54:03.000Z",
        "obsTime": 1699048260,
        "reportTime": "2023-11-03 22:00:00.000Z",
        "temp": 14.4,
        "dewp": 2.8,
        "wdir": 230,
        "wspd": 6,
        "wgst": 12,
        "visib": "10+",
        "altim": 1016.3,
        "slp": 1016.2,
        "wxString": "-RA",
        "metarType": "METAR",
        "rawOb": "KORD 032151Z 23006KT 10SM BKN110 OVC250 14/03 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP162 VIRGA OHD T01440028",
        "lat": 41.9602,
        "lon": -87.9316,
        "elev": 202,
        "name": "Chicago/O'Hare Intl, IL, US",
        "clouds": [
          { "cover": "BKN", "base": 11000 },
          { "cover": "OVC", "base": 25000 }
        ],
        "fltCat": "VFR"
      }
    ]
  }
}