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Aviationweather Taf Example

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Aviationweather Taf 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

{
  "operation": "GET /api/data/taf",
  "summary": "Terminal Aerodrome Forecast for Chicago O'Hare (KORD)",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/taf?ids=KORD&format=json"
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "contentType": "application/json",
    "body": [
      {
        "icaoId": "KORD",
        "dbPopTime": "2023-11-03 23:20:09.000Z",
        "bulletinTime": "2023-11-03 23:20:00.000Z",
        "issueTime": "2023-11-03 23:20:00.000Z",
        "validTimeFrom": 1699056000,
        "validTimeTo": 1699164000,
        "rawTAF": "KORD 032320Z 0400/0506 VRB05KT P6SM FEW050 SCT080 OVC110 TEMPO 0401/0403 -SHRA BKN050 OVC080 FM040600 34006KT P6SM FEW015 SCT100 BKN150 FM041400 01008KT P6SM SCT020 SCT100 TEMPO 0415/0419 BKN015 FM050100 32004KT P6SM FEW020 SCT250",
        "mostRecent": 1,
        "lat": 41.9602,
        "lon": -87.9316,
        "elev": 202,
        "name": "Chicago/O'Hare Intl, IL, US",
        "fcsts": [
          {
            "timeFrom": 1699056000,
            "timeTo": 1699077600,
            "fcstChange": null,
            "wdir": "VRB",
            "wspd": 5,
            "visib": "6+",
            "clouds": [
              { "cover": "FEW", "base": 5000 },
              { "cover": "SCT", "base": 8000 },
              { "cover": "OVC", "base": 11000 }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}