# Aviation Weather Center

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/aviationweather/  
**Website:** https://aviationweather.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

The NOAA/NWS Aviation Weather Center (AWC) public data API provides machine-to-machine access to operational aviation weather products including METARs, TAFs, pilot reports (PIREPs/AIREPs), SIGMETs (domestic and international), G-AIRMETs and AIRMETs, Center Weather Advisories (CWAs), TFM convective forecasts (TCFs), area forecasts, area forecast discussions, meteorological information statements (MIS), and reference data for stations, airports, NAVAIDs, fixes, features, and obstacles. Responses are available in raw text, JSON, GeoJSON, XML, and (for METAR/TAF) IWXXM formats.

## Kin Score — 36.6 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 36.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 75.9 |
| Contract Quality | 67.8 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 31.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 10.5 |
| Access Clarity | 10.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 27.8 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 28.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## APIs (2)

- **Aviation Weather Center Navigational Data API** — Decoded navigational information
- **Aviation Weather Center Weather Data API** — Decoded weather information

## Agentic access (1)

- **Aviationweather Agentic Access** — 20 operations

## Security (1)

- **Aviationweather Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Tags

Aviation, Weather, Government, NOAA, NWS, METAR, TAF, PIREP, SIGMET, AIRMET, Open Data, Public APIs

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/aviationweather/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.