SimpleAvWx — airport weather at a glance for iPhone

What it does

Your airports, color-coded

Each saved airport is a square colored by flight category (VFR, MVFR, IFR, LIFR) with wind and temperature from the latest METAR.

METAR & TAF, decoded

Raw reports plus a plain-language decode, density altitude, and a 24-hour and 10-day outlook from Apple Weather.

Runway winds

Headwind, tailwind and crosswind components for every runway, with a crosswind calculator one tap away.

D-ATIS & RVR

Digital ATIS text and runway visual range (touchdown, midpoint, rollout) at airports that publish them.

Radar map

Your airports on a map with animated radar, GOES lightning, and storm cell tops.

Trip from your schedule

Import a CSV from your scheduling app and My Trip fills with the airports in your current sequence.

Pilot calculators

Flight, hour, and crosswind calculators, plus a quick temperature or speed conversion slider.

Make it yours

Dark mode, text size, temperature units, Low Data Mode, and the screen the app opens to.

Built for a quick look

[[TODO: Screenshot home-wx-tab — Airport Wx tab at a TAF airport (e.g. KJFK), METAR expanded with Decode open, light mode]]

[[TODO: Screenshot home-runways — Runways tab at an airport with a noticeable crosswind (e.g. KBOS), light mode]]

[[TODO: Screenshot home-map-radar — Map with radar on over the U.S., several saved airports visible, map key open]]

Not for navigation. SimpleAvWx is a convenience tool. It is not an FAA-approved source of weather, airport, or flight planning information. Data can be late, missing, or wrong. Before every flight, get an official briefing, for example from 1800wxbrief.com or aviationweather.gov. The pilot in command is responsible for the safety of the flight. See the Terms of Use.

Where the data comes from

METAR, TAF, and flight category: NOAA / National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov), delivered through the SimpleAvWx server.
D-ATIS and RVR: FAA data feeds, delivered through the SimpleAvWx server. Available at airports that publish them.
Hourly and 10-day outlook: Apple Weather (WeatherKit). Data sources.
Radar, lightning, and cell tops: NOAA / NWS radar services, the Iowa Environmental Mesonet (Iowa State University), and NOAA GOES satellite lightning data.
Airport and runway information: OurAirports and aviationweather.gov station data. Magnetic variation is calculated from NOAA's World Magnetic Model.

Coming soon to the App StoreLink will be added when the app is live