Pete has been flying aircraft for the last 20 years. He has flown everything from light piston aircraft up to heavy jets as both First Officer and Captain. He’s currently enjoying life flying the Airbus A330 for a major international airline.
A METAR (Meteorological Terminal Air Report) is a routine aviation weather report of actual observed conditions at an airport.
METARs report actual weather observed at an airport. METARs are encoded in a standard format that can be understood internationally. There are slight differences between North American and International METARs but the format is generally the same, with different units of measurements used.
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Let’s take the following example of a METAR we’ve just picked up via ACARS for Chicago O’Hare International:
June 17, 2020
June 6, 2020
June 3, 2020
June 24, 2020
July 27, 2020
