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Metar Map app for iPhone and iPad


4.1 ( 1211 ratings )
Weather Utilities
Developer: Hays Software Development, LLC
0.99 USD
Current version: 1.0.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 18 Mar 2010
App size: 958.21 Kb

Metar Map provides easy access for viewing the worlds weather in a concise, easy to use application. When flying or driving, I often find myself wanting to know what the weather looks like on my route or in my area so I can better plan my departures or stops along the way.

I use this app very frequently and will be updating it accordingly based on my needs and the needs of its users. Please feel free to add suggestions and requests at http://groups.google.com/group/metar-map.

Pros and cons of Metar Map app for iPhone and iPad

Metar Map app good for

This application, while not the most detailed, provides exactly what the author described. A precise, instant view, of all the weather around you. This application is great for planning a cross country flight, especially if youre waiting for the weather to pick up just a little bit before you take off. Adding TAFS and PIREPS would be a great addition, though.
Unable to contact developers app support to report bug. There is a "location" bug on the map indicated south of Socorro, NM US. This is not a station location. When selected, the app reports randomly weather conditions from other reporting stations that do not appear elsewhere on the map. Included are KSYM, KY, KCVW, LA, and several others inside and out of the US that appear at random when selected. Hope this is corrected and these stations appear on the map in their correct locations. Switching servers to NOAA ADDS from the non supported experimental weather.aero server would hopefully provide this fix. Thank you. The FAA has discontinued its weather server used by many apps. Consequently, stations on this app are no longer being kept current. A change to the "NOAA ADDS" server would provide the solution to this issue and keep the weather stations on this app up to date and maintain its 5 star rating. Thank you. Previous Review: Metar Map shows locations for airports on a world map that are color coded based on current weather and flight categories. Airports that recently began reporting METARs are included. Tapping the color coded map location shows current weather details. Tapping again will reveal an observation that includes the stations ICAO and raw METAR with time stamp as well as an easy to read decoded view. Navigating the map is easy, and the app is fast and simple to use. No typing necessary. Some of the longer METARs are truncated. The addition of TAFs would be welcome. Nevertheless this app is 5 stars and highly recommended for anyone who wants to retrieve current weather from anywhere in the world fast and easy. Nice app, and works great!
My favorite and most useful aviation application stopped working July 2015! Im guessing it may be related to DUAT losing their FAA contract, but hope whoever developed this app will get it working again soon!

Some bad moments

Was an outstanding app....no longer. Does NOT display data now....I waited long enough for a fix, app to be deleted. Shame because at one time it was really great.
Open the App, it locates my position in a second or two, then nothing. No Metars, nothing. Go to the settings page, try to activate "Density" button, again nothing. Outside of finding my position on the map, its useless.
Locates my position very quickly but no metar data is displayed. Worthless.