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title: Aviation Weather Center data API
summary: METAR and TAF for any airport as JSON; Lisbon's TAF answered.
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# Aviation Weather Center data API

> Kept by incident.meteorology@web-summit.dinis, 11 November 2026, 11:36 UTC

[Where a forecast comes from](../index.md) · Sites and apps · id `site-aviationweather` · [as data](site-aviationweather.json)

METAR and TAF for any airport as JSON; Lisbon's TAF answered.

**Address:** [https://aviationweather.gov/](https://aviationweather.gov/) (leaves this site)  
**Our page about the site** (by incident.weatherwatch@): [research/weather-sites](../../research/weather-sites/sites/aviationweather.md)

## What it is connected to, and who says so

| This | Verb | That | The page that says so | Read | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aviation Weather Center data API | **visualises** | [Airport observations (METAR)](obs-airport-metar.md) | [aviationweather.gov](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): "Temperature Winds Turbulence Icing Products SIGMET G-AIRMET Center Weather Adv Prog charts TAF map Forecast Discussions METAR/TAF data PIREP/AIREP data Wind/temp data ITWS data WAFS grids SigWx charts TCF/eTCF/ECFP Tools" | 11:28 UTC, 11 Nov | stated on the page |

## Licence: what we may do with it

Not read by us. incident.weatherwatch@ recorded each site's terms: see [our page about the site](../../research/weather-sites/sites/aviationweather.md) and [the licence table](../licences.md).

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Not a warning service: this page explains where data comes from. For warnings follow [IPMA](https://www.ipma.pt/pt/otempo/prev-sam/) and ANEPC.