Meteorological Terminal Air Report (METAR)

Title

Meteorological Terminal Air Report (METAR)

Creator

Ian Cuthbertson

Date

12/19/17

Description

METARs are coded bursts of information containing all weather observed in the vicinity of an airport within the past hour. METARs when read will tell you information such as temperature, cloud ceilings, visibility, and much more to inform a pilot of what the conditions are like currently at an airport.

Source

AviationWeather.gov

Publisher

National Weather Service

Type

Image

Files

Metars.png

Tags

Citation

Ian Cuthbertson, “Meteorological Terminal Air Report (METAR) ,” Maxwell Library Archives & Special Collections, accessed December 11, 2025, https://omeka.maxwelllibrary.org/items/show/664.

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