MMM-aviationwx (Aviation weather)

[stuloh]

This module displays METAR data (weather reporting information normally used for aviation purposes) and, where available, FAA delay data for airports in the continental United States.

This is my first MM module (and first GitHub repo for that matter), so feedback and improvements are welcome!

[daffythug]

Hello, there is a commit on github to add worldwide support. Can you look at it? I couldnt make it work unfortunately.

[stuloh]

Ah yes - I’ll take a look at it - a bit time strapped at the moment, but will get around to it eventually.

[cohron]

Great start, already using it. I assume you are a fellow pilot.

[320fan]

Hi all,

I would like to push development of this module. Now, it can track only US airports, but the best way to allow worldwide aviation weather (METAR & TAF) monitoring. For that, I would like to propose a https://avwx.rest service. In addition to “raw” METAR&TAF data (https://avwx.rest/api/metar/KJFK for example) with JSON format, you can parse any weather data via AVWX engine (example: https://avwx.rest/api/parse/metar?report=KJFK 012251Z 04012KT 10SM OVC011 16/13 A3014&options=info,translate)

Is anyone able to help with this modification? I’m not an expert in java (but I can help with decoding of TAF&METAR data for sure ;) But, however, I can help with test for that script modification.

[Mykle1]

@320fan

Have you tried to contact the author?

[320fan]

@Mykle1 said in MMM-aviationwx (Aviation weather):

@320fan

Have you tried to contact the author?

Sure. He told me that for this moment he doesn’t have time for that. So, I would like to find a people, who interested in that development.

[Mykle1]

@320fan

Oh, I see. I will take a look at the data. You are interested in both METAR and TAF data? Can you give me a url to the data that you do want?

[320fan]

@Mykle1 said in MMM-aviationwx (Aviation weather):

@320fan

Oh, I see. I will take a look at the data. You are interested in both METAR and TAF data? Can you give me a url to the data that you do want?

Firstly, thanks for your help. As I told before, I’m not a expert in Java.
Yea, I would like to get both METAR/TAF data. And I would like to keep a initial MMM-aviationwx layout for METAR (Wind, Visibility, clouds, temperature and runaway codition). For the TAF reports - I just want to see all available time periods with data above.

If I got you correctly, as initial reference you can take next data (it’s my base airport):
https://avwx.rest/api/taf/uudd
https://avwx.rest/api/metar/uudd

P.S. If I go deeply into the detail - my company use AIMS Crew Management System, for which I have iPad iAIMS application, which creates events in my calendar like “3355 DME GYD”. Number - it’s a flight number and DME/GYD - IATA departure and arrival airports. As a best solution I would like to see both METAR/TAF reports for the next upcoming flight in the calendar. For the calendar - I have set up sync of my MagicMirror with iCloud based calendar via vdirsyncer:

               {
                        module: "calendar",
                        header: "Main calendars",
                        position: "bottom_left",
                        config: {
                                colored: true,   // Activate coloring
                                fetchInterval: 100000, // ~2 mins
                                timeFormat: "relative",
                                calendars: [
......
                                        {
                                                symbol: 'plane',
                                                maximumEntries: 5,
                                                maximumNumberOfDays: 31,
                                                color: '#16416B',
                                                url: 'http://localhost:8080/modules/calendars/my_iCloud_ID_for_calendar.ics',
                                        },

[Mykle1]

@320fan

In its simplest form, the data from the TAF url
https://avwx.rest/api/taf/uudd

It appears somewhat incomplete, as some of the elements have no data within them. Also, the data for TAF does not include flight information that I can see. I can take a look at the METAR data later today if you like