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Preflight Settings - METAR and TAF

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At this page you can retrieve airport weather reports (METAR and TAF) from the NOAA server in the USA. For that purpose you need an active Internet connection running. The airport weather stations have to be entered into a list as four letter ICAO code. As weather info you will get the METARs and TAFs of the listed stations. The METAR report is partly displayed in a more human readable form.

Add
Enter here the four letter ICAO code of the airport station, where you want to retrieve weather data.

Update
If you press the Update button, all weather stations contained in the list will be asked for their current weather. Notice! Please ensure, that you have an active Internet connection running to make the data download possible.

Details
If you press the Details button, all weather data of the selected station in the overview list are displayed on a new page. The METAR report is partly displayed in a more human readable form. At the end are to see the original METAR and TAF reports.
If you press the Update button, the weather data of the displayed station are retrieved once again. Notice! Please ensure, that you have an active Internet connection running to make the data download possible.

Delete
If you press the Delete button, the selected station in the list is deleted.

Close
If you press the Close button, you will return to the overview menu.


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