Preflight Settings - METAR and TAF
Common
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.
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Add
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Enter here the four letter ICAO code of the airport station, where you want
to retrieve weather data.
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Update
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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.
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Details
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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.
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Delete
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If you press the Delete button, the selected station in the list is deleted.
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Close
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If you press the Close button, you will return to the overview menu.