metar.atis.<icao> carries METAR-equivalent weather extracted from FAA D-ATIS broadcasts for 12 major US hubs. It is available on the Pro plan only; subscribing with a Starter key returns permission_denied.
Why it’s faster
D-ATIS data usually lands about one minute after the observation time, several minutes ahead of the official METAR mirrors that populatemetar.obs.*.
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Things to know before you subscribe
raw is reconstructed, not original
raw is reconstructed, not original
The
raw field is rebuilt from the ATIS text rather than being the official METAR string. The decoded values match the official report, but the exact formatting may differ.The same observation appears twice
The same observation appears twice
The same observation later appears on the station’s
metar.obs.<icao> channel with the official text. If you subscribe to both channels, deduplicate by the pair (station, report_time).Only genuinely new observations are published
Only genuinely new observations are published
ATIS re-broadcasts, information-letter changes, and runway or NOTAM-only updates never produce a new event; only observations proven to be new are published.
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