Text data
Textual data are stored in the ADDS database and updated continuously. Data
can be reuested based on a radial distance from a ICAO identifier/airport and
by age.
- Id: - enter a location to query:
- a 4-letter ICAO identifier
(A list of airports/stations is )
to center query
- a center latitude and longitude in degrees as "lat,lon" (example: 39.28,-94.66)
- a latitude and longitude range as "min_lat,min_lon,max_lat,max_lon"
Distance: - selecting a distance in statute miles
Format: - selecting either raw or decoded
Type: - selecting a type: All, Icing, Turb, or Wx conditions
Age: - selecting a time frame. Default is 90 minutes.
URL Options
Here is a list of the URL options:
- id=id - Specifies the stations to center the retrieval
- distance=radius - Specifies the distance from the station to retrieve
- format={raw|decoded} - Specifies the format of
output as either raw data or decoded output. The default is raw.
- age=hours - Specifies the age of the reports in number of
hours to show. The default is 1.5.
- type={all|turb|icing|wx} - Specifies the type of report. The
default is all.
- date=yyyymmddhhnn - This selects a specific date and time
to display. ADDS saves several days of report data so this can be used to
get older data. The default is current.
Example:
/airep/data?id=KDEN&format=decoded&distance=300