Live METAR & TAF weather for every airport, decoded.
Built for speed: search any of the ~19,000 airports worldwide and get current conditions, forecasts, runway winds, ATC frequencies, and daylight in an instant. Data refreshed every two minutes, no login required.
Decoded METAR
Every current observation translated into plain language: wind, visibility, cloud layers, temperature, and pressure, with flight category derived automatically.
TAF forecasts
Full terminal forecasts broken into period-by-period cards, with BECMG, TEMPO, and PROB change groups clearly labelled.
Runway wind components
Headwind and crosswind for every runway at the airport, calculated live from the current METAR.
ATC frequencies
Tower, ground, approach, and other published frequencies for the airport, colour-coded by type.
Daylight & UDP
Sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, and useful daylight period for the airport's exact coordinates.
Nearby stations
The closest reporting airports within 200 km, with their live weather, for when your destination doesn't have its own METAR.
How it works
Search an airport
Type an ICAO code, IATA code, or airport name into the search bar above.
Read the decoded weather
See the current METAR and TAF translated into plain language, with flight category at a glance.
Check the details
Look at runway winds, ATC frequencies, daylight, and nearby stations for the same airport.
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Frequently asked questions
What is a METAR?
A METAR is a routine surface weather report issued by an airport roughly once an hour. It packs wind, visibility, cloud cover, temperature, dew point, and pressure into a short coded string like "EHAM 051055Z 24012KT 9999 FEW035 18/11 Q1015 NOSIG". MetarBrief fetches the latest METAR for any airport and decodes it into plain language.
What is a TAF?
A TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast) is the forecast counterpart to a METAR, usually valid 24-30 hours ahead, with BECMG, TEMPO, and PROB30/40 change groups marking when conditions are expected to shift. MetarBrief shows the raw TAF alongside a decoded, period-by-period breakdown.
How often is the weather data updated?
METAR and TAF data is refreshed from NOAA every 2 minutes, so you're always looking at the latest published report for a station, not a stale cache.
What do VFR, MVFR, IFR, and LIFR mean?
They are FAA flight-category thresholds based on visibility and cloud ceiling: VFR (Visual Flight Rules, clear enough to fly by sight), MVFR (Marginal VFR), IFR (Instrument Flight Rules), and LIFR (Low IFR, the most restrictive). MetarBrief derives the category automatically and color-codes it, even when a station doesn't report it directly.
Is MetarBrief free to use?
Yes, MetarBrief is free, with no account or login required. Search any of the roughly 19,000 airports worldwide that publish METAR/TAF data and get current weather, runway winds, ATC frequencies, and daylight info instantly.