====== METAR Services (AeroPad) ======

The METAR Services app is a simple tool that allows you to quickly retrieve current weather conditions, forecasts, and suggested runway information for any airport where weather information is available.


==== Getting to Know METAR Services ====

The METAR Services app is meant to be extremely easy to use.  Therefore, there really isn't much to it.  You can see a list of its features and an example screenshot of it working here.

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  - **Return to AeroPad Home Screen:**  Click or tap this to return to the AeroPad Home screen.
  - **METAR Services Field:**  Enter an ICAO code here to retrieve weather information for that airport, if available.
  - **METAR:**  Displays the raw textual METAR for the specified ICAO code.
  - **TAF:**  Displays the raw textual Terminal Aerodrome Forecast for the specified ICAO code.
  - **Suggested Runways:**  Displays suggested takeoff/landing runway based only on the strongest headwind component using FsHub's runway information database.  Be sure to cross-reference these suggestions with other operational limitations, requirements and available information!
  - **Weather Information:**  Displays decoded weather information for the specified ICAO code.