Metar Droid
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About Metar Droid
This simple application gives you real time access to METAR and TAF for airports around the world
and allows you to instantly decode metar information.
If you want to get rid of the ads and have more features, download MetarDroid Pro version available on Google Play!
Feedback or suggestion:
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How to use the app :
From home screen search for an airport by entering its ICAO code (ex. EDDF) or multiple airports by entering different ICAO codes separated by spaces (ex. EDDF EGLL EGCC).Tick “Taf” checkbox on the right if appropriate.
Press “Fetch weather” button to download latest weather information from NOAA website or the “Reset” button to clear text from the search box.
Note: some airports might not be available or recent weather information could be missing. In this case a “No METAR found” message will appear.
A list will appear that shows for each station its raw information followed by taf information. Also a flight category appears at the top right corner saying if the station is in VFR, MIFR or IFR conditions.
From this screen you can add the station or the group of station as a favourite search by pressing on ( Add this search to favourites) at the bottom of the screen. A Dialog box appears when you can give your search a name you like.
For example if you looked for EGCC EGNX EGGP you can save the search as “Northern England”. This search will appear on the home screen.
Press on the "copy to clipboard" button to paste Metar information to your favourite document or a different app.
Simply press on the raw text to get a decoded plain text. From the decoded screen you can still save your search or visualize the raw text again. You can also get more station information by pressing on “Station” button or on the airport name at the top of the screen.
Settings
Access the settings menu (by pressing the “menu button” on your device to change some settings for this app.
”Theme color” settings lets you decide from blue or black color combination.
“Default Location” lets you choose a default station to show weather information on the home screen from your favourite location.
Please note that you have to enter a valid ICAO code when dialog box appears or leave the textbox empty to clear this preference.
and allows you to instantly decode metar information.
If you want to get rid of the ads and have more features, download MetarDroid Pro version available on Google Play!
Feedback or suggestion:
Email me or join the community https://plus.google.com/communities/113334139220689070880
How to use the app :
From home screen search for an airport by entering its ICAO code (ex. EDDF) or multiple airports by entering different ICAO codes separated by spaces (ex. EDDF EGLL EGCC).Tick “Taf” checkbox on the right if appropriate.
Press “Fetch weather” button to download latest weather information from NOAA website or the “Reset” button to clear text from the search box.
Note: some airports might not be available or recent weather information could be missing. In this case a “No METAR found” message will appear.
A list will appear that shows for each station its raw information followed by taf information. Also a flight category appears at the top right corner saying if the station is in VFR, MIFR or IFR conditions.
From this screen you can add the station or the group of station as a favourite search by pressing on ( Add this search to favourites) at the bottom of the screen. A Dialog box appears when you can give your search a name you like.
For example if you looked for EGCC EGNX EGGP you can save the search as “Northern England”. This search will appear on the home screen.
Press on the "copy to clipboard" button to paste Metar information to your favourite document or a different app.
Simply press on the raw text to get a decoded plain text. From the decoded screen you can still save your search or visualize the raw text again. You can also get more station information by pressing on “Station” button or on the airport name at the top of the screen.
Settings
Access the settings menu (by pressing the “menu button” on your device to change some settings for this app.
”Theme color” settings lets you decide from blue or black color combination.
“Default Location” lets you choose a default station to show weather information on the home screen from your favourite location.
Please note that you have to enter a valid ICAO code when dialog box appears or leave the textbox empty to clear this preference.
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
Airport database updated
Minor bugs fixed
Airport database updated
Minor bugs fixed
Version update Metar Droid was updated to version 1.1.8
Name changed Name changed! Metar Droid (Metar -Taf ) now is known as Metar Droid.
Version update Metar Droid was updated to version 1.1.7
More downloads Metar Droid reached 50 000 - 100 000 downloads
What are users saying about Metar Droid
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The lightest and simplest app of all.
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But without having FM periods on new lines I'd rather just use a website. (Having BECMGs) on new lines would help too imho)
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"guys with worse eyesight" should not be flying. Text size is fine! Love it.
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simple but .. it`s really useful .. thanks
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Would like several automatically displayed rather than only 1 default.
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Thanks a lot for all the good work and even making it accessible for non-initiated
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Fix it. Loops at fetching info and gets nothing. Huawei Ascend Mate 7.
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Love this app. Best weather app. Use every day.
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Useless
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Way too slow and hard to read
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Sometimes works other times says metar unavailable. Can't rely on this for weather data.
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Nice decode function ads a bit of a pain. How about a paid version without the ads
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Didnt found TAF for LLHZ. disappointed.
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The lightest and simplest app of all.
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Very light on memory
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edited: reinstall solved my problems :)
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Search result very often - "no METAR found". Annoying offers to buy Pro-version.
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How do I share METAR string through app?
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Fast, easy, and exactly what I needed. I would like to see line breaks in the TAF as well. That would make the app perfect.
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Погода всегда под рукой. Отличная программа.
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Great!
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Perfect
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Cool, simple and super useful app. The thing I'd like to see is the most frequent used airports, about 20 of them. Tap to insert. That'll get you 5 stars :-)
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First of all, it's a great little app. It takes literally a couple of seconds to check the METARs and TAFs for my local area. Now, there could be a few minor improvements that could make a big difference to usability: 1) Display the airport METARs in the order in which the airports were entered into the favourites. and 2) Start every FM, BECMG and RMK block on a new line for readability, as done on Nav Canada's Aviation Weather Website. Also, a widget that would update the reports at the tap of a button would be really awesome, but that's optional.
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Larger text would be nice for guys with less than perfect eyesight. Also, local timezone translation would be nice too.
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Why don't you add a copy & paste feature?
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great app, would be good if it updated more regularly!
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Would be nice to have the metar text copy-pasteable (for example copying to facebook etc)
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The favorites list is too small to press easily and is obscured by the keyboard, which always appears when opening the app. The TAF display screws up the line breaks in the TAF, making it hard to read. These issues make it too slow to use for me.
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Tried a few international airports in India. Got the error "No METAR found"
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Does exactly what it should do
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Best part is no extra permissions, will buy an add free version.
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Awesome application .. Real time and u can decode them !! Highly recommanded
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Quick, easy to read, and simple. Gives option for grouped favorites. AND it doesn't use unnecessary permissions. Best metar app I have tried. One thing that would help if possible: keeping the favorites in the same order when saved as a group (but don't sacrifice the speed).
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The best metar application. Simple and fast, favourites option is great.
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Awesome. Thank you.
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I tried nearly all of the other METAR/TAF apps on my Razr Maxx that looked promising but I was repeatedly disappointed, on two of them I was more like disgusted... And then I found this one. Apparently this developer is a pilot and a programmer but most important seems to truly understand how to create a clean, sensible user interface. If you're looking for a no-nonsense METAR/TAF, this is the one.
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"guys with worse eyesight" should not be flying. Text size is fine! Love it.
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What every app should be. The Google philosophy. All it asks is for internet access; none of those spammy apps that want to know your phone number etc.
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Very useful for a quick look at either a METAR or TAF. Use it for GA and airline operations. Recommend. Would be willing to pay for add free version.