AirWX Aviation Weather

Nice app.... but for some reason, I keep loosing the wind speed aloft portion !!

I have been using this app for years. As a airline Captain and Line Check Airman this is my “go to” app for aviation weather. I use this to supplement dispatch weather and NOTAMS. This app is user friendly, intuitive and accurate. My strongest recommendation.

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Items that were once features were removed by the new developer six months ago. We complained. Now those items are back as IAPs... and we're supposed to rejoice our good fortune?!? No thanks.

This is a fantastic program that is exactly as advertised--it gives a pilot METARs. The author seems to have experience with other features (e.g. TAFs, Radar, Airport Info, etc.) using mobile phone browser technology; I trust he will bring this experience to this phenomenal new iPhone platform so that pilots, like me, will benefit. This program, even though it only checks METARs now is worth every bit of 2 whole dollars. It will be worth more when he adds the other features. There is no reason he should spend his time working on delivering these benefits to us for free. Another reviewer questioned why people who haven't purchased the programs are allowed to write reviews. It's a good question. But I didn't see where that reviewer actually said anything meaningful about this particular program, a review he was actually supposed to be writing. Did you like it? Well, I did. It's wonderfully simple, useful, and I look forward to more from this author and others like him.

It took several tries to load my favorite airports, but with patience and numerous tries, I had success. The download site showed images of IFR and Sectional charts. Finding the charts is not immediately intuitive. There is a "charts" button on the bottom of the screen. This is to access weather charts only. To access nav charts, one must first select an airport, then select a METAR report. On the METAR page one can then select a variety of charts associated with that airport. The weather aspect seems to work fine. The "nearest" function was slick and also provides a quick link to add these to "favorites." Another handy function is that when having selected a specific airport, one can push a "call AWOS" button to hear the current report. One can also select an AFD (Airport Facilities Directory) to view a variety of additional information. Now, if it would only show the current fuel prices!