Aviation Data

Makefile

make help to list all commands

Setup

1. Override any environment variables in .env.local
2. Build the required images. Running just make build will build the nginx image
   • make build f=nginx
   • make build f=api
   • make build f=ui
3. Generate the SSL certificates with make cert d=<DOMAIN>
   • Running just make cert will generate localhost certificates
4. Run the application with make up

Data Sources

Airport Data

Potential Data sources

• https://adip.faa.gov/agis/public/#/airportSearch/advanced
• https://www.icao.int/Aviation-API-Data-Service/Pages/default.aspx
• https://ourairports.com/data/
• mborsetti/airportsdata
• https://www.iata.org/en/publications/directories/code-search/
• openstreet

Metar Data

Metar data is collected from aviationweather.gov.

Decoding METARS

The following resources were used to help decode METARS.

• Metar Decode Key PDF
• Metar Decode (NPS EDU)
• Weather Phenomena

OpenMapTiles

Generate Vector Tiles