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By the end of this guide, you will have looked up current METAR and TAF observations by ICAO airport code, interpreted flight category labels, and reviewed pre-flight weather conditions.
The Operations module must be enabled for your workspace. You also need the appropriate operations permissions. Contact your workspace administrator if you cannot access these features.
You need the dispatch.read permission.

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Prerequisites

  • Your workspace must have the Operations module enabled.
  • Airport ICAO codes for the airports you want to check.

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Open the Weather page

The Weather page is not listed in the main sidebar. Open it from the Command Palette:
  1. Press Cmd+K (macOS) or Ctrl+K (Windows / Linux) from anywhere in the app.
  2. Type weather and select Weather Briefing from the results.
  3. The page loads at /ops/weather with the breadcrumb path Ops > Weather.
You can also navigate directly to /{workspace}/ops/weather in your browser.

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Default airports

When the page first loads, it attempts to fetch current observations for two pre-loaded airports:
  • KTEB — Teterboro Airport, New Jersey
  • KPBI — Palm Beach International Airport, Florida
If data is available, station cards for these airports appear immediately. If either fetch fails (network error or station offline), that card is silently omitted.

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Look up an airport

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Step 1: Enter the ICAO code
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Type a four-letter ICAO airport code into the search field at the top of the page (e.g., KJFK, KLAX, KORD). The field converts input to uppercase automatically.
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Step 2: Fetch weather
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Press Enter or click Get Weather. The page reloads with the new airport’s station card appended to the grid. You can look up multiple airports by searching again.
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Step 3: Read the station card
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Each airport shows a card with its ICAO code, flight category label, and a four-cell conditions grid.

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Flight category labels

Each station card displays a colored label indicating the current flight category:
CategoryColorCeilingVisibility
VFRGreenGreater than 3,000 ft AGLGreater than 5 SM
MVFRBlue1,000 — 3,000 ft AGL3 — 5 SM
IFRRed500 — less than 1,000 ft AGL1 — less than 3 SM
LIFRMagenta (shown as red)Less than 500 ft AGLLess than 1 SM
LIFR conditions require an instrument approach and may be below minimums for some operators. Confirm instrument approach availability and crew currency before dispatching into LIFR conditions. See 14 CFR 135.225 for IFR takeoff minimums and approach requirements.

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Station card fields

The conditions grid on each card shows four data points:
FieldDescription
TempSurface temperature in degrees Celsius.
WindWind speed in knots with wind direction in degrees true shown as a caption beneath.
VisVisibility in statute miles (SM).
CeilingLowest broken or overcast cloud layer in feet AGL, or CLR if the sky is clear below 12,000 ft.
Below the conditions grid, the raw METAR string appears in a monospace block. If a Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is available for the station, it appears in a second block beneath the METAR.

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Active weather alerts

If the system has loaded any active SIGMETs or AIRMETs for the region, they appear as yellow alert banners above the station grid. Each alert shows the advisory text. If no alerts are present, the banner section is hidden.

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Offline behavior

If the app cannot reach the server, a yellow banner reads You are viewing cached data. Station cards reflect the last successfully loaded observations. Weather data ages quickly — click Refresh in the banner to reload when connectivity returns.
Cached METAR data may be stale by the time you view it. Always verify the observation time in the raw METAR string (the DDHHmmZ group) before making dispatch decisions.
The Weather page supplements — but does not replace — a full FAA standard weather briefing from 1800wxbrief.com or an equivalent approved source required under 14 CFR 135.213. Pilots must obtain a standard briefing before each flight.

Use the Dispatch Board

The Dispatch Board includes a Weather Summary panel that shows conditions at today’s departure and arrival airports.

Conduct a FRAT

Weather conditions feed directly into the Flight Risk Assessment Tool scoring model.

Create a Trip

Weather review is part of the pre-release checklist for trips requiring a dispatch release.

Use the Dispatch Dashboard

The Dispatcher Dashboard auto-refreshes the weather summary every 15 minutes for active departure and arrival airports.
Last modified on April 11, 2026