gairmet: Get Graphical AIRMET

API: aviationweather.gov:aviation-weather-data-api
Endpoint: /gairmet
Response format: application/json
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 310ms

Description

Returns an array of G-AIRMET advisories with polygon coordinates defining affected geographic areas, hazard types, severity levels, and validity times. Use this to display weather hazard maps for flight planning.

From spec: Retrieve Graphical AIRMETs (G-AIRMETs) which provide graphical depiction of weather hazards.

Usage Tips

- No authentication required - Use format=json for JSON response - Returns active G-AIRMETs across the US - Hazard types include: IFR, SFC_WND, LLWS, TURB-LO, TURB-HI, ICE, MT_OBSC, FZLVL, M_FZLVL - Products: SIERRA (IFR/MT_OBSC), TANGO (TURB/WIND), ZULU (ICE/FZLVL)

Parameters (1)

format (string, query, optional, default: json)

Response format

Constraints: {'enum': ['json', 'xml', 'geojson', 'csv']}

Examples (1)

Get current Graphical AIRMETs probe-gate

Demonstrates fetching all active Graphical AIRMETs showing weather hazards across the US.

curl 'https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/gairmet?format=json'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/gairmet",
    params={
        'format': 'json',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("aviation-weather-data")
result = api.fetch("gairmet", format="json")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/gairmet?format=json");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 00:13:27.027126 200 310ms
2026-04-15 01:40:54.916050 200 354ms
2026-04-14 01:15:55.602579 200 367ms
2026-04-12 12:43:24.577421 200 482ms
2026-04-10 00:03:26.809082 200 414ms
2026-04-09 01:21:41.966480 200 182ms