stationinfo: Get station information

API: aviationweather.gov:aviation-weather-data-api
Endpoint: /stationinfo
Response format: application/json
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 323ms

Description

Returns station metadata with ICAO ID, IATA ID, FAA ID, WMO ID, site name, latitude, longitude, elevation, state, country, and available products (METAR, TAF). Useful for mapping stations and determining which stations provide which data types.

From spec: Retrieve metadata about weather stations including location, elevation, and available data types.

Usage Tips

- No authentication required - Use ids parameter with comma-separated ICAO station IDs - Use format=json for structured data - siteType array shows available data: METAR, TAF - Elevation in meters (elev field)

Parameters (2)

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

Response format

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

ids (string, query, optional)

Comma-separated list of ICAO station identifiers

Examples (1)

Get station information for major airports probe-gate

Demonstrates fetching metadata for multiple weather stations including coordinates, elevation, and available data types.

curl 'https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/stationinfo?ids=KJFK%2CKLAX%2CKORD&format=json'
import requests

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

api = zingu_apis.api("aviation-weather-data")
result = api.fetch("stationinfo", ids="KJFK,KLAX,KORD", format="json")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/stationinfo?ids=KJFK%2CKLAX%2CKORD&format=json");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 16:56:34.444484 200 323ms
2026-04-16 03:47:23.662904 200 414ms
2026-04-15 01:28:27.810178 200 271ms
2026-04-14 02:11:31.254739 200 5286ms
2026-04-12 16:54:26.565743 200 858ms
2026-04-10 03:21:52.781832 200 183ms
2026-04-09 01:14:23.834446 200 287ms