taf: Get TAF forecasts

API: aviationweather.gov:aviation-weather-data-api
Endpoint: /taf
Response format: application/json
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 785ms

Description

Returns forecast data with issue time, validity period, raw TAF text, and parsed forecast periods with wind, visibility, weather, and cloud information. Critical for flight planning to anticipate changing conditions at departure, destination, and alternate airports.

From spec: Retrieve Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts (TAFs) for specified stations. TAFs provide expected weather conditions at airports.

Usage Tips

- No authentication required - Use ids parameter with comma-separated ICAO station IDs - Use format=json for structured data - fcsts array contains forecast periods with time ranges - validTimeFrom and validTimeTo define the full TAF validity period

Parameters (3)

bbox (string, query, optional)

Bounding box (minLon,minLat,maxLon,maxLat)

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

Response format

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

ids (string, query, optional)

Comma-separated list of ICAO station identifiers (e.g., KJFK,KLAX)

Examples (2)

Get TAF forecast for JFK Airport probe-gate

Demonstrates fetching the Terminal Aerodrome Forecast for JFK showing expected conditions over the next 30 hours.

curl 'https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/taf?ids=KJFK&format=json'

import requests

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

import zingu_apis

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

for item in result:
    print(item)

const resp = await fetch("https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/taf?ids=KJFK&format=json");
const data = await resp.json();

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Get TAF forecasts for multiple airports probe-gate

Demonstrates fetching TAFs for multiple airports simultaneously for route planning.

curl 'https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/taf?ids=KLAX%2CKORD&format=json'

import requests

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

import zingu_apis

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

for item in result:
    print(item)

const resp = await fetch("https://aviationweather.gov/api/data/taf?ids=KLAX%2CKORD&format=json");
const data = await resp.json();

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Probe History

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Status Codes

Time	Status	Latency
2026-04-16 16:57:35.805309	200	785ms
2026-04-16 01:28:50.455547	200	473ms
2026-04-16 01:08:28.520634	200	199ms
2026-04-15 01:06:48.560745	200	1333ms
2026-04-15 01:05:10.338554	200	318ms
2026-04-14 03:46:40.029896	200	308ms
2026-04-14 03:01:27.717394	200	207ms
2026-04-12 13:36:52.665665	200	280ms
2026-04-12 12:40:28.354588	200	170ms
2026-04-10 01:36:13.232597	200	293ms
2026-04-10 01:25:16.065126	200	1064ms
2026-04-09 03:09:36.779865	200	3263ms
2026-04-09 02:16:28.761745	200	970ms