AvWx Locator for iPhone & iPod Touch
AvWx Locator is a location-based front end to the AvWx.net Wireless Weather Service for General Aviation. AvWx Locator determines your current location and then launches the AvWx.net weather service with the nearest airports at the top of the airport selection list. While the AvWx.net service runs on any web-enabled cellphone, PDA or other mobile device, AvWx Location is currently only available for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Here's what you get on AvWx.net:
- TAFs and METARs, including METARs decoded into plain English
- Full-color NEXRAD radar maps centered on any US Airport
- Infrared satellite pictures centered on almost any airport world-wide
- Winds aloft and flight conditions maps for the US and parts of Canada & Mexico
- Direct dial phone numbers for thousands of ATIS, ASOS and AWOS sytems.
- Airport runway information including lighting for night flights
- VHF frequency information for airports worldwide
- Direct-dial numbers for the Flight Service Stations closest to any US airport.
- FBO lists, including fuel type availability for any US airport.
- Direct dial numbers for rental car and taxi cab companies nationwide.
Plus AvWx.net features available only on iPhone & iPod Touch:
- SkyVector.Com Sectionals centered on any US airport.
- SkyVector.com IFR Enroute chart centered on any US airport.
- Open the iPhone Google Maps application on any US Airport.