METARS+Getting+and+Reading

METARS Presentation METARs Airport and Journal Worksheets

METARs Journal Assignment

 * 1) **Open a browser to aviationweather.gov**
 * 2) **Click on METARs Request Form**
 * 3) **Fill in the Airports Worksheet**
 * 4) You need to pick one of the major New York City Airports (
 * 5) John F. Kennedy KJFK
 * 6) LaGuardia KLGA
 * 7) Newark Liberty International KEWR
 * 8) You need to pick another airport in the New York metro area.
 * 9) Westchester County KHPN
 * 10) Igor I Sikorsky Memorial KBDR
 * 11) Long Island MacArthur Airport KISP
 * 12) Stewart International Airport KSWF
 * 13) Republic Airport KFRG
 * 14) Teterboro Airport KTEB
 * 15) You need to pick three airports anywhere in the world
 * 16) You can use an airport in your home town or country, or where your parents are from, or even places you might want to visit some day.
 * 17) You need to get the full code, so use the station.txt link on the METAR page to find the airports
 * 18) It's along list, use Ctrl+F and type in the country or city you want to find
 * 19) Use wikipedia to find out the basic airport information
 * 20) Use [|distance.to] to find the distance from Ridgewood, NY
 * 21) **Fill in a journal sheet**
 * 22) On the aviationweather.govwebsite's METAR request form, type in the Airport codes, you can do them all at once, just put them all in the box with a space between them, click Submit.
 * 23) Use the notes from today to translate the METARs from coded form to plain text.