METAR and SPECI (weather observation) and TAF (weather forecast) information is essential for flight planning and in-flight decisions (real flight and simulation).
It is regularily compiled by meteorologists at about 3,500 airports worldwide and distributed via reliable, non-public networks.
You can retrive the Messages by typing:
1) the exacts 4 chars ICAO station code (i.e. for 'Pratica di Mare, Italy' LIRE),
2) to get all the ICAO Station for a country you can specify the 2 chars ICAO National code (i.e. for 'Italy' LI)
3) write the raw message specifing in the first letter the message type (i.e. 'METAR LIRE 251155Z ...')
4) you can search for a Place Name (i.e. 'Phuket Airport')
ICAO code source is provided by an internal DB with 5993 World Station loaded.
METAR/TAF Messages Source is provided by NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Examples for METARs:
From custom raw Message: METAR from NULL Location (complex metar example)
From last real Message: METAR from KJFK (New York/John F. Kennedy Int., USA) Station
From last real Messages for Iceland Stations: METAR from BI (Iceland) All Station
Examples for TAFs:
From custom raw Message: TAF from LIRA (Ciampino, Rome) Station
From custom raw Message: TAF from EIDW (Dublin Airport, IE) Station
From custom raw Message: TAF from MGGT (Aeropuerto La Aurora, Guatmala) Station
From last real Message: TAF from LFRS (Nantes Airport, FR) Station