Abstract

Archive of dutch METARs. A METAR is a weather observation report for aviation, which is routinely prepared every half hour on HH+25 and HH+55 hours for Dutch airports. The measurement data used as information for the METAR come from measuring instruments set up at the various observation areas at the airports. At Schiphol Airport, the METAR is the result of continuous visual monitoring of the weather by an aviation observer and automatic measurements of objective quantities such as wind direction, wind speed, temperature, dew point and air pressure. The on-site observer at Schiphol Airport contributes to the METAR by adding visual observations which include visibility, cloud type, cloud height, cloud cover, and various weather phenomena.

Supplemental information

Recent METARs can be found at https://dataplatform.knmi.nl/dataset/metar-1-0

Data quality notice

At the regional airports of Rotterdam, Groningen, Beek and Lelystad, an automatic METAR report (AUTO METAR) is produced. At those airports, no local airport observers are available.

The archive is not complete. The METARs from 1994 till 2002 are missing.


Metadata

Dataset name metar-archive-1974-2017
Dataset version 1
Status completed
Update frequency notPlanned
File formats ASCII
Spatial representation type vector
License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
North bound latitude 55.764314
East bound longitude 7.191667
South bound latitude 50.757273
West bound longitude 2.0
Dataset edition 1
Dataset manager Meetnet team
Maintainer KNMI Data Services
Publication date 2025-02-20
Reference system identifier EPSG4326
Dataset start time 1974-01-01
Dataset end time 2017-02-01
Identifier urn:xkdc:ds:nl.knmi::metar-archive-1974-2017/1/
Lineage statement Aviation Data acquisition and Communication Module
Use limitation geen gebruikersbeperkingen
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