For general aviation pilots · Live on the App Store
Weather,
decoded for pilots.
METARs, TAFs, NOTAMs, and radar — read in plain English, organized around your personal minimums. iPhone and iPad, iOS 18 and up. Free.
iOS 18+ · iPhone & iPad · Free · Built by pilots
Section 01
Decoded, before the raw
Decoded, before the raw.
The decoded sentence is the headline; the raw METAR or TAF is a footnote. No toggle, no settings panel, no "advanced mode" — that's the whole product. Tap the raw line if you want to see what the sentence was derived from.
Wind 280° at 9 kt. Visibility 10 SM. Few clouds at 1,500 ft; scattered above 20,000. Eighteen Celsius. Altimeter 30.01.
METAR KSFO 121856Z 28009KT 10SM FEW015 SCT200 18/12 A3001Section 02
What it does
Four products, one screen.
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01 · Current observations
METARs, in plain English
Every observation decoded by default. Wind, visibility, ceiling, staleness — surfaced where they need to be. Raw text on tap, never buried more than that.
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02 · Forecasts
TAFs on a scrubbable timeline
Drag a needle along the forecast window. The screen tells you, in English, what is expected at the moment you stop. International TAFs supported.
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03 · Notices
NOTAMs by impact
FAA NOTAMs filtered to your watched stations and ordered by how much they actually matter. The runway closure surfaces; the obstruction lights across the bay do not.
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04 · Map
Radar, SIGMETs, PIREPs
NEXRAD in the US and RainViewer worldwide, with a time scrubber. Watched-station markers carry their current FAA category. PIREPs within 50 NM, last two hours.
Flight categories
- VFR Ceil > 3,000 · Vis > 5
- MVFR 1,000–3,000 · 3–5
- IFR 500–1,000 · 1–3
- LIFR < 500 · < 1
Section 03
Three principles
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Decoded by default.
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Personal minimums everywhere.
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iPad-class on iPad.
Section 04
In the cockpit, before the flight
Watched airports grouped by trip and home base.
METAR, TAF, runways, NOTAMs, frequencies — one screen.
Departure, destination, alternate. Personal-minimums verdict at the top.
Section 05
Calculators pilots use on the ground
Seven of them. Free. No signup.
All seven also live inside the app, alongside watched stations, brief, and radar. The web versions are pitched at a student-pilot reading level — explainer, worked example, common pitfalls.
See all seven →- 01 METAR Decoder Paste raw METAR → plain English →
- 02 TAF Decoder Read forecasts on a scrubbable timeline →
- 03 Density Altitude Pressure altitude + temp → DA →
- 04 Pressure Altitude Altimeter + field elevation → PA →
- 05 Wind Components Wind + runway → HW / XW →
- 06 Unit Converter Aviation units across all common families →
- 07 Sun & Civil Twilight For an airport on a date →
Section 06
Common questions
Eight things people tend to ask before downloading. If something else is unclear, the answer is probably in Features.
Q.01 What is SkyFeed?
SkyFeed is an iOS aviation weather app for general aviation pilots. It shows METARs, TAFs, NOTAMs, and radar — decoded into plain English by default and organized around your personal minimums. iPhone and iPad, iOS 18 and up.
Q.02 Who is it for?
Private and IFR-rated pilots flying piston singles or twins, typically 100–500 hours. Student pilots in particular benefit from the plain-English decoding. It is not built for Part 121/135 commercial operations, drone work, or non-pilot enthusiasts.
Q.03 How is it different from Stationweather or ForeFlight?
Stationweather buries decoded weather behind a toggle; SkyFeed leads with the decoded sentence and tucks the raw text underneath. ForeFlight is a full EFB with charts, plates, and flight planning; SkyFeed is just the weather and brief tools. They solve different problems.
Q.04 Does it work offline?
Yes. Watched stations and last-known data are cached. If you lose signal in the cockpit, you keep seeing the last METAR and TAF you had, with a clear staleness indicator. The app never errors out due to no signal.
Q.05 What weather sources does it use?
METARs and TAFs from NOAA Aviation Weather Center. NOTAMs from the FAA NOTAM API. Radar from NOAA NEXRAD (US) and RainViewer (worldwide). Sun and twilight from the NOAA algorithm. Airport catalog from OurAirports.
Q.06 Does it work outside the United States?
Mostly. METARs and TAFs work worldwide via NOAA's Aviation Weather Center. Radar is NEXRAD in the US and RainViewer everywhere else. NOTAMs are US-only in v1. International TAFs (EGLL, EHAM, and similar) are parsed correctly.
Q.07 Is it free?
Yes, on the App Store. No Pro tier, no subscription, no ads in v1. If pricing ever changes, it will be announced clearly first.
Q.08 Will there be an Android version?
Not in v1. iOS-only is a deliberate choice — going deep on iPad master-detail and multi-column layouts is the differentiator. Android is possible later but is not on the v1 roadmap.
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Free on the App Store. iOS 18 and up.
iPhone and iPad. No accounts, no signup, no Pro tier. The app is the whole product.
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