PilotAWOS vs Nearest Weather Station Usage & Stats
As a pilot, you don't care about the weather a few days from now.
You need the current wind direction, at the nearest airfield, for the best runway.
You need the current barometer reading for your altimeter.
You need to know if the field is still VFR.
And you need it fast.
PilotAWOS puts the National Weather Service's automated observation stations on your wrist.
Instantly see the most recent reading from a nearby AWOS station.
A watch-only app that doesn't waste space on your phone
Works wherever you have data connectivity
Has a full suite of watch-face complications
Free to use; no features are paywalled. Contributions are optional and voluntary only.
Data is fetched directly from the NWS, without any intermediate backends or big-brother analytics collection.
Your location is used only to ask the NWS for nearby stations, and isn't tracked.
- Apple App Store
- Free
- Weather
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Continuously provides a list of nearby ASOS and AWOS weather stations from FAA sources sorted by distance. Once a station is selected, Nearest Weather Station allows you to view the radio frequency and/or phone number (if available). By selecting the phone number, the watch will initiate a phone call to allow you to hear the ASOS or AWOS report on the watch or connected phone. Also allows you to dial in the identifier of a weather station and view the same information Nearest Weather Station provides you in the default GPS location mode. Uses latest data from FAA at time of release. Requires Watch OS version 9.0 or higher.
- Apple App Store
- Free
- Weather
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PilotAWOS VS. 
Nearest Weather StationJanuary 6, 2025