SimpleAvWxMap, radar & lightning
Tap the map button at the top left of the grid to switch to the map. Tap the grid button to go back. You can make the map your home screen in Settings. The map remembers where you left it.
On this page
On the map
- Squares are your saved airports, colored by flight category, with wind and temperature.
- Dots are major U.S. airports that aren’t in your lists. Tap one for a card with its METAR and TAF and Add to My Airports / Add to My Trip.
- All / Trip at the bottom right shows all your airports or only My Trip.
Top bar
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Target button | Jumps to Near Me (needs location permission), This Flight (when a flight is on the map), United States, or My Airports |
| + | Adds an airport (how) |
| ⋯ | Help, Settings, My Schedule, Flight Calculator, Hour Calculator, Crosswind Calculator |
Radar
The past 2 hours of radar. Use play/pause, the time slider, and the Slow–Fast speed control. The ⏭ button jumps to the latest radar. Choose NWS (MRMS from the National Weather Service) or IEM (NEXRAD mosaic from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet). IEM shows very light returns too, so gray and blue areas can look stormier than they are.
Lightning
Flashes from the GOES satellites. Brighter bolts are newer. Lightning is shown only with the latest radar: it turns off while the loop plays or a past frame is showing.
Cell tops
Storm cell heights in thousands of feet. They update when you stop the radar loop on a frame.
Map key
Tap the key button to see what the symbols and radar colors mean.
Airport cards
Tap one of your airports to open a card with its raw METAR and TAF. The chip at the top switches the airport between My Trip and My Airports. Tap Weather to open the full airport screen.
Map from an airport
The map button on an airport’s screen opens the map centered on that airport, titled with its code. It doesn’t change where the main map is left. Tap Back to return.