This service provides the latest METAR reports in IWXXM for the Belgian and Luxembourg civil aerodromes in compliance with ICAO Annex 3. Information can be retrieved by one of the following:Request /Reply via an EDR interface, whereby the reply contains the whole IWXXM datasetSubscription via AMQP 1.0 whereby the message contains the whole IWXXM dataset
Categorisation
SERVICE_DESCRIPTION
OPERATIONAL
- COMMUNICATION_NAVIGATION_SURVEILLANCE
- AIRSPACE_ORGANISATION_AND_MANAGEMENT
- INFORMATION_MANAGEMENT
- SERVICE_DELIVERY_MANAGEMENT
- AIR_TRAFFIC_SERVICE_PROVIDER
- AIRPORT_OPERATOR
- AIRSIDE_GROUND_HANDLER
- CIVIL_AIR_NAVIGATION_SERVICE_PROVIDER
- CIVIL_AIRSPACE_USER
- COMMUNICATION_NAVIGATION_AND_SURVEILLANCE_SERVICE_PROVIDER
- MILITARY_AIR_NAVIGATION_SERVICE_PROVIDER
- MILITARY_AIRSPACE_USER
- PROVIDER_OF_DATA_SERVICES
- REGULATED_METEOROLOGICAL_SERVICE_PROVIDER
- METEOROLOGICAL_INFORMATION_EXCHANGE
- SWIM_INFRASTRUCTURE_EXCHANGE
- Request/Reply
- Publish/Subscribe with Push Mechanism
The dataset is valid for Belgium
Provider
SKEYES
Skeyes is an autonomous public company in charge of the safety of air traffic in the civil airspace for which the Belgian State is responsible. Our company fulfils this mission while optimising costs and punctuality, increasing capacity and ensuring the sustainable development of air traffic. Skeyes provides all the essential services to manage and control the air traffic safely
We provide the following services:
- ATM - Air traffic management and air traffic control
- Technology : infrastructure and systems of ATM data processing, Communication, Navigation, Surveillance and Meteo
- AIM and Meteo : aeronautical information and meteorological information services
- REGULATED_METEOROLOGICAL_SERVICE_PROVIDER
Restricted
Restricted
Operational needs
The service is provided in accordance with:
- ICAO Annex 3, Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation, and the PANS-MET, Procedures for Air Navigation Services, Meteorology, Doc 10157, from November 2025
- EU regulation 2021/116 (CP1), AF 5 System Wide Information management
- EU regulation 2017/373 Annex V
Information Exchange Requirements
IER 1 - The information currently included in the METAR reports as defined in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/373, ICAO Annex 3 Amdt 82 and PANS-MET.
Capabilities
The service provides high quality, up-to-date, trusted, regulated meteorological information in digital form for use by service consumers within the aviation domain.
Distribute Data
The service distributes the data according:
- to the request
- to the stored subscriptions and topic
Information has been shared, the service consumer gets the requested data.
Request Data
The consumer is able to request the data provided by the service using the OGC EDR API.
The consumer is able to filter data by aerodrome and gets the requested data.
Subscribe to Data
The user is able to subscribe to data via AMQPS, if already subscribed through the skeyes MET SWIM customer service.
Subscription to a specific topic, hereby getting data every time there is new data available on this topic.
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Performanceoperational with provisional quality (benchmarking phase)
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Reliabilityoperational with provisional quality (benchmarking phase)
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Securityoperational with provisional quality (benchmarking phase)
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Subscription
Consumers need to contact skeyes via the MET SWIM customer service
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Encryption
Confidentiality and integrity is assured by point-to-point encryption in accordance with the SWIM Technical Infrastructure (TI) Yellow Profile, through the use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 or above.
The certificate is provided by the EACP.
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Authentication and authorization
The service ensures consumer authentication in accordance with EUROCONTROL Specification for SWIM Technical Infrastructure (TI) Yellow Profile requirement SWIM-TIYP-0042.
The service ensures provider authentication in accordance with EUROCONTROL Specification for SWIM Technical Infrastructure (TI) Yellow Profile requirement SWIM-TIYP-0042.
The service ensures that satisfactory authorisation is put in place according to EUROCONTROL Specification for SWIM Technical Infrastructure (TI) Yellow Profile requirement SWIM-TIYP-0070.
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Information Retainment
According to ICAO Annex 3 the meteorological information is retained for a period of at least 30 days from the date of issue. This relates to the information itself and not the request time of the customer.
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Customer ServiceFirst point of contact related to the skeyes MET SWIM services for accessing the MET SWIM services
SELF_VALIDATION
The service has been tested by SKEYES
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AIRMATM Information Reference Model
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AMQPAdvanced Message Queuing Protocol
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ATCAir Traffic Control
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ATMAir Traffic Management
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EACPEuropean Aviation Common PKI
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HTTPHypertext Transfer Protocol
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ICAOInternational Civil Aviation Organization
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IERInformation Exchange Requirement
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IRImplementation Rules
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ISRMInformation Service Reference Model
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IWXXMICAO Meteorological Information Exchange Model
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METARMeteorological Aerodrome Report
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NWSNational Weather Service
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OGCOpen Geospatial Consortium
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PCPPilot Common Project
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REQRequirement
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WMOWorld Meteorological Organization
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SIGMETsignificant meteorological phenomena
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TAFTerminal Aerodrome Forecast
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AMOAerodrome Meteorological Office
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AMSAeronautical Meteorological Station
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EDREnvironmental Data Retrieval
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MEPMessage Exchange Pattern
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PANS-METICAO Procedures for Air Navigation Services - Meteorology
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TIYPTechnical Infrastructure Yellow Profile
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TITechnical Infrastructure
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Filtering Capabilities OGC EDRThe EDR implementation builds on MET3SG community MET SWIM OGC EDR GUIDANCE. Additionally it supports OGC EDR filtering machanisms: cube query using a bbox parameter, area query with a polygon specified in coords parameter, radius query.
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Filtering Capabilities AMQPSimple filtering is achieved using the topic structure of the broker, which determines the type of data recieved. AMQP SQL-like syntax for filters applied to AMQP application properties can be also used by the service consumer to further filter the data received.
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The service provider ensures that the data offered within this service is created by SKEYES, a REGULATED_METEOROLOGICAL_SERVICE_PROVIDER.
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https://airm.aero/developers/icao-wxxm-3.0.0-to-airm-1.0.0-index
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Sign-up
A user has to sign up via the skeyes MET SWIM customer service:[email protected]
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Integration pattern
Request/Reply = EDR API
Subscribe/Publish = AMQP
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SSL Certificate
The user needs to have a valid SSL Certificate issued by a trusted Certificate Authority
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Request/Reply
EDR Response codes
EDR Response code Code Meaning Impact and suggested actions 200 (OK) The request is successful. Expected behaviour, you can access the data. 302 (Found) Redirect status response code indicating that the resource requested has been temporarily moved to the URL given by the Location header. Expected behaviour for retrieving {itemId} payloads. Follow this redirect to pick up your payload.
401 (Unauthorized Request) You are not authorised to access the service because our server requires user authentication. You cannot access the data due to invalid authorisation. Please check that your authorisation token is valid and has not expired, and try again. 403 (Forbidden) The request has been rejected because you do not have the rights to access or view the content. You cannot access the data due to invalid authorisation. Please check that your authorisation token is valid and has not expired, and try again. 404 (Not Found) The request is invalid. You cannot access the data because your request is not formulated correctly. Please check the validity of your request against the SADIS API - User Guide, Section 2.2 and Chapter 4. 408 (Request Timeout) The request you sent to the system took longer than the server was prepared to wait. You cannot access the data. Please try again. It is very unlikely that you encounter this error code. If the error persists, please contact our Support teams. 500 (Internal Server) While the request appears to be valid, the server failed to complete it. You cannot access the data. Please try again. If the error persists, please contact our Support teams. 502 (Bad Gateway) While the request appears to be valid, the server failed to complete it. You cannot access the data. Please try again. If the error persists, please contact our Support teams. 504 (Gateway Timeout) While the request appears to be valid, the server failed to complete it. You cannot access the data. Please try again. If the error persists, please contact our Support teams. -
Subscription/Publish
more info here
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<p>The SWIM infrastructure is monitored 24/7.</p>
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OGC EDR Request Interface
Allows the service consumer to request the latest available METAR via OGC API - EDR.
PROVIDER_SIDE-
EDR operationsOGC API - Environmental Data Retrieval Standard is used to implement the service operations.gitMessages
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EDR RequestIN
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EDR ReplyOUT
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EndpointsRestricted
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SWIM_TI_YP_2_0_WS_LIGHTThe WS Light Interface Binding as detailed in the EUROCONTROL Specification for SWIM Technical Infrastructure Yellow Profile, edition 2.0.
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SWIM_TI_YP_2_0_IPV4_UNICASTService supports IPv4 unicast.
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EDR RequestRequest message submitted to the EDR service containing query expressions for the EDR HTTP GET operation.
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EDR ReplyThe message that is an output of the EDR service.
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AMQP Distribution Interface
Allows the service provider to distribute the latest available METAR/SPECIs, meeting the need of the service consumer that has subscribed for updates.
PROVIDER_SIDE-
PublishThe requested information is contained directly in the AMQP messagegitMessages
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AMQP MessageOUT
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EndpointsRestricted
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SWIM_TI_YP_2_0_AMQP_MESSAGINGThe AMQP_MESSAGING Interface Binding as detailed in the EUROCONTROL Specification for SWIM Technical Infrastructure Yellow Profile, edition 2.0
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SWIM_TI_YP_2_0_IPV4_UNICASTService supports IPv4 unicast
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AMQP Message
The message that is an output of the service, containing the METAR/SPECI information
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EUROCONTROL SWIM-TI Yellow Profile
EUROCONTROL_SPECIFICATION_FOR_SWIM_TECHNICAL_INFRASTRUCTURE
is compliant
2.0
EUROCONTROL SWIM Service Description
EUROCONTROL_SPECIFICATION_FOR_SWIM_SERVICE_DESCRIPTION
is compliant
2.0
Description of Service according to EUROCONTROL specifications
Environmental Data Retrieval (EDR)
EUROCONTROL_SPECIFICATION_FOR_SWIM_TECHNICAL_INFRASTRUCTURE
is conformant
1.0
Please see references to EDR website and specifications: https://ogcapi.ogc.org/edr/
AMQP
EUROCONTROL_SPECIFICATION_FOR_SWIM_TECHNICAL_INFRASTRUCTURE
is conformant
true
Advanced Message Queuing Protocol