Allow service consumers to request SIGWX API data.
Data Type - Significant weather forecasts in IWXXM, and .png format.
Either time-stepped (3 -hourly) forecast data OR information about what data is available and how the API service works in .json
Real World Effect
REAL WORLD EFFECT - Consumers of the Service (Airlines, Air Navigation Service Providers, National Met Services, and companies that supply flight planning software and geospatial data visualisation services for the aviation industry) obtain the most recent aeronautical observations via UK NATS to inform their decision-making regarding:
- Determining optimum flight routes (and therefore reducing fuel burn)
- Reducing Carbon dioxide emissions
- Hazard awareness and avoidance