API reference/Airlines & Aviation/G-AIRMETs

G-AIRMETs

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Live data

US graphical AIRMETs: turbulence, icing, IFR, mountain obscuration, low-level wind shear and freezing levels.

GET/api/v1/airlines/gairmets

Data source

Aviation Weather Center Data APINOAA / NWS · public-domain · updates 1–5 min

Query parameters

Parameter	Description	Try value
`hazard` string	TURB-HI \| TURB-LO \| ICE \| IFR \| MT_OBSC \| SFC_WND \| LLWS \| FZLVL
`apikey` string required	Your API key. Can also be sent as the `X-API-Key` header.	demo key used here

Response envelope

Success: { data, meta: { sources, fetchedAt, cached } }. Errors: { error: { code, message } } with HTTP 400, 401, 404, 502, 503 or 504.

curl "https://api.sectorapi.com/api/v1/airlines/gairmets?hazard=TURB-HI&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

Calls the live source

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "count": 5,
    "gairmets": [
      {
        "tag": "3W",
        "product": "TANGO",
        "hazard": "TURB-HI",
        "severity": "MOD",
        "forecastHour": 0,
        "validAt": "2026-10-22T03:00:00.000Z",
        "issuedAt": "2026-10-22T02:45:00.000Z",
        "expiresAt": "2026-10-22T09:00:00.000Z",
        "baseFt": 25000,
        "topFt": 38000,
        "dueTo": null,
        "geometry": "AREA",
        "area": [
          [
            45.18,
            -100.47
          ],
          [
            44.02,
            -97.24
          ],
          [
            43.18,
            -95.45
          ]
        ]
      },
      {
        "tag": "6W",
        "product": "TANGO",
        "hazard": "TURB-HI",
        "severity": "MOD",
        "forecastHour": 0,
        "validAt": "2026-10-22T03:00:00.000Z",
        "issuedAt": "2026-10-22T02:45:00.000Z",
        "expiresAt": "2026-10-22T09:00:00.000Z",
        "baseFt": 31000,
        "topFt": 39000,
        "dueTo": null,
        "geometry": "AREA",
        "area": [
          [
            47.14,
            -85.8
          ],
          [
            45.94,
            -83.84
          ],
          [
            45.42,
            -82.64
          ]
        ]
      },
      {
        "tag": "5W",
        "product": "TANGO",
        "hazard": "TURB-HI",
        "severity": "MOD",
        "forecastHour": 0,
        "validAt": "2026-10-22T03:00:00.000Z",
        "issuedAt": "2026-10-22T02:45:00.000Z",
        "expiresAt": "2026-10-22T09:00:00.000Z",
        "baseFt": 18000,
        "topFt": 38000,
        "dueTo": null,
        "geometry": "AREA",
        "area": [
          [
            43.08,
            -119.7
          ],
          [
            42.15,
            -116.75
          ],
          [
            39.99,
            -115.84
          ]
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}