Inclement weather can have an adverse effect on drone operations by decreasing visibility and/or impacting a drone's flight capability.
By specifying a coordinate you can query for the latest observed atmospheric conditions, and the one hour forecast for a specified area.

Request

GET https://api.altitudeangel.com/v2/preflight/weather?lat=*latitude*&lng=*longitude*

Querystring parameterDescription
latThe latitude of the coordinate specified
lngThe longitude of the coordinate specified

Example

GET https://api.altitudeangel.com/v2/preflight/weather?lat=51.507&lng=-0.128
Authorization: X-AA-ApiKey YOUR_API_KEY

Sample Weather

{
    "current": {
        "summary": "Partly cloudy",
        "temperatureC": 10.0,
        "at": "2021-11-02T13:45:29.0351348Z",
        "cloudCoverPercent": 25,
        "uvIndex": 0,
        "windDirection": "SouthWest",
        "windHeadingDegrees": 230,
        "windSpeedKph": 9.0,
        "precipitationPercent": 0,
        "humidityPercent": 66,
        "meanSeaLevelPressureHPa": 999,
        "dewPointC": 0.0,
        "snowMillimeters": 0,
        "rainfallMillimeters": 0
    },
    "upcoming": {
        "summary": "Sunny",
        "temperatureC": 12.0,
        "at": "2021-11-02T14:45:29.0351348Z",
        "cloudCoverPercent": 12,
        "uvIndex": 0,
        "windDirection": "WestSouthWest",
        "windHeadingDegrees": 257,
        "windSpeedKph": 7.0,
        "precipitationPercent": 0,
        "humidityPercent": 56,
        "meanSeaLevelPressureHPa": 999,
        "dewPointC": 3.0,
        "snowMillimeters": 0,
        "rainfallMillimeters": 0
    },
    "effective": {
        "start": "2021-11-02T13:45:29.0351348Z",
        "end": "2021-11-02T14:45:29.0351348Z",
        "approx": false,
        "type": "timeRange"
    },
    "geography": {
        "center": {
            "lat": 51.519248167315908,
            "lng": 0.088130922371844542
        },
        "radius": 10000.0,
        "numPoints": 100,
        "type": "circle"
    }
}