Safety
SayWeather Adds Text, ForeFlight Delivery Options
The new SayWxAir service adds on-demand weather information via text message and the ForeFlight electronic flight bag app.
Say Weather report for Foreflight
SayWeather METARs are updated 5 to 6 times per hour on ForeFlight. ( Photo: ForeFlight)

Connectsix has introduced a subscription-based service, dubbed SayWxAir, for airports with its SayWeather automated weather advisory systems to provide up-to-the-minute weather data to pilots via text messaging and ForeFlight. While SayWeather provides advisory-only weather information, it provides live updates on demand at a fraction of the cost of certified AWOS systems (about $45,000 all-in).

SayWxAir costs airports $79 a month and adds several more ways to distribute SayWeather information beyond the click-to-transmit option over an airport’s common traffic advisory frequency. With SayWxAir, pilots can request METAR information from SayWeather-equipped airports via text by sending “M” followed by the airport ICAO code to 727-4SAYWX4. For Missouri’s Dexter Municipal Airport (KDXE), that would be “M KDXE.”