Certified aviation weather stack

SkyBack – Aviation Weather, Reimagined

Node.js meets aviation meteorology: decode METAR in real time, project TAF forecasts, replay historical weather, and surface insights through a responsive Tailwind + Flowbite UI backed by PostgreSQL.

Operational guarantees

2.1M+ decoded METAR strings / day

Streaming ingest, FAA + NOAA redundancy.

For dispatchers & devs

ICAO lookup + JSON APIs

Hand off to ops tools or your own apps.

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Built for pro flight operations

Key capabilities inside SkyBack

Every module is optimized for sub‑second loads, clean Tailwind UI, and total parity between web and API responses.

Real-Time METAR

Live NOAA + FAA ingestion with decoding for visibility, ceiling, runway state, and flight category badges.

TAF Forecasts

Timeline-ready parsing with segments, probability windows, and raw text copy for dispatch releases.

Historical Weather Archive

Replay any METAR in seconds thanks to PostgreSQL-backed caching and multi-region cold storage.

ICAO Station Database

Granular metadata with runway layouts, elevation, and nearest-station search to support alternates.

Map Integration (in progress)

Vector tiles + globe view to overlay METAR layers, storms, and TAF timelines in the next release.

API Endpoints for Developers

REST + WebSocket gateways with per-key throttles, ready for dispatch tools, EFBs, or training apps.

Why we built SkyBack

Flight departments needed a fast, trustworthy alternative to legacy weather portals. SkyBack couples a lightweight Node.js/Express backend with PostgreSQL caching and Flowbite-powered components so dispatchers, meteorologists, and pilots always see reliable, synchronized METAR and TAF data. Every request is health-checked, retried, and versioned—speed without sacrificing aviation-grade accuracy.

99.95%

Cache uptime SLA

< 50 ms

Median response time

Global

ICAO coverage footprint

How it works

A transparent pipeline explains why your dashboard and API responses always agree.

  1. 1

    NOAA + aviation data feeds

    Primary stream from NOAA TGFTP with FAA and IEM fallbacks keeps METAR & TAF updates continuous.

  2. 2

    Ingestion & normalization

    Node.js workers validate, de-duplicate, and timestamp every bulletin before handing it to the cache.

  3. 3

    Cleaning & enrichment

    Parsers add derived values—cloud layers, runway condition codes, QNH/QFE, and category flags.

  4. 4

    PostgreSQL cache

    Fresh reports land in Postgres partitions with retention policies for both hot paths and archives.

  5. 5

    UI + API delivery

    Express endpoints, WebSockets, and Flowbite/Tailwind widgets serve identical payloads to browsers and integrations.