FAA Airport Status (Python Usage)

Contents

• Source
• Airport Information

Source

http://services.faa.gov/docs/services/airport/

Includes sample data request with metadata information

Airport Information

Code

from sinbad import *

airport = "ATL"
ds = DataSource.connect_as("xml", "http://services.faa.gov/airport/status/" + airport)
ds.set_param("format", "application/xml")
ds.set_cache_timeout(300)        # refresh every 5 minutes

ds.load()
x = ds.fetch("Name", "State", "Delay", "Weather/Weather")
print(x)
ds.print_description()

Output

{'Delay': 'false', 'State': 'Georgia', 'Weather': 'Fair', 'Name': 'Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International'}

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The following data is available:
dictionary with {
  City : *
  Delay : *
  IATA : *
  ICAO : *
  Name : *
  State : *
  Status : dictionary with {
               AvgDelay : *
               ClosureBegin : *
               ClosureEnd : *
               EndTime : *
               MaxDelay : *
               MinDelay : *
               Reason : *
               Trend : *
               Type : *
             }
  Weather : dictionary with {
                Meta : dictionary with {
                           Credit : *
                           Updated : *
                           Url : *
                         }
                Temp : *
                Visibility : *
                Weather : *
                Wind : *
              }
}