# Minimums - METAR/TAF Analysis — Beautiful Aviation Weather

> Aviation weather analysis for pilot minimums and custom alerts. (iPhone/iPad app by Tailwheel Labs Ltd..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/minimums-metartaf-analysis/id1059175803 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Tailwheel Labs Ltd.](https://appshunter.io/developer/295531447)
- Category: Weather, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 35 App Store ratings · 6 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.4 · 14 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2016-04-09
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/minimums-metartaf-analysis/id1059175803/reviews.md

## What is Minimums?

• View METARs and TAFs for thousands of airports around the world
• Tells you if your airports are above, at, or below your custom minimums for takeoff, landing, and alternate
• Create custom alerts to be notified as soon as the weather changes (utilizes push notifications)
• Customize visibility, wind speed, altimeter setting, and temperature units
• Option to display information as either translated or raw
• Map view with flight category, ceiling, and visibility

View your own personalized list of airports or weather stations and quickly determine if they are above or below your takeoff, landing, or alternate minimums. No more digging through TAFs to see if your favourite alternate will hold - if it's green, it's good for the duration of the TAF! If it's yellow, it's at minimums. If it's red, the weather goes below your minimums at some point during the forecast.

Minimums can be completely customized based on ceiling and visibility and is useful for all pilots, from airline to student. Simply set your personal, company, or legal limits for all of your airports, and quickly see which ones will work. You also have complete control over how TEMPO and PROB conditions should affect this analysis. Please note that minimums must be set manually by each user -  a database of IFR minimums is not included in the app. However, with Data Sharing enabled, the app can suggest commonly used minimums for each airport.

Set up alerts that will notify you when the weather meets your own custom criteria. For example, you might ask Minimums to alert you when the visibility at a certain airport goes above 1 mile. Or maybe the ceiling at your destination is 300 feet and the minimums are 500 feet. Just create an alert to tell you when the ceiling goes above your desired value. Minimums uses push notifications so you don't have to constantly refresh the app. As soon as we detect your criteria has been met, we'll send your phone a notification letting you know. Alerts are currently available for ceiling, visibility, flight category (VFR, MVFR, IFR, LIFR), lowest cloud layer, and new metar issued.

Units can be customized as follows:
- Visibility (miles or meters)
- Wind Speed (knots or meters per second)
- Pressure (inches of mercury or hectopascals)
- Temperature (celsius or fahrenheit)
- Time (UTC or Local)
- Metars/TAFs can also be displayed as translated (decoded) or raw

Sunrise, sunset, and night times are also included with night defined as the center of the sun's disc being 6º below the horizon.

Light and dark mode available - follows your system settings. 

Weather data is provided by the National Weather Service and airport names and cities are provided by Our Airports.

Free version limitations:
• Maximum 5 airports in your station list
• No suggested minimums, but you can see which airports have suggestions available
• No push notifications for alerts

DISCLAIMER: Never use Minimums as your sole source of aviation weather information. Always consult official meteorological sources for your country. While we strive to make Minimums completely error-free, sometimes the wrong information can be displayed. Gauld Developments takes no responsibility for any damages incurred as a result of the use of this app.

## Key features

- View METARs and TAFs for global airports
- Check custom takeoff, landing, and alternate minimums
- Create custom weather change alerts
- Customize units for visibility, wind, pressure, and temperature
- Map view with flight category, ceiling, and visibility
- Translated or raw METAR/TAF display
- Sunrise, sunset, and night time information

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium | $6.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (6 of 6)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/minimums-metartaf-analysis/id1059175803/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Great app but…

*2026-06-20*

New to the app, but so far very pleased with it. I do have some quality of life improvements that I’d love to see added. I’m a flight dispatcher at major U.S. Airline. With that said, having push notifications come to my phone or watch is great for an extra layer of situational awareness. In one shift I’m responsible for being in the know of many airports. On a bad day up to 20-30 airports between origin airports, destination airports, take off alternates, destination alternates, drift down alternates, critical terrain alternates, and intermediate alternates. Long winded I know, but I mention that to drive home this suggestion. I would love to see and even be willing to pay more for the ability to select multiple airports multiple alert types under one push notification rule. As of now I want to know when any of our hubs is below 2000ft ceilings and 3SM. Took me quite awhile to set up notifications for 7 airports (14 individual push alerts). I would also love the option to select persistent alerts where I tell it to alert me each time the alert criteria is met until the end of the timeframe I select. I hate how I tell the app to monitor for ceilings or vis and it expires after the criteria is met despite selecting 5 hours. If I choose 5 hours, I’d like that alert to remain active for 5 hours. 

I understand that this may not be what the app is intended for, but I also believe there is a market for it. Something like this would work its way around the part 121 world pretty quick. From pilots, dispatchers, station leadership, flight ops/dispatch leadership. Would also love to see other threats added as well. Thunderstorms, gusts with users able to select desired velocity (wind gusts >30kts), non-convective wind shear in a TAF. I think this app has so much potential to do even more and broaden its user base.

**Developer response:** Thank you for the feedback! This is something that we could potentially add in the long term. Currently the app is designed more for pilots who want to monitor only 1 or 2 airports but it could be adapted for those in the Dispatch world as well.

### 5/5 — Fantastic app

*2022-04-21*

Just upgrading to CA at a regional airline, this app really helps with quickly checking if we need an alternate, and with being able to customize the minimums you can really help in determining legality when using exemption 17347 or the old 3585, also high mins Captains. Fantastic job, love the interface. God Bless.

### 5/5 — Awesome App!  Fantastic responsiveness form Developer

*2020-11-03*

I have been using this app for the past 2 years and love it.  It tells me what I need to know at a glance, and is flexible enough to adapt it to your needs. When I had some issues (user issues..  not app issues) the developer was amazingly responsive.  Double thumbs up👍👍 from me!  Get it try it.  You will be happy.

### 2/5 — Не впечатлило

*2016-11-30*

Не то, что я ожидал! Аэропорты далеко не все и минимумов там нет, необходимо самому вводить эту информацию!

**Developer response:** You are correct. There is no way to know what each user would like to set as their custom minimums for each airport. However, we are currently working on a solution to provide suggestions when adding new stations.

EDIT: This feature is now available.

### 5/5 — Great app and customer support.

*2016-10-01*

I love this app, it allows me to keep track of all the nearby stations cigs, vsby, temp etc. the alerts work great also. I called customer support asking for a farenheight temp, they added this to their update. Quality product and team. Get the app, you won't be disappointed.

### 5/5 — Useful

*2016-05-06*

Really easy to see the days weather at a glance. Love the push alerts for weather changes.

## Frequently asked questions about Minimums

### What is Minimums and what does it do?

Minimums analyzes aviation weather reports (METARs and TAFs) to help pilots determine if airport conditions meet their custom minimums for takeoff, landing, or alternate flights. It provides a clear visual indication of whether conditions are above, at, or below these set minimums.

### How does Minimums help pilots with custom minimums?

You can set your personal, company, or legal minimums for ceiling and visibility at any airport. The app then displays whether current and forecasted weather conditions meet these specific requirements, making it easy to see which airports are suitable for your flight.

### Can Minimums alert me to weather changes?

Yes, Minimums allows you to create custom alerts that notify you via push notifications when specific weather criteria are met, such as visibility exceeding a certain threshold or the ceiling reaching a desired height. This means you don't have to constantly check the app.

### What units can I customize in Minimums?

You can customize units for visibility (miles or meters), wind speed (knots or meters per second), pressure (inches of mercury or hectopascals), and temperature (celsius or fahrenheit). Time can be displayed in UTC or local time.

### What are the limitations of the free version of Minimums?

The free version of Minimums limits you to a maximum of 5 airports in your station list. It also does not offer suggested minimums or push notifications for alerts, though you can see which airports have suggestions available.

### Does Minimums have ads?

No, Minimums is ad-free. The application does not contain advertisements, providing an uninterrupted user experience for pilots.

### Is Minimums available on all devices?

Minimums is available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices. It is designed to be compatible with Apple's iOS ecosystem.

### How often is Minimums updated?

The latest version of Minimums, 4.3.9, was last updated on September 11, 2025. This indicates a commitment to regular updates and improvements for the application.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.3.10 — 2026-08-17

• Bug fixes

### 4.3.9 — 2025-09-11

• Bug fixes

### 4.3.8 — 2025-09-09

• Bug fixes and improvements

### 4.3.7 — 2025-09-09

• Bug fixes due to changes in the FAA servers where data is accessed

### 4.3.6 — 2023-11-23

• Fixed a bug where vertical visibility wouldn't display correctly

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