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17

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57

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AIR · Provider: Federal Aviation Administration

FAA System Wide Information Management

Data: Get Flight State · Get Airspace Status · Get Airport Status · Get Surface Activity · Get Traffic Management · Get Notams

Mode
Current Operational Feed
Access
Agreement Required
Update frequency
Product dependent
Coverage
Airspace
Updating
Access and limitations

Qualified consumers only. Restricted by authority agreement.

Connection and data consumption approval may take months; this is not an anonymous public endpoint.

AIR · Provider: Federal Aviation Administration

FAA SWIM Terminal Data Distribution System

Data: Get Airport Status · Get Runway Status · Get Surface Activity · Track Aircraft

Mode
Current Operational Feed
Access
Agreement Required
Update frequency
Operational messages
Coverage
Airport
Updating
Access and limitations

Qualified consumers only. Restricted by authority agreement.

Airport availability is facility-specific and access is agreement-gated.

AIR · Provider: NOAA

NOAA Aviation Weather Data API

Data: Get Weather · Get Airport Status · Get Flight State · Find Sensor Nodes

Mode
Live Telemetry
Access
Open
Update frequency
METAR cache updates once a minute; TAF every 10 minutes
Coverage
Point Network
Live
Access and limitations

Public machine access. Subject to source terms and attribution.

METAR availability is station-specific; request scope and rate limits apply.

AIR · Provider: Federal Aviation Administration

FAA NOTAM Services

Data: Get Notams · Get Airspace Status · Get Runway Status

Mode
Current Operational Feed
Access
Agreement Required
Update frequency
Event driven
Coverage
Airspace
Updating
Access and limitations

Qualified consumers only. Restricted by authority agreement.

Existence in the FAA catalog does not grant anonymous API access.

COMMUNICATIONS · Provider: Federal Aviation Administration

FAA Flight Information Services-Broadcast

Data: Find Broadcast Services · Receive · Broadcast · Get Weather · Get Notams

Mode
Broadcast
Access
Open
Update frequency
Product dependent
Coverage
Fixed Broadcast
Updating
Access and limitations

Public machine access. Subject to source terms and attribution.

Public reception does not permit arbitrary transmission and coverage is not uniform at ground level.

SEA · Provider: NOAA

NOAA CO-OPS National Water Level Network

Data: Get Tide · Get Current · Get Port Status · Get Buoy Observation · Find Sensor Nodes

Mode
Live Telemetry
Access
Open
Update frequency
Typically 6-minute observations by product
Coverage
Point Network
Live
Access and limitations

Public machine access. Subject to source terms and attribution.

Product availability varies by station and sensor.

SEA · Provider: NOAA

NOAA Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System

Data: Get Port Status · Get Channel Status · Get Tide · Get Current · Get Weather

Mode
Live Telemetry
Access
Open
Update frequency
Station/product dependent
Coverage
Port
Live
Access and limitations

Public machine access. Subject to source terms and attribution.

Only participating ports and installed sensors are covered.

SEA · Provider: NOAA

NOAA National Data Buoy Center

Data: Get Buoy Observation · Get Weather · Get Navigation Warning · Find Sensor Nodes

Mode
Live Telemetry
Access
Open
Update frequency
Station dependent
Coverage
Point Network
Live
Access and limitations

Public machine access. Subject to source terms and attribution.

Station telemetry and cadence vary; a station registry alone is not a live observation.

LAND · Provider: State transportation authorities

State 511 Operational Networks

Data: Get Traffic State · Get Road Condition · Get Road Closure · Get Incident · Get Weather Station

Mode
Current Operational Feed
Access
Registration Required
Update frequency
State feed dependent
Coverage
Road Network
Updating
Access and limitations

Public registration required. Subject to service agreement.

Each state feed must be separately qualified and provisioned; this federation record is not a substitute.

LAND · Provider: Individual public transit agencies

Public GTFS Realtime Networks

Data: Get Transit State · Track Vehicle · Get Incident

Mode
Current Operational Feed
Access
Open
Update frequency
Agency feed dependent
Coverage
Service Area
Updating
Access and limitations

Public machine access. Subject to source terms and attribution.

Every agency feed requires its own authority, endpoint, coverage, and health contract.

LAND · Provider: U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Federal Border Wait Time Network

Data: Get Border Wait · Get Traffic State · Get Freight State

Mode
Current Operational Feed
Access
Open
Update frequency
Crossing dependent
Coverage
Point Network
Live
Access and limitations

Public machine access. Subject to source terms and attribution.

Published status and API stability require live verification; does not cover non-border roads.

ENVIRONMENT · Provider: NOAA

National Weather Service Observation Stations

Data: Get Weather · Weather Observation · Find Sensor Nodes

Mode
Live Telemetry
Access
Open
Update frequency
Station/provider dependent
Coverage
Point Network
Live
Access and limitations

Public machine access. Subject to source terms and attribution.

Station cadence and missing fields vary by upstream provider.

ENVIRONMENT · Provider: U.S. Geological Survey

USGS National Water Information System Instantaneous Values

Data: Streamflow · Get Buoy Observation · Water Level · Find Sensor Nodes

Mode
Live Telemetry
Access
Open
Update frequency
Site/parameter dependent, commonly minutes
Coverage
Point Network
Live
Access and limitations

Public machine access. Subject to source terms and attribution.

Observations are provisional and point relevance must be evaluated by watershed or distance.

ENVIRONMENT · Provider: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

USDA NRCS SNOTEL and Snow Survey Network

Data: Snow Water Equivalent · Precipitation · Soil Moisture · Get Weather · Find Sensor Nodes

Mode
Live Telemetry
Access
Open
Update frequency
Station/element dependent
Coverage
Point Network
Live
Access and limitations

Public machine access. Subject to source terms and attribution.

Western U.S. station network; relevance depends on basin and elevation.

ENVIRONMENT · Provider: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

EPA AirNow Monitoring Network

Data: Air Quality · Smoke · Get Latest Measurement · Find Sensor Nodes

Mode
Live Telemetry
Access
Registration Required
Update frequency
Hourly products
Coverage
Point Network
Updating
Access and limitations

Public registration required. Subject to service agreement.

AirNow observations are preliminary and do not replace regulatory AQS data.

HAZARDS · Provider: U.S. Geological Survey

USGS Real-Time Earthquake Network

Data: Earthquake Alert · Seismic Activity · Get Latest Measurement

Mode
Current Operational Feed
Access
Open
Update frequency
Feed updates every minute
Coverage
Dynamic
Live
Access and limitations

Public machine access. Subject to source terms and attribution.

Event proximity is not equivalent to a local sensor station.

HAZARDS · Provider: NOAA

NWS CAP Alert Dissemination

Data: Alert · Severe Weather · Flood Alert · Marine Warning · Aviation Alert

Mode
Current Operational Feed
Access
Open
Update frequency
Event driven
Coverage
Forecast Zone
Live
Access and limitations

Public machine access. Subject to source terms and attribution.

Coverage may be polygon, forecast zone, county, or marine area; use exact alert geometry where available.

POSITIONING · Provider: United States Government

GPS Standard Positioning Service

Data: Get Positioning Service · Get Accuracy · Get Timing Service · Position

Mode
Broadcast
Access
Open
Update frequency
Continuous subject to satellite visibility
Coverage
Global
Updating
Access and limitations

Public machine access. Subject to source terms and attribution.

Availability does not guarantee indoor or obstructed reception.

POSITIONING · Provider: Federal Aviation Administration

FAA Wide Area Augmentation System

Data: Get Positioning Service · Get Correction Service · Get Accuracy · Integrity

Mode
Broadcast
Access
Open
Update frequency
Continuous subject to service status
Coverage
Service Area
Updating
Access and limitations

Public machine access. Subject to source terms and attribution.

Aviation use requires approved equipment and procedures.

POSITIONING · Provider: NOAA

NOAA Continuously Operating Reference Stations

Data: Find Reference Station · Get Correction Service · Get Accuracy · Geodesy

Mode
Current Operational Feed
Access
Open
Update frequency
Station/data-product dependent
Coverage
Point Network
Live
Access and limitations

Public machine access. Subject to source terms and attribution.

The station metadata API does not by itself prove a current correction stream.

COMMUNICATIONS · Provider: NOAA

NOAA GOES Data Collection System

Data: Relay · Transmit · Environmental Sensor Uplink

Mode
Live Telemetry
Access
Agreement Required
Update frequency
Assigned platform schedule
Coverage
Service Area
Updating
Access and limitations

Qualified consumers only. Restricted by authority agreement.

Not an arbitrary satellite messaging service.

COMMUNICATIONS · Provider: NOAA

NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards

Data: Broadcast · Receive · Alert · Severe Weather

Mode
Broadcast
Access
Open
Update frequency
Continuous broadcast; alerts event driven
Coverage
Fixed Broadcast
Updating
Access and limitations

Public machine access. Subject to source terms and attribution.

Coverage is transmitter and terrain dependent; reception does not permit transmission.