Minimums - METAR/TAF Analysis4.3.10 - App Store

. 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.

Version History • Bug fixes 4.3.10 Aug 17 • Bug fixes 4.3.9 09/11/2025 • Bug fixes and improvements 4.3.8 09/09/2025 • Bug fixes due to changes in the FAA servers where data is accessed 4.3.7 09/09/2025 • Fixed a bug where vertical visibility wouldn't display correctly 4.3.6 11/23/2023 • Fixed a bug where altimeter setting wasn't displayed correctly 4.3.5 11/21/2023 • Fixed a bug where variable winds weren't decoded properly 4.3.4 11/06/2023 • Fixed a bug where station data failed to load 4.3.3 10/23/2023 • Fixed a bug where station data failed to load 4.3.2 10/23/2023 • Bug fixes and improvements 4.3.1 09/24/2023 • iOS 17 support
• Bug fixes and improvements 4.3 09/14/2023 • UI improvements
• Backup improvements (settings are now backed up along with your station list and minimums)
• Bug fixes 4.2 03/05/2022 • Improvements to restoring from backups 4.1.6 02/02/2022 Bug fixes and improvements 4.1.5 12/23/2021 • Fixed a bug which caused the app to crash when deleting a station 4.1.4 10/10/2021 • Fixed a bug where detailed station data wouldn't refresh correctly
• UI improvements 4.1.3 10/10/2021 • Compatibility with iOS 15 and the new iPad mini
• UI fixes 4.1.2 09/29/2021 • Fixed a bug where visibility alerts in meters were created incorrectly (thanks Robert) 4.1.1 09/23/2021 Minimums is now Free! You are limited to 5 stations in your list and won't have access to suggested minimums or push notifications for alerts. Purchasing Premium will remove these restrictions.

*Existing users: If you have previously purchased Minimums, you can unlock Premium for no extra cost by simply opening the app with an internet connection once you have updated. Unlock Premium by scrolling to the bottom of your station list and tapping Purchase Premium, then tapping Restore Purchase. 4.1 09/21/2021 • iPad version now available!
• Automatic backups of your station list and any associated minimums
• Ability to restore from backups
• Fixed a bug where the altimeter setting didn't display properly in station detail view

NOTE - If you currently use Minimums on your iPhone and will be installing it on your iPad, here's how you can easily transfer your station list and minimums to your new device:
1. Update the app on your iPhone and open it at least once (with an internet connection) to automatically back up your stations and minimums - you must be logged in to your Minimums account in Settings > Account
2. Install the app on your new device and sign in using the same Minimums account you use on your iPhone
3. Go to Settings > Account > Restore Backup to view a list of your backups
4. Select the backup that has your desired station list and minimums, then tap Restore 4.0 05/12/2020 • New alert type: Lowest Cloud
• Small UI changes to the Alerts screen 3.1 01/28/2020 Version 3.0 has a complete new look and feel with support for iOS 13 and dark mode.

Stations View:
• Sort your station list by: Name, ID, Nearest
• Filtered stations (in the search bar) persist between app launches
• When viewing detailed weather for a station, added ability to create alerts directly from that page

Map View:
• Updated the look and feel of weather overlays
• Ability to show or hide the station ID with each overlay
• New Ceiling & Vis overlay
• Ability to pan to your current location
• Ability to select map types (Standard, Satellite, Hybrid)

Other:
• Added search bar for the station list when adding new alerts
• New welcome screen when first opening the app
• Easier to add multiple stations at once to your station list 3.0 12/19/2019 Appearance:
-Metar data in your station list older than 70 minutes now fades so that it’s easier to tell it’s expired (same goes for MET and TAF dots)
-Maps now centre on your current location

Usability:
-You can now cancel refreshing if you’d like to
-Other small fixes and improvements

User Accounts:

You will now be prompted to register for an account (email and password). This is new in version 2.4 and was implemented for a few reasons:

1. Security - any information you receive from our servers or transmit to us is done securely through an encrypted connection and is tied directly to your account.

2. Usability - You shouldn’t notice any changes right now but it will allow us to do cool things in the future such as backing up your stations & minimums and copying them to other devices.

3. Support - If you ever run into issues using the app, we can now troubleshoot things a lot easier since everything you do is linked to your account.

Registering for an account is required to receive push notifications for alerts and to receive suggested ceiling and visibility minimums. Registration is not required but you will lose this functionality without an account. We will never share your email and it is used simply as a means of identifying your account. 2.4 12/15/2017 • New map view which can display flight category, ceiling, or visibility
• New method of editing minimums for each station
• Suggested minimums can now be displayed if Data Sharing is enabled (on by default) 2.3 05/10/2017 - Bug fixes 2.2 10/31/2016