Search PIREPs

GET

api

pireps

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $ER_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.enhancedradar.com/api/v0/pireps?q=turbulence&since=2026-10-22T18:00:00Z&until=2026-10-23T00:00:00Z&latitude=37.62&longitude=-122.38&radius_nm=60"

{
  "pireps": [
    {
      "event_id": 5180144,
      "atc_channel_id": 820,
      "facility_ids": ["ae40254d-1aeb-4a43-93b5-82d7e61d1202"],
      "happened_at": "2026-10-22T22:14:05.120934Z",
      "callsign": "SWA2214",
      "aircraft_latitude": 37.7412,
      "aircraft_longitude": -122.7031,
      "summary": "Moderate chop reported descending through 9,000, \"moderate chop from about ten down to eight\"",
      "faa_pirep": "UA /TM 2214 /FL090 /TP UNKN /TB MOD CHOP 080-100 /RM DURD",
      "evidence_audio_sample_ids": ["7d4c2f1e-93a8-4f0b-b6e2-5a1c9d3e8f70"],
      "search_score": 0.68
    }
  ]
}

Searches pilot weather reports (PIREPs) heard on frequency near a point: a pilot reporting turbulence, icing, wind shear, cloud layers, or other conditions they encountered. A controller passing an earlier report on to other aircraft is not a new PIREP. Describe what you are looking for in plain words; results are ranked by how closely they match its meaning, not by exact words. Each PIREP is returned as it was first reported, with its plain-language summary and the conditions encoded in the FAA PIREP format.

Query parameters

string

required

What you are looking for, e.g. turbulence, icing on descent, or wind shear on final.

string

required

Start of the window, inclusive. See Times.

string

required

End of the window, exclusive. Must be after since and at most 6 hours later.

number

required

Latitude of the center of the search area, in decimal degrees.

number

required

Longitude of the center of the search area, in decimal degrees.

number

required

Radius of the search area in nautical miles, 1 to 150. A PIREP is in the area when the reporting aircraft was.

integer

default:"10"

Maximum PIREPs to return, 1 to 25.

Results are the best matches in one page; there is no cursor. Weak matches are left out, so a search for conditions nobody reported returns no PIREPs. A PIREP is returned only when the reporting aircraft’s position is known. A page can hold fewer than limit PIREPs even when more match. A PIREP can take a few minutes after it is heard to become searchable.

Response

array

The PIREPs, best match first.

Show PIREP

integer

Id of the event the PIREP was reported in. Fetch it with Get event.

integer

The channel the PIREP was heard on.

string[]

Facilities that channel belongs to.

string

When the PIREP was made, in UTC, accurate to within 20 seconds.

string

ICAO callsign of the reporting aircraft.

number

Latitude of the reporting aircraft from ADS-B when it reported, in decimal degrees.

number

Longitude of the reporting aircraft from ADS-B when it reported, in decimal degrees.

string

One-line plain-language summary of the conditions the pilot reported, with the pilot’s words from the frequency.

string

The report in the FAA PIREP format of FAA Order JO 7110.10, starting with UUA for an urgent report or UA for a routine one. See FAA PIREP format.

string[]

Transmissions the PIREP was heard in. Fetch them with Get transcript and Get transcript audio.

number

Relevance of the match; higher is better. Compare scores only within one response.

FAA PIREP format

faa_pirep holds these text elements, in this order, each only when known:

Element	Source
`UUA` or `UA`	Urgent when the report includes a tornado, funnel cloud, or waterspout, severe or extreme turbulence, severe icing, hail, low-level wind shear, or volcanic ash.
`/TM`	`happened_at` as `HHMM` UTC.
`/FL`	The aircraft’s barometric altitude from ADS-B in hundreds of feet, or `UNKN`.
`/TP`	Always `UNKN`; the aircraft type is not known.
`/SK`, `/WX`, `/TA`, `/WV`, `/TB`, `/IC`, `/RM`	Sky condition, flight visibility and weather, air temperature, wind, turbulence, icing, and remarks, as the pilot stated them.

There is no /OV location element; use aircraft_latitude and aircraft_longitude.

The condition elements are written by a language model from transcripts and can contain mistakes. Check important details against the transcripts.

Billing

Each PIREP returned is charged as one pirep, at $0.15. A search that returns no PIREPs is free. See Pricing and Billing.

Errors

Status	Meaning
`400`	A required parameter is missing, or a parameter is invalid.
`504`	The search took too long. Try again.

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $ER_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.enhancedradar.com/api/v0/pireps?q=turbulence&since=2026-10-22T18:00:00Z&until=2026-10-23T00:00:00Z&latitude=37.62&longitude=-122.38&radius_nm=60"

{
  "pireps": [
    {
      "event_id": 5180144,
      "atc_channel_id": 820,
      "facility_ids": ["ae40254d-1aeb-4a43-93b5-82d7e61d1202"],
      "happened_at": "2026-10-22T22:14:05.120934Z",
      "callsign": "SWA2214",
      "aircraft_latitude": 37.7412,
      "aircraft_longitude": -122.7031,
      "summary": "Moderate chop reported descending through 9,000, \"moderate chop from about ten down to eight\"",
      "faa_pirep": "UA /TM 2214 /FL090 /TP UNKN /TB MOD CHOP 080-100 /RM DURD",
      "evidence_audio_sample_ids": ["7d4c2f1e-93a8-4f0b-b6e2-5a1c9d3e8f70"],
      "search_score": 0.68
    }
  ]
}

⌘I

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $ER_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.enhancedradar.com/api/v0/pireps?q=turbulence&since=2026-10-22T18:00:00Z&until=2026-10-23T00:00:00Z&latitude=37.62&longitude=-122.38&radius_nm=60"

{
  "pireps": [
    {
      "event_id": 5180144,
      "atc_channel_id": 820,
      "facility_ids": ["ae40254d-1aeb-4a43-93b5-82d7e61d1202"],
      "happened_at": "2026-10-22T22:14:05.120934Z",
      "callsign": "SWA2214",
      "aircraft_latitude": 37.7412,
      "aircraft_longitude": -122.7031,
      "summary": "Moderate chop reported descending through 9,000, \"moderate chop from about ten down to eight\"",
      "faa_pirep": "UA /TM 2214 /FL090 /TP UNKN /TB MOD CHOP 080-100 /RM DURD",
      "evidence_audio_sample_ids": ["7d4c2f1e-93a8-4f0b-b6e2-5a1c9d3e8f70"],
      "search_score": 0.68
    }
  ]
}

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