How to Use ATIS Relay

Text a supported airport code to 866-671-9172. You can send that text from a cell phone, from Starlink, from other in-flight Wi-Fi that can send a text, or from a satellite phone. The home page updates while your request is in progress.

1. Text the ICAO code of a supported airport, such as KSAN or KSFO. A 3-letter code works when it matches a supported airport, such as SFO for KSFO.
2. For D-ATIS airports, you get a reply within seconds. That text comes from FAA SWIM and is labeled not for operational use.
3. For airports ATIS Relay transcribes from the phone line, you get the text back in about 80 seconds.
4. When an airport publishes separate arrival and departure ATIS, you receive both, each as its own text.

Arrival, departure, and short texts

• Text KSFO arrival when you want arrival only.
• Text KSFO departure when you want departure only.
• Text KSFO short for a shorter reply. You get the first two sentences, marked /msg trimmed.
• You can combine them, such as KSFO short arrival or KSFO short departure.

ASOS and AWOS

• Text KMYF ASOS or KMYF AWOS when that airport has that automated weather line. Text KMYF ATIS when you want ATIS.
• If you leave off the airport, or that airport does not offer what you asked for, the reply tells you what you can text.
• A fresh automated report is sent right away. Otherwise the line is called and you get the weather in the reply, labeled ASOS or AWOS.
• At an airport that only has automated weather, the airport code alone requests that weather.
• When a community station has already saved a transcript for an airport that is not on the ATIS phone list, texting that code returns the transcript.

When the tower is closed

If the recording is a tower-closed announcement, you get the ASOS or AWOS weather instead. The text tells you the tower is closed and which automated weather you are getting. If that line does not answer, you get the latest METAR when one is available.

HELP, STOP, and START

• Text HELP or INFO for a short reminder: text an ICAO for ATIS, add ASOS or AWOS such as KMYF ASOS, and where to subscribe.
• Text STOP, STOPALL, UNSUBSCRIBE, CANCEL, END, or QUIT to opt out.
• Text START, YES, or UNSTOP to opt back in.

Free texts and a subscription

Reading ATIS on the website is always free. Each phone number gets 5 free texts. The fourth text notes that you have 1 free text left, and the fifth notes that it is your last free text. After that, the reply points you to subscribe.

A subscription gives you unlimited ATIS requests online, in the app, and by text from a verified phone number. If you already subscribe in the ATIS Relay app, verify your number so those texts stay unlimited. Unlimited texts use an ATIS Relay subscription. An OwnNav subscription does not unlock them.

Texts are also paced so the line stays available. If you send too many in a short time, the reply asks you to wait and try again. If you reach the daily limit, the reply asks you to try again tomorrow.

1. Open an airport from the airport list or the map. Reading the ATIS already on the page is free.
2. On a phone-ATIS or AWOS airport, sign in with an ATIS Relay subscription and request a fresh report. You usually have it in about 80 seconds.
3. When that airport has ATIS and also ASOS or AWOS, you choose which one to request.

1. Download the iOS app from the App Store
2. Select an airport from the list
3. For D-ATIS airports, the information is shown immediately
4. For airports ATIS Relay transcribes:
   • Press the request button to get ATIS
   • Allow about 80 seconds for transcription
   • Requesting ATIS in the app is for subscribers

• A text or an app request can fail when the airport phone line is busy. You get a text asking you to try again in a few minutes. You can help coverage by hosting a station.
• Service availability is not guaranteed
• Usage limits apply so the system stays available