diff --git a/app/Interfaces/Metar.php b/app/Interfaces/Metar.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c21dac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Interfaces/Metar.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Interfaces;
+
+abstract class Metar
+{
+    /**
+     * Implement the METAR- Return the string
+     * @param $icao
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    abstract public function get($icao);
+}
diff --git a/app/Services/Metar/AviationWeather.php b/app/Services/Metar/AviationWeather.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6385b3ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Services/Metar/AviationWeather.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Services\Metar;
+
+use App\Interfaces\Metar;
+use App\Support\Http;
+
+/**
+ * Return the raw METAR string from the NOAA Aviation Weather Service
+ * @package App\Services\Metar
+ */
+class AviationWeather extends Metar
+{
+    private const URL =
+        'https://www.aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver_current/httpparam?'
+        .'dataSource=metars&requestType=retrieve&format=xml&hoursBeforeNow=3'
+        .'&mostRecent=true&fields=raw_text&stationString=';
+
+    /**
+     * Implement the METAR- Return the string
+     * @param $icao
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function get($icao)
+    {
+        $url = static::URL.$icao;
+        $res = Http::get($url, []);
+        $xml = simplexml_load_string($res);
+        return $xml->data->METAR->raw_text;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Support/Units/Temperature.php b/app/Support/Units/Temperature.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48dce130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Support/Units/Temperature.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Support\Units;
+
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Arrayable;
+
+/**
+ * Wrap the converter class
+ * @package App\Support\Units
+ */
+class Temperature extends \PhpUnitsOfMeasure\PhysicalQuantity\Temperature implements Arrayable
+{
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function __toString()
+    {
+        $unit = strtoupper(setting('units.temperature'));
+        $value = $this->toUnit($unit);
+
+        return (string) round($value, 2);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return value in native unit as integer
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function toNumber()
+    {
+        return $this->toArray();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * For the HTTP Resource call
+     */
+    public function toObject()
+    {
+        return [
+            'f' => round($this->toUnit('F'), 2),
+            'c'  => round($this->toUnit('C') / 1000, 2),
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the instance as an array.
+     */
+    public function toArray()
+    {
+        return $this->__toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Widgets/CheckWx.php b/app/Widgets/CheckWx.php
deleted file mode 100644
index ac15d84f..00000000
--- a/app/Widgets/CheckWx.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace App\Widgets;
-
-use App\Interfaces\Widget;
-use App\Support\Http;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
-
-/**
- * This is a widget for the 3rd party CheckWX service
- * @package App\Widgets
- */
-class CheckWx extends Widget
-{
-    protected $config = [
-        'icao' => null,
-    ];
-
-    /**
-     * Attempt to get the data from the CheckWX API
-     */
-    public function run()
-    {
-        if (!config('checkwx.api_key')) {
-            $data = null;
-        } else {
-            // Cache the request so we don't need to repeatedly call out
-            $cache = config('cache.keys.WEATHER_LOOKUP');
-            $key = $cache['key'].$this->config['icao'];
-
-            $data = Cache::remember($key, $cache['time'], function () {
-                $url = config('checkwx.url').'/metar/'.$this->config['icao'].'/decoded';
-                $data = Http::get($url, [
-                    'headers' => [
-                        'X-API-Key'    => config('checkwx.api_key'),
-                        'content-type' => 'application/json',
-                    ]
-                ]);
-
-                $data = json_decode($data);
-                return $data;
-            });
-
-            if($data->results === 1) {
-                $data = $data->data[0];
-            } else {
-                $data = null;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return view('widgets.check_wx', [
-            'config'    => $this->config,
-            'data'      => $data,
-            'unit_alt'  => setting('units.altitude'),
-            'unit_dist' => setting('units.distance'),
-            'unit_temp' => setting('units.temperature'),
-        ]);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/app/Widgets/Weather.php b/app/Widgets/Weather.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..578e9e4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Widgets/Weather.php
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Widgets;
+
+use App\Interfaces\Widget;
+use App\Support\Http;
+use App\Support\Units\Distance;
+use App\Support\Units\Temperature;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
+use MetarDecoder\MetarDecoder;
+use SimpleXMLElement;
+
+/**
+ * This is a widget for the 3rd party CheckWX service
+ * @package App\Widgets
+ */
+class Weather extends Widget
+{
+    protected $config = [
+        'icao' => null,
+    ];
+
+    public const URL = 'https://avwx.rest/api/metar/';
+
+    /**
+     * Determine the category depending on the rules for visibility/ceiling
+     * https://www.aviationweather.gov/cva/help
+     * @param $metar
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function determineCategory($metar): string
+    {
+        $category = 'VFR';
+        $visibility = $metar->getVisibility()->getVisibility()->getValue();
+        $ceiling = $metar->getClouds();
+        if ($ceiling) {
+            $ceiling = $ceiling[0]->getBaseHeight()->getValue();
+        } else {
+            $ceiling = 1000;
+        }
+
+        if ($visibility < 3 || $ceiling < 1000) {
+            $category = 'IFR';
+        }
+
+        return $category;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Attempt to get the data from the CheckWX API
+     */
+    public function run()
+    {
+        // Cache the request so we don't need to repeatedly call out
+        $cache = config('cache.keys.WEATHER_LOOKUP');
+        $key = $cache['key'].$this->config['icao'];
+
+        $raw_metar = Cache::remember($key, $cache['time'], function () {
+            /**
+             * @var \App\Interfaces\Metar $klass
+             */
+            $klass = config('phpvms.metar');
+            $metar_class = new $klass;
+            return $metar_class->get($this->config['icao']);
+        });
+
+        // Run through this parser
+        $decoder = new MetarDecoder();
+        $metar = $decoder->parse($raw_metar);
+
+        // Determine the flight category that's allowed
+        // Just check if we need to be under IFR conditions
+        $category = $this->determineCategory($metar);
+
+        return view('widgets.weather', [
+            'config'    => $this->config,
+            'category'  => $category,
+            'metar'     => $metar,
+            'unit_alt'  => setting('units.altitude'),
+            'unit_dist' => setting('units.distance'),
+            'unit_temp' => setting('units.temperature'),
+        ]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index fa731a65..2739125d 100755
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
         "igaster/laravel-theme": "^2.0",
         "anhskohbo/no-captcha": "^3.0",
         "league/csv": "^9.1",
-        "spatie/laravel-medialibrary": "^7.0.0"
+        "spatie/laravel-medialibrary": "^7.0.0",
+        "safran-cassiopee/php-metar-decoder": "^0.7.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "~7.0",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 5b52b08f..e35ff361 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#composer-lock-the-lock-file",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "6b643310b61c381c247802d56e9c7348",
+    "content-hash": "687d7eb7d6572fdb553c60d001880a91",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "akaunting/money",
@@ -1652,6 +1652,57 @@
             "homepage": "https://laravelcollective.com",
             "time": "2018-03-16T16:57:31+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "laravie/parser",
+            "version": "v1.2.2",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/laravie/parser.git",
+                "reference": "e759ba3e5a82151a320ad6e005da0937149bfe35"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/laravie/parser/zipball/e759ba3e5a82151a320ad6e005da0937149bfe35",
+                "reference": "e759ba3e5a82151a320ad6e005da0937149bfe35",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "illuminate/support": "^5.1",
+                "php": ">=5.5.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "mockery/mockery": "~0.9.4 || ~1.0",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "~4.8.35 || ~5.7 || ~6.0"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "extra": {
+                "branch-alias": {
+                    "dev-master": "1.2-dev"
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Laravie\\Parser\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Mior Muhammad Zaki",
+                    "email": "crynobone@gmail.com",
+                    "homepage": "https://github.com/crynobone"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "XML Document Parser for PHP",
+            "keywords": [
+                "parser",
+                "xml"
+            ],
+            "time": "2017-12-25T12:36:44+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "league/csv",
             "version": "9.1.3",
@@ -3187,6 +3238,46 @@
             ],
             "time": "2017-03-25T12:08:31+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "safran-cassiopee/php-metar-decoder",
+            "version": "v0.7",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/SafranCassiopee/php-metar-decoder.git",
+                "reference": "ed920c93a6025af9bf6787af7683246c37b1d648"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/SafranCassiopee/php-metar-decoder/zipball/ed920c93a6025af9bf6787af7683246c37b1d648",
+                "reference": "ed920c93a6025af9bf6787af7683246c37b1d648",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": ">=5.3.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "4.3.*"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "MetarDecoder\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "GPL-3.0+"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Edouard de Labareyre",
+                    "email": "edouard@melix.net",
+                    "role": "Developer"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "METAR weather observation decoder",
+            "time": "2016-03-18T21:37:22+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "santigarcor/laratrust",
             "version": "5.0.9",
@@ -5993,6 +6084,67 @@
             ],
             "time": "2018-03-21T20:11:24+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "orchestra/parser",
+            "version": "v3.6.0",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/orchestral/parser.git",
+                "reference": "b647cc182a633fe2cca46e2c495f4c6d9766bd80"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/orchestral/parser/zipball/b647cc182a633fe2cca46e2c495f4c6d9766bd80",
+                "reference": "b647cc182a633fe2cca46e2c495f4c6d9766bd80",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "illuminate/container": "~5.6.0",
+                "laravie/parser": "~1.2",
+                "php": ">=7.1"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "illuminate/support": "~5.6.0",
+                "mockery/mockery": "^1.0",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "~7.0"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "extra": {
+                "branch-alias": {
+                    "dev-master": "3.6-dev"
+                },
+                "laravel": {
+                    "providers": [
+                        "Orchestra\\Parser\\XmlServiceProvider"
+                    ]
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Orchestra\\Parser\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Mior Muhammad Zaki",
+                    "email": "crynobone@gmail.com",
+                    "homepage": "https://github.com/crynobone"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "XML Document Parser for Laravel and PHP",
+            "keywords": [
+                "laravel",
+                "orchestra-platform",
+                "orchestral",
+                "parser",
+                "xml"
+            ],
+            "time": "2018-02-08T00:56:36+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "phar-io/manifest",
             "version": "1.0.1",
diff --git a/config/app.php b/config/app.php
index 4718aeb3..338f5a87 100755
--- a/config/app.php
+++ b/config/app.php
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ return [
         Igaster\LaravelTheme\themeServiceProvider::class,
         Nwidart\Modules\LaravelModulesServiceProvider::class,
         Anhskohbo\NoCaptcha\NoCaptchaServiceProvider::class,
+        Orchestra\Parser\XmlServiceProvider::class,
 
         /*
          * Application Service Providers...
diff --git a/config/checkwx.php b/config/checkwx.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 61d552d5..00000000
--- a/config/checkwx.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * For METAR and TAF features, register for an API key at
- * https://www.checkwx.com
- */
-
-return [
-    'url'     => 'https://api.checkwx.com',
-    'api_key' => false,
-];
diff --git a/config/phpvms.php b/config/phpvms.php
index ec4820d6..681ea0f5 100644
--- a/config/phpvms.php
+++ b/config/phpvms.php
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ return [
      */
     'currency' => 'USD',
 
+    /**
+     * Point to the class to use to retrieve the METAR string. If this
+     * goes inactive at some date, it can be replaced
+     */
+    'metar' => App\Services\Metar\AviationWeather::class,
+
     /**
      * Your vaCentral API key
      */
diff --git a/resources/stubs/installer/config.stub b/resources/stubs/installer/config.stub
index b5f9da92..2c240b3b 100644
--- a/resources/stubs/installer/config.stub
+++ b/resources/stubs/installer/config.stub
@@ -37,13 +37,6 @@ return [
         'api_key' => '',
     ],
 
-    // For METAR features, register for an API key at
-    // https://www.checkwx.com
-    'checkwx' => [
-        'url'     => 'https://api.checkwx.com',
-        'api_key' => false,
-    ],
-
     #
     # Other settings and configuration you might not need to modify
     #
diff --git a/resources/views/layouts/default/airports/show.blade.php b/resources/views/layouts/default/airports/show.blade.php
index 87a9a415..e494ec73 100644
--- a/resources/views/layouts/default/airports/show.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/layouts/default/airports/show.blade.php
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 
     {{-- Show the weather widget in one column --}}
     <div class="col-5">
-        {{ Widget::checkWx([
+        {{ Widget::Weather([
             'icao' => $airport->icao,
           ]) }}
     </div>
 
     {{-- Show the airspace map in the other column --}}
     <div class="col-7">
-        {{ Widget::airspaceMap([
+        {{ Widget::AirspaceMap([
             'width' => '100%',
             'height' => '400px',
             'lat' => $airport->lat,
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     @if($airport->files && Auth::check())
         <div class="col-12">
             <h3 class="description">Downloads</h3>
-            @include('files.table', ['files' => $airport->files])
+            @include('downloads.table', ['files' => $airport->files])
         </div>
     @endif
 </div>
diff --git a/resources/views/layouts/default/dashboard/index.blade.php b/resources/views/layouts/default/dashboard/index.blade.php
index 172ca2e3..bc3b330e 100644
--- a/resources/views/layouts/default/dashboard/index.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/layouts/default/dashboard/index.blade.php
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
             <div class="card-block">
                 <!-- Tab panes -->
                 <div class="tab-content">
-                    {{ Widget::checkWx(['icao' => $current_airport]) }}
+                    {{ Widget::Weather(['icao' => $current_airport]) }}
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/resources/views/layouts/default/flights/show.blade.php b/resources/views/layouts/default/flights/show.blade.php
index 9d2318ad..4610833a 100644
--- a/resources/views/layouts/default/flights/show.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/layouts/default/flights/show.blade.php
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@
 <div class="row">
     <div class="col-6">
         <h5>{{$flight->dpt_airport_id}} METAR</h5>
-        {{ Widget::checkWx([
+        {{ Widget::Weather([
             'icao' => $flight->dpt_airport_id,
           ]) }}
     </div>
     <div class="col-6">
         <h5>{{$flight->arr_airport_id}} METAR</h5>
-        {{ Widget::checkWx([
+        {{ Widget::Weather([
             'icao' => $flight->arr_airport_id,
           ]) }}
     </div>
diff --git a/resources/views/layouts/default/widgets/check_wx.blade.php b/resources/views/layouts/default/widgets/check_wx.blade.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f2d4918..00000000
--- a/resources/views/layouts/default/widgets/check_wx.blade.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-{{--
-
-If you want to edit this, you can reference the CheckWX API docs:
-https://api.checkwx.com/#metar-decoded
-
---}}
-@if(!$data)
-    <p>METAR/TAF data could not be retrieved</p>
-@else
-    <table class="table">
-        <tr>
-            <td>Conditions</td>
-            <td>
-                {{$data->flight_category}},
-                @if($unit_temp === 'f')
-                    {{$data->temperature->fahrenheit}}°F
-                @else
-                    {{$data->temperature->celsius}}°C
-                @endif
-
-                @if($data->visibility->miles)
-                    , visibility
-                    @if($unit_dist === 'km')
-                        {{intval(str_replace(',', '', $data->visibility->meters)) / 1000}}
-                    @else
-                        {{$data->visibility->miles}}
-                    @endif
-                @endif
-
-                @if($data->humidity_percent)
-                    , {{$data->humidity_percent}}% humidity
-                @endif
-            </td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-            <td>Barometer</td>
-            <td>{{ $data->barometer->hg }}hg/{{ $data->barometer->mb }}mb</td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-            <td>Clouds</td>
-            <td>
-                @foreach($data->clouds as $cloud)
-                    <p>
-                        {{$cloud->text}} @
-                        @if($unit_alt === 'ft')
-                            {{$cloud->base_feet_agl}}
-                        @else
-                            {{$cloud->base_meters_agl}}
-                        @endif
-                        {{$unit_alt}}
-                    </p>
-                @endforeach
-            </td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-            <td>Wind</td>
-            <td>
-                {{$data->wind->speed_kts}}kts @ {{$data->wind->degrees}},
-                @if(property_exists($data->wind, 'gusts_kts'))
-                    gusts to {{$data->wind->gusts_kts}}
-                @endif
-            </td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-            <td>Metar</td>
-            <td>
-                <div style="line-height:1.5em;min-height: 3em;">
-                    {{$data->raw_text}}
-                </div>
-            </td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-            <td>Updated</td>
-            <td>{{$data->observed}}</td>
-        </tr>
-    </table>
-@endif
diff --git a/resources/views/layouts/default/widgets/weather.blade.php b/resources/views/layouts/default/widgets/weather.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ee0441a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/views/layouts/default/widgets/weather.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+{{--
+
+If you want to edit this, you can reference the CheckWX API docs:
+https://api.checkwx.com/#metar-decoded
+
+--}}
+@if(!$metar)
+    <p>METAR/TAF data could not be retrieved</p>
+@else
+    <table class="table">
+        <tr>
+            <td>Conditions</td>
+            <td>
+                {{ $category }},&nbsp;
+                @if($unit_temp === 'c')
+                    {{ $metar->getAirTemperature()->getValue() }}
+                @else
+                    {{ round(($metar->getAirTemperature()->getValue() * 9/5) + 32, 2) }}
+                @endif
+                °{{strtoupper($unit_temp)}}
+
+                @if($metar->getVisibility()->getVisibility())
+                    , visibility
+                    @if($unit_dist === 'km')
+                        {{ $metar->getVisibility()->getVisibility()->getConvertedValue('m') / 1000 }}
+                    @else
+                        {{ $metar->getVisibility()->getVisibility()->getValue() }}
+                    @endif
+                    {{$unit_dist}}
+                @endif
+            </td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+            <td>Barometer</td>
+            <td>{{ $metar->getPressure()->getValue() }} Hg
+                / {{ round($metar->getPressure()->getValue() * 33.86) }} MB
+            </td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+            <td>Clouds</td>
+            <td>
+                @foreach($metar->getClouds() as $cloud)
+                    <p>
+                        {{$cloud->getAmount()}} @
+                        @if($unit_alt === 'ft')
+                            {{$cloud->getBaseHeight()->getValue()}}
+                        @else
+                            {{$cloud->getBaseHeight()->getConvertedValue('m')}}
+                        @endif
+                        {{ $unit_alt }}
+                    </p>
+                @endforeach
+            </td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+            <td>Wind</td>
+            <td>
+                {{$metar->getSurfaceWind()->getMeanSpeed()->getConvertedValue('kt')}} kts
+                @ {{$metar->getSurfaceWind()->getMeanDirection()->getValue()}}°
+                @if($metar->getSurfaceWind()->getSpeedVariations())
+                    gusts to {{$metar->getSurfaceWind()->getSpeedVariations()->getConvertedValue('kt')}}
+                @endif
+            </td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+            <td>METAR</td>
+            <td>
+                <div style="line-height:1.5em;min-height: 3em;">
+                    {{ $metar->getRawMetar() }}
+                </div>
+            </td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+            <td>Updated</td>
+            <td>{{$metar->getTime()}}</td>
+        </tr>
+    </table>
+@endif