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30 Drop Zone Forecasts

Drop Zone forecasts are produced on an as required basis based on customer requests.

These forecasts provide standard weather information (wind, freezing level, QFE, visibility, cloud etc) for a spot location.

All heights are in feet AGL (rather than feet AMSL)

30.1 All Drop Zone forecasts

Request all Drop Zone forecasts which have a Valid To date which is future dated at the time of the API call being made.

30.1.1 API Call:

GET /aviation/v2/dropzone/all

30.1.2 Example:

GET /aviation/v2/dropzone/all
30.1.3 API Response:
{
    "version": "1.0",
    "issue-time": "2025-08-07T18:39:53Z",
    "path": "/aviation/v2/dropzone/all",
    "response": [
        {
            "met:domain": "aviation",
            "met:product-name": "dropzone",
            "met:location": "AUCKLAND",
            "met:location-name": "WHENUAPAI AIRFIELD",
            "met:issue-time": "2025-08-07T17:56:27Z",
            "met:valid-from": "2025-08-07T19:00:00Z",
            "met:valid-to": "2025-08-08T06:00:00Z",
            "met:data": "DROPZONE FORECAST FOR WHENUAPAI AIRFIELD VALID 07 1900 TO 08 0600 UTC\nIssued by MetService at 17:56 07-Aug-2025 UTC\n\nSFC 030 CHANGING TO 25015 MAX 22\n BECOMING                   07 2100             08 0300             08 0600\n 1000   01030               31020                                   24020\n 3000   36035               29020\n 5000   34035 PS05          30020                     PS01          24025\n 7000   32030 PS01                              26025\n10000   33030 MS04                                    MS08          24025\n12000   32035 MS07                              30025 MS12          24030\n\nFZL    8,000FT LOWERING TO 6,000FT THIS AFTERNOON\nVIS    4000M IN RA, THEN 20KM REDUCING TO 10KM IN -SHRA\nCLD    BKN ST LAYERS ABV 1200 TL 23Z, THEN SCT CU 3000 TOPS 8000\nWX     RA TL 23Z, THEN ISOL -SHRA\nTURB   MOD TURB\nICE    MOD TO SEV ICE ABV FZL TL 23Z\nQFE    1012 HPA LOWERING TO 1010 HPA THIS AFTERNOON\n\nNOTE: ALL HEIGHTS ARE IN FEET AGL\n      CLOUD AMOUNTS: FEW 1-2/8 SCT 3-4/8 BKN 5-7/8 OVC 8/8\n      USE OF CB IMPLIES ASSOCIATED TS\n      AND THE OCCURRENCE OF SEVERE ICE AND SEVERE TURB\n\n(C) Copyright Meteorological Service of New Zealand Ltd 2025",
            "met:latitude": -36.789663,
            "met:longitude": 174.631162,
            "met:elevation": "27 m"
        }
    ]
}

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