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OpenSquawk/shared/utils/atisReport.ts
itsrubberduck 8b62b8e3aa feat(live-atc): drive ATIS letter, runway, QNH and wind from the resolved report
The broadcast and the flow variables used to read different sources: the audio
came from VATSIM while `information` was genATIS() — a random A-Z letter — and
the runway came from genRunway(), a hard-coded list unrelated to the airport.
So the pilot could hear "information Q" and be expected to call "information T".

Both now read the same AtisReport. The frequency list backfills the letter and
broadcast text from it, so an ATIS station always announces an information
letter even when no VATSIM controller is online. QNH and surface wind come from
the same observation, so the controller stops contradicting the ATIS.

A synthesised ATIS is labelled "Simulated ATIS" in the frequency picker rather
than being credited to VATSIM.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-26 19:40:40 +02:00

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/**
* ATIS resolution.
*
* A session needs an information letter and a runway in use *every* time, but
* the only live source — the VATSIM datafeed — only has an ATIS when a
* controller happens to be online for that airport. These helpers turn whatever
* is available (VATSIM ATIS, a METAR, or nothing at all) into one `AtisReport`,
* so the spoken broadcast and the flow variables can never disagree.
*
* Everything here is pure: the caller does the fetching. See
* `server/api/airports/[icao]/atis.get.ts` for the wiring.
*/
/** One runway end, as published by OpenAIP under `airport.runways[]`. */
export interface RunwayEnd {
designator: string
trueHeading: number | null
mainRunway?: boolean
takeOffOnly?: boolean
landingOnly?: boolean
lengthM?: number | null
}
export interface MetarObservation {
raw: string
station: string | null
observedAt: { day: number; hour: number; minute: number } | null
/** Mean wind direction in degrees true, or null when variable. */
windDeg: number | null
windKt: number | null
gustKt: number | null
windVariable: boolean
qnhHpa: number | null
/** The report minus station and timestamp, for `normalizeAtisForSpeech`. */
body: string
}
export interface AtisStation {
frequency: string
callsign?: string
variant: 'arrival' | 'departure' | null
letter: string | null
text: string
lastUpdated?: string
}
export interface AtisReport {
icao: string
/** Where the broadcast came from — `metar`/`fallback` mean it is synthesised. */
source: 'vatsim' | 'metar' | 'fallback'
/** Always set, so a flow never renders an empty information letter. */
letter: string
letterDep: string
letterArr: string
runwayDep: string | null
runwayArr: string | null
runwaySource: 'atis' | 'wind' | 'main' | null
/** Observed QNH, so the flow quotes the same pressure the ATIS just read. */
qnhHpa: number | null
/** Observed surface wind as "260/14", or null without an observation. */
surfaceWind: string | null
observedAt: string | null
stations: AtisStation[]
}
export interface ResolveAtisInput {
icao: string
airportName?: string
vatsimStations?: Array<{
frequency?: string
callsign?: string
atisCode?: string
text?: string
lastUpdated?: string
}>
metar?: string | null
runways?: RunwayEnd[]
/** Published ATIS frequency, used when a synthesised broadcast needs one. */
atisFrequency?: string
/** Injectable clock, for the no-METAR fallback and for tests. */
now?: Date
}
const FREQUENCY_UNKNOWN = '---'
/** Below this the wind gives no meaningful runway preference. */
const CALM_WIND_KT = 5
/** Headwind components within this margin count as equal. */
const HEADWIND_TIE_KT = 0.5
const NATO_TO_LETTER: Record<string, string> = {
ALPHA: 'A', ALFA: 'A', BRAVO: 'B', CHARLIE: 'C', DELTA: 'D', ECHO: 'E',
FOXTROT: 'F', GOLF: 'G', HOTEL: 'H', INDIA: 'I', JULIETT: 'J', JULIET: 'J',
KILO: 'K', LIMA: 'L', MIKE: 'M', NOVEMBER: 'N', OSCAR: 'O', PAPA: 'P',
QUEBEC: 'Q', ROMEO: 'R', SIERRA: 'S', TANGO: 'T', UNIFORM: 'U',
VICTOR: 'V', WHISKEY: 'W', WHISKY: 'W', XRAY: 'X', ZULU: 'Z', YANKEE: 'Y',
}
// --- METAR -------------------------------------------------------------------
/** Parse the fields an ATIS needs out of a raw METAR. Null when it isn't one. */
export function parseMetar(raw: string): MetarObservation | null {
const text = (raw || '').replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim().toUpperCase()
if (!text) return null
// The timestamp is what makes it a METAR; without it there is nothing to
// anchor an observation time (and therefore an information letter) on.
const timeMatch = text.match(/\b(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})Z\b/)
if (!timeMatch) return null
const stationMatch = text.match(/^([A-Z]{4})\b/)
const windMatch = text.match(/\b(VRB|\d{3})(\d{2,3})(?:G(\d{2,3}))?KT\b/)
const windVariable = windMatch?.[1] === 'VRB'
const windDeg = windMatch && !windVariable ? Number.parseInt(windMatch[1]!, 10) : null
const windKt = windMatch ? Number.parseInt(windMatch[2]!, 10) : null
const gustKt = windMatch?.[3] ? Number.parseInt(windMatch[3], 10) : null
let qnhHpa: number | null = null
const qnhMatch = text.match(/\bQ(\d{4})\b/)
const altimeterMatch = text.match(/\bA(\d{4})\b/)
if (qnhMatch) {
qnhHpa = Number.parseInt(qnhMatch[1]!, 10)
} else if (altimeterMatch) {
// inHg, hundredths: 2992 -> 29.92 inHg -> 1013 hPa
qnhHpa = Math.round((Number.parseInt(altimeterMatch[1]!, 10) / 100) * 33.8639)
}
// Everything after the timestamp is weather; the caller re-labels the rest.
const body = text.slice(text.indexOf(timeMatch[0]) + timeMatch[0].length).trim()
return {
raw: text,
station: stationMatch?.[1] ?? null,
observedAt: {
day: Number.parseInt(timeMatch[1]!, 10),
hour: Number.parseInt(timeMatch[2]!, 10),
minute: Number.parseInt(timeMatch[3]!, 10),
},
windDeg,
windKt,
gustKt,
windVariable: Boolean(windVariable),
qnhHpa,
body,
}
}
// --- Information letter ------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Information letter for an observation time.
*
* Real ATIS letters advance one per issue. Deriving the letter from the
* observation instead of drawing it randomly gives two properties the session
* depends on: a background refetch of the same METAR never changes the letter,
* and a new METAR cycle always does.
*/
export function deriveInfoLetter(at: { day: number; hour: number; minute: number } | Date): string {
const parts = at instanceof Date
? { day: at.getUTCDate(), hour: at.getUTCHours(), minute: at.getUTCMinutes() }
: at
const halfHours = parts.day * 48 + parts.hour * 2 + (parts.minute >= 30 ? 1 : 0)
return String.fromCharCode(65 + (halfHours % 26))
}
/** The information letter stated in an ATIS text, as a letter or a NATO word. */
export function parseAtisLetter(text: string): string | null {
const match = (text || '').match(/\b(?:INFORMATION|INFO|ATIS)\s+([A-Z]+)\b/i)
if (!match) return null
const token = match[1]!.toUpperCase()
if (token.length === 1) return token
return NATO_TO_LETTER[token] ?? null
}
// --- Runway in use -----------------------------------------------------------
// "RWY 25C", "RUNWAY IN USE 22", "RUNWAYS 07L". The optional IN USE matters:
// German VATSIM ATIS writes "RUNWAY IN USE 22", which a bare RUNWAY-then-digits
// pattern misses entirely.
const RWY_PATTERN = String.raw`(?:RWY|RUNWAY)S?(?:\s+IN\s+USE)?\s*([0-3]?\d\s*[LRC]?)\b`
/**
* Runway in use as stated in ATIS text. Prefers a phrase matching the requested
* kind, then any runway mention. Null when the text names no runway.
*/
export function extractRunwayFromAtisText(texts: string[], kind: 'dep' | 'arr'): string | null {
const kindPatterns = kind === 'dep'
? [new RegExp(String.raw`DEP(?:ARTURE)?S?[^.]{0,40}?${RWY_PATTERN}`, 'i')]
: [
new RegExp(String.raw`(?:ARR(?:IVAL)?S?|LANDING)[^.]{0,40}?${RWY_PATTERN}`, 'i'),
new RegExp(String.raw`EXPECT[^.]{0,60}?APPROACH[^.]{0,20}?${RWY_PATTERN}`, 'i'),
]
const genericPattern = new RegExp(RWY_PATTERN, 'i')
const candidates = texts.map(text => (text || '').trim()).filter(Boolean)
for (const patterns of [kindPatterns, [genericPattern]]) {
for (const text of candidates) {
for (const pattern of patterns) {
const match = pattern.exec(text)
if (match?.[1]) return normalizeDesignator(match[1])
}
}
}
return null
}
/** "7L" -> "07L", so designators match OSM runway refs and OpenAIP alike. */
function normalizeDesignator(raw: string): string {
const designator = raw.replace(/\s+/g, '').toUpperCase()
return /^\d[LRC]?$/.test(designator) ? `0${designator}` : designator
}
export interface RunwaySelection {
designator: string
source: 'wind' | 'main'
}
/**
* Pick the runway in use from published runway ends.
*
* Scores each end by headwind component. METAR wind is referenced to true
* north and OpenAIP `trueHeading` is true, so the two compare directly with no
* magnetic correction. In calm or variable wind there is no preference, so the
* airport's main runway wins instead.
*/
export function selectRunwayInUse(
runways: RunwayEnd[],
wind: Pick<MetarObservation, 'windDeg' | 'windKt' | 'windVariable'>,
kind: 'dep' | 'arr',
): RunwaySelection | null {
const usable = (runways || []).filter(runway =>
runway.designator && typeof runway.trueHeading === 'number')
if (!usable.length) return null
// A runway restricted to the other direction of traffic is not a candidate
// (EDDF 18 is departure-only), but never filter down to nothing.
const allowed = usable.filter(runway => kind === 'dep' ? !runway.landingOnly : !runway.takeOffOnly)
const candidates = allowed.length ? allowed : usable
const windUsable = wind.windDeg !== null
&& wind.windKt !== null
&& wind.windKt >= CALM_WIND_KT
&& !wind.windVariable
if (!windUsable) {
return { designator: normalizeDesignator(pickPreferred(candidates).designator), source: 'main' }
}
const headwind = (runway: RunwayEnd) =>
Math.cos(((runway.trueHeading! - wind.windDeg!) * Math.PI) / 180) * wind.windKt!
const best = Math.max(...candidates.map(headwind))
const tied = candidates.filter(runway => best - headwind(runway) <= HEADWIND_TIE_KT)
return { designator: normalizeDesignator(pickPreferred(tied).designator), source: 'wind' }
}
/** Main runway first, then the longest — the tiebreak for parallel runways. */
function pickPreferred(runways: RunwayEnd[]): RunwayEnd {
return [...runways].sort((a, b) => {
if (Boolean(a.mainRunway) !== Boolean(b.mainRunway)) return a.mainRunway ? -1 : 1
return (b.lengthM ?? 0) - (a.lengthM ?? 0)
})[0]!
}
// --- Synthesised broadcast ---------------------------------------------------
export interface SyntheticAtisInput {
airportName?: string
letter: string
observation?: MetarObservation | null
runwayDep?: string | null
runwayArr?: string | null
}
/**
* Build an ATIS broadcast from a METAR, shaped like a real one.
*
* The METAR weather groups are deliberately left coded: `normalizeAtisForSpeech`
* in `radioSpeech.ts` already expands `24016KT`, `26/13` and `Q1006` into spoken
* form, so re-implementing that here would only add a second thing to maintain.
*/
export function buildSyntheticAtisText(input: SyntheticAtisInput): string {
const { airportName, letter, observation, runwayDep, runwayArr } = input
const parts: string[] = []
if (airportName) parts.push(airportName)
parts.push(`INFORMATION ${letter}`)
if (observation?.observedAt) {
const { hour, minute } = observation.observedAt
parts.push(`MET REPORT TIME ${pad2(hour)}${pad2(minute)}`)
}
if (runwayDep && runwayArr && runwayDep === runwayArr) {
parts.push(`RUNWAY ${runwayDep} IN USE`)
} else {
if (runwayArr) parts.push(`EXPECT APPROACH RUNWAY ${runwayArr}`)
if (runwayDep) parts.push(`DEPARTURE RUNWAY ${runwayDep}`)
}
if (observation?.body) parts.push(observation.body)
parts.push(`INFORMATION ${letter} OUT`)
return parts.join(' ').replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim()
}
function pad2(value: number): string {
return String(value).padStart(2, '0')
}
// --- Resolver ----------------------------------------------------------------
/** Arrival/departure variant from the VATSIM callsign (EDDF_A_ATIS / EDDF_D_ATIS). */
function stationVariant(callsign: string | undefined): 'arrival' | 'departure' | null {
const normalized = (callsign || '').toUpperCase()
if (normalized.includes('_A_')) return 'arrival'
if (normalized.includes('_D_')) return 'departure'
return null
}
/**
* Resolve one ATIS report from whatever the live sources returned.
*
* VATSIM wins when a station is broadcasting text. Otherwise the report is
* synthesised from the METAR, and if there is no METAR either it still carries
* a letter and a runway so the session stays consistent.
*/
export function resolveAtisReport(input: ResolveAtisInput): AtisReport {
const icao = (input.icao || '').toUpperCase()
const now = input.now ?? new Date()
const runways = input.runways ?? []
const observation = input.metar ? parseMetar(input.metar) : null
const liveStations: AtisStation[] = (input.vatsimStations ?? [])
.filter(station => (station.text || '').trim())
.map(station => {
const text = station.text!.trim()
return {
frequency: station.frequency || input.atisFrequency || FREQUENCY_UNKNOWN,
callsign: station.callsign,
variant: stationVariant(station.callsign),
letter: (station.atisCode || '').trim().toUpperCase() || parseAtisLetter(text),
text,
lastUpdated: station.lastUpdated,
}
})
const observedAt = observation ? observedAtIso(observation, now) : null
if (liveStations.length) {
const letterFor = (kind: 'dep' | 'arr'): string | null => {
const wanted = kind === 'dep' ? 'departure' : 'arrival'
return liveStations.find(s => s.variant === wanted)?.letter
?? liveStations.find(s => s.letter)?.letter
?? null
}
const letter = letterFor('dep') ?? deriveInfoLetter(observation?.observedAt ?? now)
const runway = (kind: 'dep' | 'arr') => {
const wanted = kind === 'dep' ? 'departure' : 'arrival'
const matching = liveStations.filter(s => s.variant === wanted)
const texts = (matching.length ? matching : liveStations).map(s => s.text)
return extractRunwayFromAtisText(texts, kind)
}
const fromText = { dep: runway('dep'), arr: runway('arr') }
const wind = observation ?? { windDeg: null, windKt: null, windVariable: false }
const byWind = {
dep: fromText.dep ? null : selectRunwayInUse(runways, wind, 'dep'),
arr: fromText.arr ? null : selectRunwayInUse(runways, wind, 'arr'),
}
return {
icao,
source: 'vatsim',
letter,
letterDep: letterFor('dep') ?? letter,
letterArr: letterFor('arr') ?? letter,
runwayDep: fromText.dep ?? byWind.dep?.designator ?? null,
runwayArr: fromText.arr ?? byWind.arr?.designator ?? null,
runwaySource: fromText.dep || fromText.arr
? 'atis'
: byWind.dep?.source ?? byWind.arr?.source ?? null,
qnhHpa: observation?.qnhHpa ?? null,
surfaceWind: formatSurfaceWind(observation),
observedAt,
stations: liveStations,
}
}
// No live broadcast — synthesise one so the pilot still gets a letter and a
// runway. Keep the real ATIS frequency and callsign if VATSIM listed a
// station that simply had no text attached.
const silentStation = (input.vatsimStations ?? [])[0]
const wind = observation ?? { windDeg: null, windKt: null, windVariable: false }
const dep = selectRunwayInUse(runways, wind, 'dep')
const arr = selectRunwayInUse(runways, wind, 'arr')
const letter = deriveInfoLetter(observation?.observedAt ?? now)
const text = buildSyntheticAtisText({
airportName: input.airportName,
letter,
observation,
runwayDep: dep?.designator ?? null,
runwayArr: arr?.designator ?? null,
})
return {
icao,
source: observation ? 'metar' : 'fallback',
letter,
letterDep: letter,
letterArr: letter,
runwayDep: dep?.designator ?? null,
runwayArr: arr?.designator ?? null,
runwaySource: dep?.source ?? arr?.source ?? null,
qnhHpa: observation?.qnhHpa ?? null,
surfaceWind: formatSurfaceWind(observation),
observedAt,
stations: [{
frequency: silentStation?.frequency || input.atisFrequency || FREQUENCY_UNKNOWN,
callsign: silentStation?.callsign,
variant: stationVariant(silentStation?.callsign),
letter,
text,
}],
}
}
/** Surface wind in the "260/14" form the flows use, or null when unobserved. */
function formatSurfaceWind(observation: MetarObservation | null): string | null {
if (!observation || observation.windKt === null) return null
const direction = observation.windVariable
? 'VRB'
: observation.windDeg === null ? null : pad3(observation.windDeg)
if (direction === null) return null
return `${direction}/${pad2(observation.windKt)}`
}
function pad3(value: number): string {
return String(value).padStart(3, '0')
}
/**
* Absolute time for a METAR day-of-month stamp, resolved against `now`.
* A report near a month boundary belongs to the previous month.
*/
function observedAtIso(observation: MetarObservation, now: Date): string | null {
const at = observation.observedAt
if (!at) return null
const candidate = new Date(Date.UTC(
now.getUTCFullYear(), now.getUTCMonth(), at.day, at.hour, at.minute, 0, 0))
if (candidate.getTime() - now.getTime() > 12 * 60 * 60 * 1000) {
candidate.setUTCMonth(candidate.getUTCMonth() - 1)
}
return candidate.toISOString()
}