diff --git a/webgui/topics/Environment/Position.html b/webgui/topics/Environment/Position.html
index 5711c7b4b..69f8f8599 100644
--- a/webgui/topics/Environment/Position.html
+++ b/webgui/topics/Environment/Position.html
@@ -1,71 +1,69 @@
 <style>
- .ui-autocomplete {
-max-height: 300px;
-overflow-y: auto;
-/* prevent horizontal scrollbar */
-overflow-x: hidden;
+.ui-autocomplete {
+	max-height: 300px;
+	overflow-y: auto;
+	/* prevent horizontal scrollbar */
+	overflow-x: hidden;
 }
 
 .metric {
-  font-style: italic;
-  font-size: 90%;
+	font-style: italic;
+	font-size: 90%;
 }
-
 </style>
 <fieldset data-bind="visible: hasAirports">
     <legend>Search (enter at least two characters of airport name or id)</legend>
     <input type="text" data-bind="autocomplete: { minLength: 2, source: airports, select: onSelect }" style="width: 100%;">
 </fieldset>
-
-<div style="width=100%" data-bind="with: selectedAirport">
-  <div style="float: left;">
-    <div style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: bold;" data-bind="text: id"></div>
-    <div>
-      <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Apt Elev </span>
-      <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;" data-bind="text: elevation"></span>
-      <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">&apos;</span>
+<h1 data-bind="visible: isLoading">Please wait... Loading Airports...</h1>
+<div style="" data-bind="with: selectedAirport">
+    <div style="float: left;">
+        <div style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: bold;" data-bind="text: id"></div>
+        <div>
+            <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Apt Elev </span> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"
+                data-bind="text: elevation"></span> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">&apos;</span>
+        </div>
+        <div>
+            <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;" data-bind="text: arpFormatted"></span>
+        </div>
     </div>
-    <div>
-      <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;" data-bind="text: arpFormatted"></span>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-  <div style="float: right;">
-    <div>
-      <span style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal; float: right" data-bind="text: name"></span> 
-    </div>
-    <div>
-<!--
+    <div style="float: right;">
+        <div>
+            <span style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: normal; float: right" data-bind="text: name"></span>
+        </div>
+        <div>
+            <!--
       <span style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: bold;" data-bind="text: city"></span> 
       <span style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: bold;">, </span>
       <span style="font-size: 20pt; font-weight: bold;" data-bind="text: country"></span>
 -->
+        </div>
     </div>
-  </div>
 </div>
 <div class="ui-helper-clearfix"></div>
 
 <fieldset data-bind="with: selectedAirport, visible: selectedAirport">
     <legend>Communication</legend>
-<table style="width: 100%">
-<tr data-bind="foreach: comm">
-  <td>
-    <div data-bind="text: name" style="text-align: center"></div>
-    <div data-bind="foreach: frequencies" style="text-align: center">
-      <span data-bind="text: $data"></span>
-    </div>
-  </td>
-</tr>
-</table>
+    <table style="width: 100%">
+        <tr data-bind="foreach: comm">
+            <td>
+                <div data-bind="text: name" style="text-align: center"></div>
+                <div data-bind="foreach: frequencies" style="text-align: center">
+                    <span data-bind="text: $data"></span>
+                </div>
+            </td>
+        </tr>
+    </table>
 </fieldset>
 
 <fieldset data-bind="visible: selectedAirport">
-<div id="phi-environment-position-map" style="height: 400px;"></div>
+    <div id="phi-environment-position-map" style="height: 400px;"></div>
 </fieldset>
 
 <fieldset data-bind="with: selectedAirport, visible: selectedAirport">
     <legend>Runway Information</legend>
-<table style="width: 100%">
- <thead>
+    <table style="width: 100%">
+        <thead>
             <tr>
                 <th style="text-align: left">RWY</th>
                 <th style="text-align: right">True</th>
@@ -77,18 +75,28 @@ overflow-x: hidden;
                 <th style="text-align: left"></th>
             </tr>
         </thead>
-<tbody data-bind="foreach: runway">
-<tr>
-  <td><span data-bind="text: id"></span></td>
-  <td style="text-align: right;"><span data-bind="text: heading"></span>&deg;</td>
-  <td><span data-bind="text: surface"></span></td>
-  <td><span data-bind="text: lengthFt"></span>ft <span data-bind="text: lengthM" class="metric"></span><span class="metric">m</span></td>
-  <td><span data-bind="text: widthFt"></span>ft <span data-bind="text: widthM" class="metric"></span><span class="metric">m</span></td>
-  <td><span data-bind="text: displacedThresholdFt"></span>ft <span data-bind="text: displacedThresholdM" class="metric"></span><span class="metric">m</span></td>
-  <td><span data-bind="text: stopwayFt"></span>ft <span data-bind="text: stopwayM" class="metric"></span><span class="metric">m</span></td>
-  <td><button data-bind="button: { text: false, icons: { primary: 'ui-icon-arrowreturnthick-1-e' } }, click: $parent.gotoRwy">Restart here</button></td>
-</tr>
-</tbody>
-</table>
+        <tbody data-bind="foreach: runway">
+            <tr>
+                <td><span data-bind="text: id"></span></td>
+                <td style="text-align: right;"><span data-bind="text: heading"></span>&deg;</td>
+                <td><span data-bind="text: surface"></span></td>
+                <td><span data-bind="text: lengthFt"></span>ft <span data-bind="text: lengthM" class="metric"></span><span
+                    class="metric">m</span></td>
+                <td><span data-bind="text: widthFt"></span>ft <span data-bind="text: widthM" class="metric"></span><span
+                    class="metric">m</span></td>
+                <td><span data-bind="text: displacedThresholdFt"></span>ft <span data-bind="text: displacedThresholdM"
+                    class="metric"></span><span class="metric">m</span></td>
+                <td><span data-bind="text: stopwayFt"></span>ft <span data-bind="text: stopwayM" class="metric"></span><span
+                    class="metric">m</span></td>
+                <td><button
+                        data-bind="button: { text: false, icons: { primary: 'ui-icon-arrowreturnthick-1-e' } }, click: $parent.gotoRwy">Restart
+                        here</button></td>
+            </tr>
+        </tbody>
+    </table>
 </fieldset>
 
+<fieldset data-bind="visible: metarValid">
+    <legend>Weather</legend>
+    <div data-bind="text: metar"></div>
+</fieldset>
diff --git a/webgui/topics/Environment/Position.js b/webgui/topics/Environment/Position.js
index dbdcd45a2..24b78f9a8 100644
--- a/webgui/topics/Environment/Position.js
+++ b/webgui/topics/Environment/Position.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 define([
         'jquery', 'knockout', 'text!./Position.html', 'sprintf', 'leaflet', 'fgcommand', 'kojqui/autocomplete'
 ], function( jquery, ko, htmlString, sprintf, leaflet, fgcommand ) {
+    
+    var MetarPropertiesPath = "/aaa";
 
     function getAirportList(obs) {
         if(typeof(Storage) !== "undefined") {
@@ -59,7 +61,6 @@ define([
 
     function AirportViewModel(geoJson, id) {
       var self = this;
-      self.geoJson = geoJson;
 
       jquery.get("/navdb?q=airport&id=" + id ).done(function(data) {
         // expect geoJSON FeatureCollection
@@ -82,6 +83,10 @@ define([
         self.name(airport.properties.name);
         self.city(airport.properties.name);
         self.country(airport.properties.name);
+        self.hasMetar(airport.properties.metar);
+        if(self.hasMetar()) {
+            fgcommand.requestMetar( self.id(), MetarPropertiesPath );
+        }
 
         var comm = {};
         airport.properties.comm.forEach(function(c){
@@ -100,9 +105,9 @@ define([
         self.longitude(Number(arp[0]||0));
         self.latitude(Number(arp[1]||0));
 
-        self.geoJson.clearLayers();
-        self.geoJson.addData(airport);
-        self.geoJson._map.setView([ self.latitude(), self.longitude() ], 13);
+        geoJson.clearLayers();
+        geoJson.addData(airport);
+        geoJson._map.setView([ self.latitude(), self.longitude() ], 13);
       });
 
       self.id = ko.observable('');
@@ -112,6 +117,7 @@ define([
       self.elevation = ko.observable(0);
       self.longitude = ko.observable(0);
       self.latitude = ko.observable(0);
+      self.hasMetar = ko.observable(false);
       self.arpFormatted = ko.pureComputed(function() {
         function dm(v) {
           var s = v < 0;
@@ -189,12 +195,12 @@ define([
     function ViewModel(params) {
         var self = this;
 
-        self.map = leaflet.map("phi-environment-position-map", {
+        var map = leaflet.map("phi-environment-position-map", {
           dragging: false,
           touchZoom: false,
           scrollWheelZoom: false,
         });
-        self.geoJson = leaflet.geoJson(null,{
+        var geoJson = leaflet.geoJson(null,{
             style : function(feature) {
                     return {
                         color : 'black',
@@ -206,8 +212,8 @@ define([
                     };
             }
         });
-        self.geoJson._map = self.map;
-        self.geoJson.addTo(self.map);
+        geoJson._map = map;
+        geoJson.addTo(map);
 
         self.airports = ko.observableArray([]);
         getAirportList(self.airports);
@@ -215,14 +221,34 @@ define([
           return self.airports().length;
         });
 
+        self.isLoading = ko.pureComputed(function() {
+           return self.airports().length < 1;
+        });
+
         self.selectedAirport = ko.observable();
+
+        self.metarValidFlag = ko.observable(0).extend({
+            observedProperty : MetarPropertiesPath + "/valid"
+        });
+
+        self.metarValid = ko.pureComputed(function(){
+          return self.metarValidFlag() && self.selectedAirport() && self.selectedAirport().hasMetar();
+        });
+
+        self.metar = ko.observable(0).extend({
+            observedProperty : MetarPropertiesPath + "/data"
+        });
         
         self.onSelect = function(ev,ui) {
-            self.selectedAirport(new AirportViewModel(self.geoJson,getAirportId(ui.item.value)));
+            var id = getAirportId(ui.item.value);
+            self.selectedAirport(new AirportViewModel(geoJson,id));
         }
     }
 
     ViewModel.prototype.dispose = function() {
+        fgcommand.clearMetar(MetarPropertiesPath);
+        self.metar.dispose();
+        self.metarValidFlag.dispose();
     }
 
     // Return component definition