From c7a6fa4a114e1ddb3af5e10ce1686a59d33d5bce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tanner Collin <git@tannercollin.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 18:13:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Refactor displayMetar to correctly load METAR by URL ID

Co-authored-by: aider (gemini/gemini-2.5-pro) <aider@aider.chat>
---
 metar.html | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/metar.html b/metar.html
index a276588..9aca05d 100644
--- a/metar.html
+++ b/metar.html
@@ -825,15 +825,15 @@
                 return;
             }
 
-            let metarIndex = -1;
+            let metarIndex;
 
+            // If an ID is provided, try to find it.
             if (id !== undefined) {
                 metarIndex = metars.findIndex(m => m.line === id);
             }
 
-            if (metarIndex === -1) {
-                // Bias random selection towards the more interesting (higher-scored) METARs.
-                // Math.random() * Math.random() skews distribution towards 0.
+            // If no ID was provided, or the ID was not found, pick a random METAR.
+            if (id === undefined || metarIndex === -1) {
                 const randomSortedIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * Math.random() * sortedMetars.length);
                 const selectedMetar = sortedMetars[randomSortedIndex];
                 metarIndex = metars.findIndex(m => m.metar === selectedMetar.metar);