import urllib2, copy

ICAO = "EGLL" # ICAO code we're looking for

sock = urllib2.urlopen("http://adds.aviationweather.gov/metars/stations.txt")
airport_list = sock.read()
sock.close()
airport_list = airport_list.splitlines()

# filter out comments
# this is broke and even if it worked there's more efficient ways
for line in airport_list:
	if line.startswith("!"):
		airport_list.remove(line)

# fun time
# this does semi work but again, there's more efficient ways
for a_index,line in enumerate(airport_list): # loop through each line
	airport_icao = None # stupid python.... (don't ask)
	icao_index = None # ^
	if len(line.split()) < 10: # 10 is a high guesstimate, it's to strip out the lines like "OMAN US-MIL        08-APR-03"
		continue
	for c_index,c in enumerate(line.split()): # loop through each space seperated segment of the line
		if len(c) == 4 and c.isupper() and c.isalpha(): # check it looks like an ICAO
				airport_icao = c
				icao_index = c_index
	if airport_icao == ICAO: # check it's the ICAO we're looking for
		print "ICAO: %s -- Name: %s" % (airport_icao, " ".join(airport_list[a_index].split()[0:icao_index]))
		break # end the first loop now since there's no point going on