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• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 4-1-5
  Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 1. Services Available to Pilots › 4-1-9. Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports Without Operating Control Towers

  have the automated weather, request airport advisory. 3. Airport advisory service includes wind direction and velocity, favored or designated runway, altimeter setting, known airborne and ground traffic, NOTAMs, airport taxi routes, airport traffic pattern information, and instrument approach procedures. These ... Unavailability of Information from FSS or UNICOM Should LAA by an FSS or Aeronautical Advisory Station UNICOM be unavailable, wind and weather information may be obtainable from nearby controlled airports via Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) or Automated Weather Observing…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 5-4-5
  Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 4. Arrival Procedures › 5-4-4. Advance Information on Instrument Approach

  will be used, or if they prefer another type of approach. c. Aircraft destined to uncontrolled airports, which have automated weather data with broadcast capability, should monitor the ASOS/AWOS frequency to ascertain the current weather for the airport. The pilot ... weather and state his/her intentions. NOTE-1. ASOS/AWOS should be set to provide one-minute broadcast weather updates at uncontrolled airports that are without weather broadcast capability by a human observer. 2. Controllers will consider the long line disseminated weather…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 4-1-10
  Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 1. Services Available to Pilots › 4-1-13. Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS)

  never be used for this purpose. 4-1-14. Automatic Flight Information Service (AFIS) - Alaska FSSs Only a. AFIS is the continuous broadcast of recorded non-control information at airports in Alaska where an FSS provides local airport advisory service ... specialist efficiency by reducing frequency congestion on the local airport advisory frequency. 1. The AFIS broadcast will automate the repetitive transmission of essential but routine information (for example, weather, favored runway, braking action, airport NOTAMs, etc.). The information is continuously…

• Risk Management Handbookp. 6-1
  Chapter 6: Threat and Error Management › Causes of Errors › Insufficient Training & Experience

  potential severity of an incident or accident based on identified hazards. The process takes time, thought, and collection of information pertinent to the flight. However, once a planned operation begins, a pilot may encounter unforeseen hazards or threats. In addition ... acceptable levels. Some common threats include: • Malfunction of aircraft systems, engines, flight controls, or automation. • Various unforecast weather hazards. • Collision hazards, including wildlife on airports and birds in the air. • Unexpected sudden reductions in visibility. • Closures of facilities, runways…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 13-8
  Chapter 13: Effective Aeronautical Decision-Making › Single-Pilot Resource Management

  pilot observes that weather is deteriorating, and a thunderstorm is nearby. The pilot assesses the situation and determines the best course of action is to reroute to another airport. The closest airport is an airport within Class C airspace ... required alternate airport information are in the back of the helicopter out of reach. Now what? The pilot continues toward the alternate airport while using the onboard equipment to access the information. He struggles to obtain the information because…