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IL.III.C.K1g

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Acceptable weather products and resources required for preflight planning, current and forecast weather for departure, en route, and arrival phases of flight such as:

Inflight Aviation Weather Advisories including Airmen's Meteorological Information (AIRMET), Significant Meteorological Information (SIGMET), and Convective SIGMET

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  • 3 Overview of Aviation Weather Information › 3.3 Obtaining Weather Information › 3.3.1 Weather Briefings

    Additional Use Information Details on the use of both government and commercial aviation weather information are discussed in the AIM, Chapter 7, Section 1, Paragraph 7-1-3, Use of Aviation Weather Products. Items discussed include: • Approved sources for aviation ... weather information, • The development of new products through the FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Aviation Weather Research Program (AWRP), • The use of new products to meet regulatory requirements, and • The use of weather services and products provided…

  • Chapter 7. Safety of Flight › Section 1. Meteorology › 7-1-6. Inflight Aviation Weather Advisories

    Inflight Aviation Weather Advisories a. Inflight Aviation Weather Advisories are forecasts to advise en route aircraft of development of potentially hazardous weather. Inflight aviation weather advisories in the conterminous U.S. are issued by the Aviation Weather Center (AWC) in Kansas ... City, MO, as well as 20 Center Weather Service Units (CWSU) associated with ARTCCs. AWC also issues advisories for portions of the Gulf of America, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, which are under the control of ARTCCs with Oceanic flight information…

  • 2 Aviation Weather Service Program › 2.5 Commercial Weather Information Providers

    Weather Camera Program Flight Service also delivers the FAA’s Aviation Weather Camera Network. It features an expanding network of camera sites in Alaska, Hawaii, and the CONUS. Weather cameras provide pilots in certain areas with snapshots of current conditions ... specific location, enabling pilots to have additional information for improved decision making. Services may be obtained by visiting the Aviation Weather Cameras website (found in Appendix G). See Section 3.3.3.2 and Section 24.9 for additional information. 2.4 Department of Defense…

  • 3 Overview of Aviation Weather Information › 3.3.3 Self-Briefing › 3.3.3.2 Aviation Weather Cameras

    Service 1800wxbrief.com The FAA contract provider for flight services provides a website (https://www.1800wxbrief.com) that allows pilots to review weather information, receive online preflight briefings, file flight plans, and receive automatic notifications and alerts. The website also offers an interactive ... allow pilots to view a variety of weather products and access to a variety of aeronautical information that can be tailored to their planned flight route. See Chapter 28, Aviation Weather Tools, for additional information. 3.3.3.2 Aviation Weather Cameras…

  • 3 Overview of Aviation Weather Information › 3.4 Overview of Aviation Weather Products

    Overview of Aviation Weather Products There are many aviation weather products available to the pilot through the internet and mobile phone apps. Each product has a specific purpose that provides the user with reported or forecast weather conditions either ... airport or aloft. Table 3-1 and Table 3-2 are matrices of aviation weather products versus the weather elements and the weather phenomena applicable to aviation. These tables are a high-level overview and do not attempt to capture…

  • Chapter 13: Aviation Weather Services › Electronic Flight Displays (EFD) /Multi-Function Display (MFD) Weather › Flight Information Service- Broadcast (FIS-B)

    Data Link Weather Products Flight Information Service- Broadcast (FIS-B) Flight Information Service–Broadcast (FIS-B) is a ground broadcast service provided through the Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) Services network over the 978 MHz UAT data link ... system provides pilots and flight crews of properly-equipped aircraft with a flightdeck display of certain aviation weather and aeronautical information which are listed below. • Aviation Routine Weather Reports (METARs) • Special Aviation Reports (SPECIs) • Terminal Area Forecasts (TAFs) and their…