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What Is a SPECI and When Is It Issued?

Pilot Institute

This information is vital for determining cloud ceilings, especially during landing approaches. When these happen, they’ll usually call for an instrument approach. Altimeter Setting The altimeter setting gives you pressure information in inches of mercury or hectopascals. Remarks Lastly, you’ve got the remarks section.

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What Are NOTAMs? Notices to Air Missions Explained

Pilot Institute

The start and end dates and times are coded in YYMMDDttt format (UTC time). B) 2106231700 is the start time and date in UTC. C) 2106232300 is the end time and date in UTC. These include changes made to instrument approaches, STARs, SIDs, and IFR airways. Is there a NOTAM for the approach you intend to use?

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Make Your Own METAR Map!

AeroSavvy

Pilots often “refresh” METARs when approaching an airport with poor weather to monitor trends and have the most current decision-making information available. The weather observations in METARs provide pilots with the information to determine what takeoff or landing procedures should be used.

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