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How to Read a METAR – Our Full Guide to Aviation Weather Reports

Pilot Institute

The wind is from the south at 8 knots. The altimeter setting for the aerodrome is 29.93 The KT indicates that the scale used is knots (an abbreviated term for nautical miles per hour ). 9) Altimeter Setting A3000 Last but not least, you will find the aerodrome pressure. The observation was provided automatically.

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Trial by Ice

Air Facts

Flying in the clouds in a single engine airplane when the OAT is below freezing is not a good idea! The general prognosis indicated no icing in the clouds, no turbulence and a quartering headwind from the west resulting in a mere five knots of headwind component. Even if you escape the ice, it doesnt go away. How can this be?

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