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

Pilot Institute

Pilots use METARs for flight safety, runway selection, and weather planning. The altimeter setting for the aerodrome is 29.93 Pilots love knowing about the wind. Suppose either of these factors exceeds your ability as a pilot or the airframe limits. METARs use abbreviations but become easy to read with practice.

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Flying a Skylane From Canada to Belize

Air Facts

This was the actual conversation that started the journey for this green commercial pilot. The year was 2017, and I was two months into my first pilot job flying skydivers in the C182 at a small Canadian drop zone, when my boss approached me with this question. “What?

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