Pilot Institute

MARCH 19, 2025

Pilots use METARs for flight safety, runway selection, and weather planning. To accommodate this, airports will normally choose a runway number corresponding to the general wind direction. Landing in a tailwind vastly increases the runway required to slow to a safe speed. What Is a METAR? Why is it important in a METAR?

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Weather Altimeter Runway NOTAMs 72

AV Web

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

I should mention that we were no longer going to a controlled, paved runway airport. Ned was feeling his navigational oats. Still, I gave him a new destination near enough to the original to allow him to retain the winds aloft and the weather briefing from his original plan. “Wow,” he said.

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Flight Computer OAT Transponder Weather 98

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2025

Density Altitude = Pressure Altitude + [120 x (OAT – Standard Temperature)] For example, the temperature at a pressure altitude of 5,000ft is 7C. Note: OAT and ISA Standard Temperature should be in degrees Celsius. Miscalculating density altitude can lead to runway excursions and fatalities.

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Density Altitude Pilot True Airspeed Lift 52

AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

After 50 minutes, we were taxiing to the runway. Planning Pays Off Our takeoff from Santa Fe’s runway 02 went exactly as planned. We noticed the anticipated slower-than-normal acceleration; with liftoff 2,500 feet down the 8,300 foot runway. When we reached the OATES intersection, I pointed the Six toward Winslow.

Density Altitude 52

Density Altitude OAT Airplanes Fixed Base Operator 52