On Mar 31, 5:43*am, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:
On Mar 31, 1:10 am, buttman wrote:



The center/approach controllers aren't going to clear you for an
approach until you tell them you have the weather at the airport,
whether the tower is closed or not.

There's no provision for denying approach clearance to aircraft that
have not reported having the weather. *Aircraft that have not reported
receiving the weather are to be issued the weather.

Right, but on one occasion, I remember hearing a controller ask a
pilot if he had the weather and NOTAMS for a particular airport he was
intending to do a practice approach at. The pilot responded that he
had the weather, but not the NOTAMS. The controller made him do a few
holds until he had a chance to bring up the NOTAMS to read to him. The
reason for the NOTAM was the one and only runway was closed. I'm not a
controller, but I'm pretty sure there is a rule that states a plane
can't be cleared for an approach until the controller is sure the
pilot has all the relevant information, including weather and notams.