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![]() "SeeAndAvoid" wrote in message link.net... We have some airports that have AWOS, but we don't get any of that info into our computer, but the pilot can receive it. We have a couple that we have no weather reporting, but the pilot can get it from their company on the ground, and they let us know. And theres a couple that MAYBE they can get someone to answer unicom and get the weather. There are only a few left I can think of that have no SIAP, no AWOS, and lucky to have anything living within 20nm of it. Those pilots usually know what they are dealing with way in advance and have done it regularly and cancel way out. They arent going to get a contact approach, those are the ones that will on occasion ask for a cruise clearance, but those are also airports with sometimes no phones and no cellular coverage. In the end it's up to the pilot to get the weather, and if it's not available we have to advise them of that, too. Luckily the weather at those airports are VFR probably 350 days out of the year, but talk about remote. One guy called from a phonebooth, needed a clearance, but also time to drive back to the airport (30mins away), get started and go. A couple have recently worked out private approaches and someone available on the ground associated with the airplane to get them the weather, Lifeguard flights usually, with an employee of the hospital nearby giving them the conditions. What about those fields with SIAPs but no weather reporting at all? |
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote
What about those fields with SIAPs but no weather reporting at all? I havent read every approach chart, yet, but I think every one I've read has a note about whether the procedure is approved or not without the local altimeter or one from a designated nearby airport. "When local altimeter not received, procedure not authorized" or "Obtain Local altimeter setting on CTAF; when not received use XXX altimeter setting" At one of our tower controlled airports, there is no AWOS/ASOS, just an ATIS, and when the tower closes it's just a looped recording until they reopen. But we get the weather hourly in our computer, so we have to issue it for a/c heading there. Just glancing through the SW-1 book, I cant find any airports that dont have some kind of weather reporting, or a note about alternate weather or saying procedure not authorized. Then again, AWOS/ASOS's can fail, and there'd be an airport with an SIAP without weather reporting. As always it all comes down to the pilot. Chris |
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![]() "SeeAndAvoid" wrote in message link.net... I havent read every approach chart, yet, but I think every one I've read has a note about whether the procedure is approved or not without the local altimeter or one from a designated nearb airport. "When local altimeter not received, procedure not authorized" or "Obtain Local altimeter setting on CTAF; when not received use XXX altimeter setting" At one of our tower controlled airports, there is no AWOS/ASOS, just an ATIS, and when the tower closes it's just a looped recording until they reopen. But we get the weather hourly in our computer, so we have to issue it for a/c heading there. Just glancing through the SW-1 book, I cant find any airports that dont have some kind of weather reporting, or a note about alternate weather or saying procedure not authorized. Then again, AWOS/ASOS's can fail, and there'd be an airport with an SIAP without weather reporting. As always it all comes down to the pilot. In other words, you cannot do what you said you're required to do. |
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