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Question from a new flight student (whopping 7 hours!)
Question from a new flight student (whopping 7 hours!)
I was looking at the AOPA airport info. ANP and W29 don't list AWOS or ATIS freqs. That seems pretty critical. So - where does one download "better" info so you can get local weather freqs? Maybe there is an "official" site? FAA? Here is a link that's pretty good. http://www.airnav.com/airport/W29 http://www.airnav.com/airport/ANP http://www.airnav.com/airport/FDK Question is - would you bet your life on this site or others? Thanks! Gary |
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Only bet your life on what you can see out the window! They are all only
forecasts. -- Roger Long "Gary G" wrote in message ... Question from a new flight student (whopping 7 hours!) I was looking at the AOPA airport info. ANP and W29 don't list AWOS or ATIS freqs. That seems pretty critical. So - where does one download "better" info so you can get local weather freqs? Maybe there is an "official" site? FAA? Here is a link that's pretty good. http://www.airnav.com/airport/W29 http://www.airnav.com/airport/ANP http://www.airnav.com/airport/FDK Question is - would you bet your life on this site or others? Thanks! Gary |
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So - where does one download "better" info so you can get local weather freqs? Maybe there is an "official" site? FAA? There is an "official" publication, the Airport and Facility Directory. (A/FD) Bob Moore |
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I mean airport info - not weather info.
Like radio freqs, etc. AWOS and ATIS often has other info like pattern info, noise abatement, and wind info - active runway. You know the drill . . .I'm sure! |
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"Gary G" wrote in message ... Question from a new flight student (whopping 7 hours!) I was looking at the AOPA airport info. ANP and W29 don't list AWOS or ATIS freqs. That seems pretty critical. So - where does one download "better" info so you can get local weather freqs? I found a cool site, www.myairplane.com, that appears to have just about all approach plates and for most of the airports in the US, and airport diagrams for many of them as well. They even have the sectional charts online in a digital format that lets you zoom in/out and pan around all of the sectional charts. According to the RNAV(GPS) Rwy 30 approach plate there is no ATIS/ASOS/AWOS for ANP. It says to either get it from the CTAF or to use BWI's. All that being said, the best way to ensure you have the most up to date info is to order hard copies of sectionals, approach plates, and/or an A/F directory. Actually even that isn't true - the best way is to call ahead to a destination airport and ask! I don't think I'd actually use anything that I downloaded/printed off the web for navigational or informational purposes. That site is great if I just wanna print off the approach plates for BOS on my 757 run from PHL (Flight Sim, of course ;-) John K. Student Pilot - Past, Present, and Future |
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You know something, Gary? There was a time when there was no such thing as
ATIS or AWOS, and we managed to fly anyway. Taking my elbow out of your ribs, your best source of info is the Airport/Facility Directory (and we didn't have that in its present convenient form back in the old days either). Bob Gardner "Gary G" wrote in message ... Question from a new flight student (whopping 7 hours!) I was looking at the AOPA airport info. ANP and W29 don't list AWOS or ATIS freqs. That seems pretty critical. So - where does one download "better" info so you can get local weather freqs? Maybe there is an "official" site? FAA? Here is a link that's pretty good. http://www.airnav.com/airport/W29 http://www.airnav.com/airport/ANP http://www.airnav.com/airport/FDK Question is - would you bet your life on this site or others? Thanks! Gary |
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"Bob Gardner" wrote in message ... You know something, Gary? There was a time when there was no such thing as ATIS or AWOS, and we managed to fly anyway. Taking my elbow out of your ribs, your best source of info is the Airport/Facility Directory (and we didn't have that in its present convenient form back in the old days either). I will bet those stone tablets were a real pain, eh, Bob? |
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Oops! Another shot from the hip going over the backstop.
This is a good site: http://www.airnav.com/ It isn't official so you should verify critical information with your AFD. The printouts are much easier to read in the cockpit however. -- Roger Long "Gary G" wrote in message ... I mean airport info - not weather info. Like radio freqs, etc. AWOS and ATIS often has other info like pattern info, noise abatement, and wind info - active runway. You know the drill . . .I'm sure! |
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Bob Moore" wrote in message
. 122... in : So - where does one download "better" info so you can get local weather freqs? Maybe there is an "official" site? FAA? There is an "official" publication, the Airport and Facility Directory. (A/FD) No, no, no. That simply won't do, Bob. We pilots have outgrown such quaint publications. Who would want to spend literally dozens of dollars a year on a silly book? -- Jim Fisher |
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You ever try steering a pterodactyl that had a mind of its own?
Bob "C J Campbell" wrote in message ... "Bob Gardner" wrote in message ... You know something, Gary? There was a time when there was no such thing as ATIS or AWOS, and we managed to fly anyway. Taking my elbow out of your ribs, your best source of info is the Airport/Facility Directory (and we didn't have that in its present convenient form back in the old days either). I will bet those stone tablets were a real pain, eh, Bob? |
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