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Old 22nd March 2004 | 08:26
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john_tullamarine
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Wind is accounted by entering the wind value in the relevant charts or computer analysis program.

To provide a bit of fat for wind speed variations from that reported, while the pilot enters the reported wind component speed, the "behind the scene" calculations are based on half the reported windspeed for headwind components and one and a half times the reported windspeed for tailwind components.

This is all based on steady winds and doesn't take any account of turbulence.
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