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Old 6th December 2025 | 13:48
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Amadis of Gaul
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Originally Posted by joshuahsong
I am a captain flying the B737NG and MAX.
Recently, I encountered severe windshear during an ILS approach, which led me to initiate a go-around. I did not change the aircraft configuration from the Flaps 30 landing configuration (gear down, flaps 30). However, because of the severe windshear, the airspeed fluctuated by more than ±15 knots.
I have two questions:

1. Did the aircraft generate a windshear warning?
2. If yes, skip this next question, but if not, since when is +/-15kts "severe" windshear?

Thank you in advance.
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