Damp/damp/damp
Can someone please confirm this needs to be reported on the ATIS. I was operating into a UK airfield recently. We had asked London info for the wx with an hour to go....got the ATIS as soon as it was within range ...neither mentioned the runway state.
I have always understood that no mention of runway state means it is dry.Had the aircraft been 10 % heavier we would have been outside the dry max landing weight. I asked approach to confirm the runway was dry...answer was Damp X 3! We diverted.
This runway has a history of being slippery and the C of F on a damp runway could have made the landing very interesting.