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Old 11th Jun 2009, 08:51
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chevvron
 
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There was a film on TV about 15 years ago dealing with New York's airports where I noted that surface wind was NOT given to departures.
What you must bear in mind is that the wind on ATIS will be a 10 minute average, but the wind passed by ATC will be a 2 min avge or instant so it will almost always be different from the ATIS.
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