QNH 999 hPa?
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QNH 999 hPa?
Hi all,
We have a discussion at our unit and I cannot find the right answer in any doc. If the local QNH is lower than 1000 hPa, is it mandatory to add hPa in all your calls? Someone says yes and someone says no but I cannot find the right source.
Many thanks in advance!
We have a discussion at our unit and I cannot find the right answer in any doc. If the local QNH is lower than 1000 hPa, is it mandatory to add hPa in all your calls? Someone says yes and someone says no but I cannot find the right source.
Many thanks in advance!
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To my knowledge PANS ATM does not mandate the inclusion of the unit being used in the RTF message.......
Words in square parentheses indicate optional additional words or information that may be necessary in specific instances.
RUNWAY (number), WIND (direction and speed) (units) QNH (or QFE) (number) [(units)]
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The UK answer is MATS1 Section 1 Chapter 7 Paragraph 6.2 “When transmitting altimeter pressure settings that are lower than 1000 hPa, controllers are to specify clearly the unit of measurement and pay particular attention to the read- back.”
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Only really relevant for the UK but a lot of airlines use it as reference.
From CAP414 Radiotelephony Manual ed 22
3.9
Appreciate it may not be pertinent to you, but there it is in a manual.
From CAP414 Radiotelephony Manual ed 22
3.9
NOTES: 1 Use of the word ‘hectopascal’ for pressures lower than 1000
I was at the UK Phraseology Working Group (UKPWG) meeting where this was discussed along with the change from millibars to hectopascals, the UK always having required the units to be transmitted after the pressure setting when less than 1000 in order to differentiate between mb/hPa and the 'abbreviated 'inches (of mercury), the thinking behind it being that 'QNH 992' transmitted to a crew from a country where inches was used might be misinterpreted as '9.92 inches (or actually 29.92 inches) I presume this must have arisen as a result of an incident sometrime in the past when someone actually did this..
There happened to guest from the IAA (Irish Aviation Authority) and he was asked what they did in Ireland, replying that the use of mb/hpa was not required in Ireland.
There happened to guest from the IAA (Irish Aviation Authority) and he was asked what they did in Ireland, replying that the use of mb/hpa was not required in Ireland.
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I know an airfield whose ATIS (spoken by an assistant, not automatic) says 'hectopascals' irrespective of whether the pressure setting is over or under 1,000 hPa; is this incorrect?
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Folks,
The OP is in The Netherlands.
MATS Part 1/CAP413 doesn’t apply.
....and it’s not ‘incorrect’ to add the word ’hectopascals’ after any pressure setting, just as it’s not incorrect to add degrees after any heading, or metres after any RVR.
The OP is in The Netherlands.
MATS Part 1/CAP413 doesn’t apply.
....and it’s not ‘incorrect’ to add the word ’hectopascals’ after any pressure setting, just as it’s not incorrect to add degrees after any heading, or metres after any RVR.
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But it would be incorrect to say millibars after every pressure, because it is incorrect.
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If we’d have addressed the original question, rather than all confusing matters with UK-specific answers, that would have been best.
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”If you do that you can't go wrong!“ Pretty easy to misunderstand, probably best not to post at all regarding how you used to do things if they might not be relevant today?
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