Required meteorological info
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Required meteorological info
Quick question about a regulation.
OPS 1.295 talks about the selection of alternate airports. Specifically, it says that 2 destination alternate airports are necessary if there is no meteorological information at the destination.
What's sufficient meteorological information? METAR? METAR+TAF? A webcam I can check before departing?
Just curious since I couldn't find a definition anywhere.
OPS 1.295 talks about the selection of alternate airports. Specifically, it says that 2 destination alternate airports are necessary if there is no meteorological information at the destination.
What's sufficient meteorological information? METAR? METAR+TAF? A webcam I can check before departing?
Just curious since I couldn't find a definition anywhere.
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Totally agree with regard to a TAF. I just can't find anything written down about it.
In the FAA regulations an Area Forecast is also a source if no TAF is available.
However, considering the level of detail of some regulations I would have guessed that it would have been spelled out to some level of detail. It probably is some where since common sense is sometimes hard to find in aviation.
In the FAA regulations an Area Forecast is also a source if no TAF is available.
However, considering the level of detail of some regulations I would have guessed that it would have been spelled out to some level of detail. It probably is some where since common sense is sometimes hard to find in aviation.
