Weather

During any flight, a pilot will encounter several different
flavors of visibility.

Local flooding is impacting pilots.

There are a number of factors to consider carefully.

The icing type that accretes on your airframe depends on many environmental factors.

Trials at a climatic lab will verify system functionality during operations conducted in extreme temperatures.

A terminal aerodrome forecast, simply known as a TAF, is perhaps the most difficult forecast any meteorologist will ever make. A TAF is essentially an hour-by-hour forecast for conditions significant to aviation at an airport over the next 24 or 30 hours.

What freezing fog is all about and does it constitute “known icing conditions”?

Although it is a common atmospheric phenomenon, there’s a reason that fog demands a pilot’s complete respect.

As we have progressed to a digital society, fewer and fewer learners and even instructors know how to use analog tools.

For an airport without a TAF, a MOS forecast can provide some useful guidance about expected meteorological conditions—but it has some limitations.