Aviation Meteorology: Airport Weather
METAR, TAF, SNOWTAM, Runway report, Weather depiction, Wind components, Approach categories, Aircraft performance
Ratings 4.33 / 5.00
What You Will Learn!
- Learn general meteorological knowledge
- Understand how aerodrome weather impact airline and aircraft operations and performance
- Learn how aerodrome weather is collected and reported (AWOS, ATIS, D-ATIS, VOLMET)
- Be able to read and interpret Terminal Weather Reports: MEATR and SPECI
- Be able to read and interpret Terminal Area Forecasts (TAF)
- Be able to read and interpret Runway status reports and SNOWTAMs
- Be able to read and interpret Weather depiction charts
- Be able to calculate wind components: Crosswind, Tailwind, Headwind
- Learn aerodrome approach categories and how these are linked with weather
- Learn how to define destination and alternate aerodromes weather minima
- Be well prepared for any aviation weather examination
Description
Aviation Meteorology: Airport Weather course is aviation and airline related course where you will learn to read and interpret airport weather information. My intention is that you understand the practical usage of weather for aviation and learn how it can impact airline operations and aircraft performance. The course is built from Airline Operations and Dispatch perspective based on my own more than 10 years’ experience in this field.
The structure of the course is following:
Introduction
Aerodrome weather observations
Aerodrome weather forecast
Practical use of aerodrome weather
You will learn such topics as Meteorological Aerodrome Report (METAR), Aerodrome Weather Forecast (TAF), Dangerous and Severe weather, Wind components, Weather Depiction Chart, Runway Status Report, SNOWTAM (including Global Reporting Format (GRF)), Weather impact on aircraft operations and performance, Alternate aerodromes, Approach categories and much more!
The objective of this course for you is to be well oriented in Aviation Meteorology practical implementation, and get deep theoretical knowledge on the subject. For better understanding the course contains a lot of graphical information, practical examples, additional reading materials and quizzes after each section.
I encourage you to begin this journey to Aviation Meteorology and you will not regret it! If you have any questions during the course feel free to contact me, I will answer as quick as possible!
Who Should Attend!
- Anyone who wants or already works in Airline Operations and Dispatch
- Any aviation personnel who needs to enhance their situational awareness
- Anyone who is doing business with airlines (travel agencies, tour operators, aviation brokers, aviation service providers, etc.) and wants to enhance their situational awareness
- Flight crews
- Pilot ground school students
- Air Traffic Control (ATC) personnel
- Meteorologists and meteorology students
- Passengers who want to get and analyze the same weather data as the crew onboard
- Anyone who likes aviation and weather observations
