ATC, Weather & Practical Decoding

ATIS, METAR, TAF, clearances, ATC instructions, lost communications, icing, radar interpretation and NOTAMs. Live, cached, historical and simulated data are always labelled.

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• ATIS Decoder

  Simulated ATIS broadcasts built from an airport's live METAR - U.S. airports in the FAA format, airports elsewhere in the world in the ICAO format (no legitimate live ATIS source is available) - training broadcasts and your own text, decoded item by item: identification, letter, time, wind, visibility, ceiling, altimeter or QNH, runways, approach, transition level and operational information, with copying practice.

  • ATIS structure
  • Extracting operational items
  • Readback of the information letter
  • Live METAR
  OpenAvailable

• METAR Decoder

  Live METAR from an authoritative source (NOAA AWC) decoded element by element with wind, visibility, cloud, temperature and altimeter visuals, observation time and freshness; never silently substituted.

  • METAR element decoding
  • Wind and visibility visuals
  • Observation time and freshness
  • Live data
  OpenAvailable

• TAF Timeline Visualizer

  Real TAF where supported or training examples on an interactive timeline: FM, TEMPO and probability groups, conditions at a selected time.

  • TAF change groups
  • Conditions at a time
  • Forecast uncertainty
  • Live data
  OpenAvailable

• IFR Clearance / CRAFT Trainer

  Realistic clearances: identify clearance limit, route, altitude, frequency and transponder code, with practice and checking.

  • CRAFT format
  • Copying a clearance
  • Readback
  OpenAvailable

• ATC Instruction Simulator

  Headings, altitudes, speeds, routes and clearances: respond with aircraft and navigation controls and get match feedback.

  • Complying with vectors and altitudes
  • Speed instructions
  • Instruction readback
  OpenAvailable

• IFR Lost Communications Trainer

  Scenario-based route and altitude rules for lost communications with accurately sourced FAA guidance and regulations.

  • AVEF route rule
  • MEA / expected / assigned altitude rule
  • Leaving the clearance limit
  OpenAvailable

• Icing & Freezing Level Visualizer

  Temperature, altitude, moisture and icing-risk relationships; educational, not certified forecasting.

  • Freezing level
  • Icing types and conditions
  • Temperature-altitude relationships
  OpenAvailable

• Weather Radar Interpretation

  Intensity, tilt, attenuation and limitations; radar does not detect all hazards.

  • Reflectivity levels
  • Antenna tilt
  • Attenuation and shadowing
  OpenAvailable

• NOTAM Decoder

  Authentic-format NOTAMs decoded field by field — the FAA's own examples, labelled training examples and your own text — with the validity at your planned time and an airport sketch for runway closures; live NOTAMs are not connected yet.

  • NOTAM format and abbreviations
  • Validity periods
  • Relevance to a flight
  OpenAvailable

• Winds & Temps Aloft (FB) Decoder

  Live FB winds and temperatures aloft from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center, decoded for the station you pick, altitude by altitude — direction (true), speed and temperature, with the rule behind 9900, speeds of 100 kt or more and the missing signs and temperatures; or paste your own FB table.

  • Reading the FB winds aloft code
  • Winds and temperatures at each altitude
  • Light and variable, 100 kt or more, implied negative temperatures
  • Live data
  OpenAvailable

• PIREP Decoder

  Live pilot reports around an airport from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center, or your own PIREP text, decoded group by group into plain words — UA or UUA, location, time, altitude, aircraft, sky, weather, temperature, wind, turbulence, icing and remarks — with the AIM intensity and type tables.

  • PIREP format and element codes
  • Turbulence and icing intensity
  • Urgent reports and wind shear
  • Live data
  OpenAvailable

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