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Faces Behind The Microphone

Twenty-six tips to help you get more from air traffic control

This relationship between pilots and ATC exists to be maintained. Learning what we, as pilots, can do to help make life easier for ourselves and the men and women behind our mics will only enhance this development. Even though we have busy days, it’s always worth the few extra minutes to get a quick briefing from a controller, to ask questions when something is unclear and to say, “Thanks a lot for the help.” It goes both ways.

Issuance Frequency Of Useful Weather Charts

• TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast): Issued four times daily (10:00, 16:00, 22:00, 04:00) and valid for a 24-hour period

• FA (Area Forecast): Issued three times daily with a 12-hour specific forecast and a six-hour categorical outlook

• TWEB (Transcribed Weather En-route Broadcast): Issued four times daily and valid for a six-hour period

• FD (Winds Aloft): Issued twice daily at 08:30 and 20:30

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