Your pilots may request a change in altitude to avoid or reduce turbulence. This back and forth between pilots and center controllers continues until you are about 150 miles (241 km) from San Francisco (your destination). At this point, the center controller directs all planes flying into ...
Your destination is severe clear, and forecast to stay that way until tomorrow morning. Decision time The radar image looks ugly, but almost everything else looks great. There seems to be no ice, turbulence, or IFR ceilings along your entire route. There might be some rain, but it does n...
Turbulence may be another story. There are a number of AIRMETs, including a large one for the surface to 8000 feet. It’s technically north of your route, but it sure seems relevant. For more detail, you pull up the forecast turbulence map layer in ForeFlight. At 4,000 feet it seems ...
At the same time, pilots want access to real-time weather data and information to optimize their flight routes and avoid turbulence. “Today, having a high-performance connectivity solution is a must-have for an airline,” says Robert Knapel, vice president of Commercial Aviation Products for ...
Demand for South Korean semi-conductors has led to space constraints to the US, which Dimerco said would persist through December; and bookings out of the country should be made two weeks in advance. Manufacturing levels are impacting airfreight throughout Asia. Malaysia has forecast a slow fourt...
air turbulence, which occurs in the absence of clouds. light turbulence can cause sudden changes in altitude that feel like bumps, but severe turbulence can cause structural stress to the aircraft. turbulence isn’t just unpleasant. it’s the cause of more than one third of injuries aboard ...
Allegiant's public image hit some turbulence in 2015. In April, the pilots' union, the Teamsters, released a report listing 65 incidents between September and March when Allegiant aircraft were diverted to another airport, returned to the gate or aborted a takeoff due to mechanical ...
We have allowed 3 days for the trip because of “weather” forecast on route. Dividing the route into sectors of 300 – 350 nm is comfortable. Cruise alt is 9500ft where the temps are 12’c. A true air speed of 175 kts is typical....
The Extended Convective Forecast Product, valid later this afternoon, shows some potential storms, but south of your flight. Ice and turbulence The other threat to consider when the clouds are this widespread is icing. It’s early April, so while not the heart of icing season it is worth ch...
reliable and are now an essential part of any preflight briefing. Even turbulence forecasts, previously only released for the flight levels, are now available all the way to the ground. GA pilots have more – and better – tools than ever before, and we very rarely have to pay for them....