AV 0603 - Airways Code Aviation Weather Report and Meteorological Terminal Aviation Report (METAR) Code.pdf

SUBCOURSE EDITION
AV0603 C
US ARMY AVIATION CENTER
AIRWAYS CODE AVIATION WEATHER
REPORT AND METEOROLOGICAL
TERMINAL AVIATION REPORT
(METAR) CODE
THIS SUBCOURSE HAS BEEN REVIEWED FOR
OPERATIONS SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS.
AIRWAYS CODE AVIATION WEATHER REPORT AND METEOROLOGICAL
TERMINAL AVIATION REPORT (METAR) CODE
Subcourse Number AV0603
EDITION C
United States Army Aviation Center
Fort Rucker, Alabama 36362-5000
6 Credit Hours
Edition Date: September 1993
SUBCOURSE OVERVIEW
This correspondence course reflects how to identify aviation weather
reports and how to decode all information contained in each type.
No prerequisites exist for this subcourse.
This subcourse reflects the current doctrine when it was prepared.
In your own work, always refer to the latest publications.
Unless otherwise stated, the masculine gender of singular pronouns
refers to men and women.
NOTE: Airways aviation weather reports and METARS have only one
space between each entry in a collective; however, for easier reading
in this subcourse, spacing has been increased in some reports to
modate those collectives containing fractions.
TERMINAL LEARNING OBJECTIVE
ACTION: You will identify the types of aviation weather reports
and decode all information contained in each.
CONDITION: You will use the material in this correspondence course.
STANDARD: To petency of this task, you must achieve a
minimum of 70 percent on the examination.
AV0603
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Page
Lesson 1: AIRWAYS CODE AVIATION WEATHER REPORT ................ 1
(Programmed Text) Frame
General Information ................................. 3
Location Identifier ........................ 8 17
Type of Observation ........................ 9 19
Review ..................................... 11 23
Sky Condition and Ceiling .................. 15 31
Obscuration ................................ 28 14
Review ..................................... 35 28
Ceilings ........