Weather - abbr "wx"
Airlines, Pilots/Flight Crew personel, gate agents, ops agents, passengers, all talk alot about weather.
Why is knowing about the weather so important to airlines?
Weather effects everything in your flight. The smoothness or lack of same, the view out your window, the amount of fuel it takes to get there, and your arrival time at your destination are only a few examples.
Flights are often delayed OR canceled altogether due to weather.
It's as important in the air as it is on the sea and for the same reasons.
Aircraft navagate the air as ships navagate the sea. Aircraft are tossed about sometimes by air just as ships are tossed about by the water. The simularities are in many ways responsible for common terms being used in aviation as in nautical navagation.
The term Pilot for example, and Captain, First OFficer, all derived from maritime tradition.
We have encluded a link here to our favorite Weather site.
Some flightsim versions have real time weather options you can download, but just in case yours does not, we have provided you a link to ACCUWEATHER.
It's fun to use "Real World Weather" in your flightsim to add another feeling of realism to your flights.
Feel free to share your Weather stories with us!
Why is knowing about the weather so important to airlines?
Weather effects everything in your flight. The smoothness or lack of same, the view out your window, the amount of fuel it takes to get there, and your arrival time at your destination are only a few examples.
Flights are often delayed OR canceled altogether due to weather.
It's as important in the air as it is on the sea and for the same reasons.
Aircraft navagate the air as ships navagate the sea. Aircraft are tossed about sometimes by air just as ships are tossed about by the water. The simularities are in many ways responsible for common terms being used in aviation as in nautical navagation.
The term Pilot for example, and Captain, First OFficer, all derived from maritime tradition.
We have encluded a link here to our favorite Weather site.
Some flightsim versions have real time weather options you can download, but just in case yours does not, we have provided you a link to ACCUWEATHER.
It's fun to use "Real World Weather" in your flightsim to add another feeling of realism to your flights.
Feel free to share your Weather stories with us!
