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VISIBILITY (distance is reported as appropriate):
A. >10 km – ‘GREATER THANWUN ZEROKILOMETRES’ or actual distance
‘...KILOMETRES’;
B. Greater than 5 km and 10 km (inclusive) – ‘...KILOMETRES’;
C. Up to and including 5000m – ‘...METRES’; and
D. <1500m –RVR is reportedwhen available.
PRESENTWEATHER
(as applicable; eg, showers in area)
or
CAVOK
CLOUD
(below5000 ft or belowMSA, whichever is greater; cumulonimbus,
if applicable; if the sky is obscured, vertical visibilitywhen available).
TEMPERATURE
DEWPOINT
QNH
Any available information on significantmeteorological phenomena in the
approach, take-off and climb-out.
• ONFIRSTCONTACTWITH (egGROUND, TOWER, APPROACH) NOTIFY
RECEIPTOF (code letter of theATIS broadcast).
• This contact informationmay not be transmittedwhen recording space is
limiting.
At locationswhere runway thresholdwind analysers are installed, a tower
controllermust provide a departing aircraftwith thewind at theupwind area
of the runway if it varies from theATIS broadcast by 10° or 5 kt ormore, and
the variation is anticipated to continue formore than 15min. Such information
shall bepassed by use of thephrase ‘WINDATUPWINDEND…/…’.
in-flight information
2 – f l i ght i nformat i on serv i ce