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INDEX
ATC
Books
Contractions
Miscellaneous
(includes AIM, Bulletins, 8900, Regulations, and Glossary)
Notams
Weather
Radar Links

Some references are ".pdf" files and require Adobe Acrobat Reader.


ATC

ATC Acronyns

ATC Tier Map

Eurocontrol Central Flow Management Unit (CFMU)

Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC)

ATCSCC - Advisories Database

ATCSCC - Current Reroutes

ATCSCC - Expect Departure Clearance Time Lookup

ATCSCC - Current Restrictions

Track a Flight

www.eurocontrol.be

 

Books

If not attending Sheffield:

Aviation Weather Advisory Circular (FAA web site which contains 6 separate pdf files of a very poor quality - see Sheffield high quality, colorful, bookmarked pdf below line if planning to attend Sheffield School.)
 
Aviation Weather Services Manual (AC-00-45G CHG1, Rev July 29, 2010)- (unbookmarked pdf file - see bookmarked/highlighted pdf below if planning to attend Sheffield School.)

If you are planning to attend Sheffield:
 
Aviation Weather Advisory Circular (Chapters 1-16 of the AC 00-6A as a 15 mb bookmarked high quality pdf file) - request your password via email if you have already sent in your application for Sheffield's Dispatcher certification course. (good reference to prepare for Sheffield's dispatcher course.)



Aviation Weather Services Manual (AC-00-45G CHG1, Rev July 29, 2010) - (The entire AC 00-45G as a 12 mb bookmarked high quality pdf file) - request your password via email if you have already sent in your application for Sheffield's Dispatcher certification course. (good reference to prepare for Sheffield's dispatcher course. Just ask and we'll point out the applicable sections to review. DON'T worry - all material is instructed in our 5-week course. This link is simple for you to get a preview or head start on some of the material covered in class.)

aeronautical information manual

Aeronautical Information Manual (08/26/2010 pdf file - 711 pages; includes 118 page Pilot/Controller Glossary)

 
Pilot Controller Glossary only (08/26/2010 pdf file - 118 pages)

 


Contractions

FAA-general

Miscellaneous

Advisory Circular Database

Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) - USA (pdf file - 784 pages)

Airport codes

ASRS - ASRS html form (Aviation Safety Reporting System)

Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS)

Aviation (math/units) Converters - new

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

FAA Publications

Flight Information

Flight Standards Information Management System - 8900.10

Great Circle route displays

LANDINGS

NTSB - Aviation

NTSB - Searchable database

RVSM

FAA Regulations

FAR Part 121 text

Special Use Airsapce
link the the FAA's Special Use Airspace site, which allows the user to see SUA areas that are either active or expected to be active within the next 24 hours. There's a clickable map where the user can get the status of the areas depicted, and you can also enter a city pair to overlay a (roughly) great circle route for orientation.

Sunset/Sunrise/Twilight information

NOTAMS

U.S. NOTAM Office

U.S. NOTAMS

Weather

National Weather Service (NWS)

Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS)

Aviation Weather Center (AWC)

Hydrometeorological Prediction Center (HPC)

Storm Prediction Center (SPC)

Tropical Prediction Center (TPC)

Alaska Aviation Weather Unit (AAWU)

Center Weather Service Units (CWSU)

Weather Forecast Offices (WFO)

Weather Forecast Office (WFO) Honolulu, HI – Aviation Products

Telecommunication Operations Center - NWS Fax Charts

NWS Office at the FAA Academy


Selected Links to Aviation Weather Products:

Average Surface to 500 MB Relative Humidity Chart

Collaborative Convective Weather Forecast (CFP)

Constant Pressure Charts

Convective Outlooks

Current Icing Product (CIP)

Center Weather Advisory (CWA)

Area Forecast (FA)

Significant Meteorological Advisory (SIGMET) – US (CONUS)

Significant Meteorological Advisory (SIGMET) – International

Airmen’s Meteorological Advisory (AIRMET)

Forecast Icing Potential (FIP)

Freezing Level Graphics

High Level SIGWX Charts

Lifted Index (LI) Analysis Chart

Low Level SIGWX Charts

Mid Level SIGWX Chart

Meteorological Impact Statement (MIS)

National Convective Weather Forecast (NCWF):
http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/convection/java/
http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/convection/java/?appletsize=large
http://aviationweather.gov/products/ncwf/

Pilot Weather Report

Radar Summary Chart

Aviation Routine Weather Report (METAR) / Selected Special Weather Report (SPECI)

Surface Analysis Charts:
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/sfc2.shtml
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/avnsfc.shtml
http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/marine_forecasts.shtml
http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/UA.shtml

Short Range Surface Prog Charts

Stormpulse.com

Strike Probabilities of Tropical Cyclone Conditions (SPF)

Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF)

Aviation Tropical Cyclone Advisory (TCA)

Tropical Cyclone Public Advisory (TCP)

Volcanic Ash Advisory Statement (VAAS)

Volcanic Ash Forecast Transport and Dispersion (VAFTAD) Chart

Volcanico Observatory - Alaska

Watch Notification Messages

Weather Depiction Chart

Wind and Temperature Aloft Forecast Graphics

Wind and Temperature Aloft Forecasts (FB) Text

Soundings
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/upper
http://twister.sbs.ohio-state.edu/skewt.html
http://weather.unisys.com/upper_air/index.html
http://62.202.7.134/hpbo/sounding_europe.aspx


Satellite Imagery

http://adds.aviationweather.gov/satellite/
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/
http://www.orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/opdb/aviation/fog.html


Radar Imagery

http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/national.html
http://www.intellicast.com/
http://wxmatrix.com/radar/data/world/

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/ (convective outlook charts, mesoscale discussions, WS and WT issuances, etc.)

Forecast Models
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/model/
http://weather.unisys.com
http://www.weather.gov/mdl/synop/products.php
http://www.atmos.albany.edu/weather/quick.html
https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/PUBLIC/

http://weather.uwyo.edu/


Accuweather.com
Aviation Weather Center

Big Country Weather & Aviation

Canada/U.S. Mutant METAR explanation

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