Dispatcher Resource Center
INDEX
ATC
Books (includes Aviation Weather Handbook (new), AIM, and Pilot-Controller Glossary)
Contractions
Miscellaneous (includes FAA publications link, Bulletins, 8900, Regulations, and Glossary)
Notams
Weather
Some references are “.pdf” files and require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
ATC
- ATC Acronyns
- ATC Tier Map
- Eurocontrol
- Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC)
- Air Traffic Control System Command Center (Airport Arrival Demand Chart)
- ATCSCC – Advisories Database
- ATCSCC – Current Reroutes
- ATCSCC – Expect Departure Clearance Time Lookup
- ATCSCC – Current Restrictions
- Track a Flight
- www.eurocontrol.be
Books
(new) This new handbook is a 33 mb high quality pdf file – this is a good reference to browse through for Sheffield’s dispatcher course. DON’T worry – all pertinent material is instructed in our 5-week course, not everything within this 500+ page book. This link is simply for you to get a preview or head start on some of the material covered in class. And yes, it’s free! FAA-H-8083-28 document Aviation Weather Handbook now replaces and consolidates the following references:
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[Click link above and scroll to ‘Manuals’ to download the PDF file(s).] |
[Click link above and scroll to ‘Publications’ to download the PDF file(s).] |
Contractions
Miscellaneous
- Advisory Circular Database
- Airport codes
- Aircraft Dispatcher Practical Test Standards (FAA-S-8081-10D-Chg 1)
- 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
- NTSB
- RVSM
- FAA Regulations
- FAR Part 121 text
- Special Use Airspace
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
Weather
- National Weather Service (NWS)
- Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS)
- Aviation Weather Center (AWC)
- Weather Prediction Center
- Storm Prediction Center (SPC)
- Tropical Prediction Center (TPC)
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)
- Significant Meteorological Advisory (SIGMET) – US (CONUS)
- Significant Meteorological Advisory (SIGMET) – International
- Airmen’s Meteorological Advisory (AIRMET)
- Forecast Icing Potential (FIP)
- Freezing Level Graphics
- Helicopter Emergency Medical Services Tool (HEMS) – excellent for ceilings, visibility info, etc.. for all aircraft
- High/Middle/Low Level SIGWX Charts
- Meteorological Impact Statement (MIS)
- National Convective Weather Forecast (NCWF):
- Pilot Weather Report
- Aviation Routine Weather Report (METAR) / Selected Special Weather Report (SPECI)
- Surface Analysis Charts
- Short Range Surface Prog Charts
- Stormpulse.com
- Strike Probabilities of Tropical Cyclone Conditions (SPF)
- Aviation Tropical Cyclone Advisory (TCA)
- Tropical Cyclone Public Advisory (TCP)
- Volcanic Ash Advisories
- Watch Notification Messages
- 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://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
- Canada/U.S. Mutant METAR explanation
- flightbrief.com
- Intellicast
- National Weather Service HomePage
- National Weather Service Fax Charts
- National Hurricane Center
- NexLab
- NOAA Air Resources Library
- Storm Prediction Center– watches, warnings
- Supertyphoon.com
- Volcano World
- Weather Channel – Home Page
- Weather Underground
- Worldwide Weather links to various countries’ met services
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