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Jul 8^th, 2004 at 4:15am

Venge Offline
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I can not seem to figure out how to determine what thge wind direction is for sake of choosing a upwind runway.
I am flying from one uncontrolled airport to another in a 172.
There are no windsocks (that I can see from the traffic pattern anyway).
Thanks for any help, as I realize this is likely something that is in the Learning centre that I have just missed.

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Reply #1 - Jul 8^th, 2004 at 9:01am

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If you press shift Z it will display the wind speed & direction for where you are at. This will enable you to choose the correct runway. In order to remove the display just press shift Z untill it goes away 8)

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Reply #2 - Jul 8^th, 2004 at 10:53am

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Make sure you are at a low enough altitude, incase the wind changes with height. If you are flying around at 10,000 ft the wind could be different at 5,000 ft. That is how I determine the wind direction if there is no weather observation available for a particular uncontrolled airport. Grin

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Reply #3 - Jul 8^th, 2004 at 12:41pm

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I Have this gauge in all my panel
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Relative Wind Indicator ver 3.0. This gauge indicate where the wind is comming from in relation with your aircraft position.

http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=root&Sort=Name&ScanMode=0&Name=&FileN...

rel_wind_ind_v3.0.zip

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Reply #4 - Jul 8^th, 2004 at 12:59pm

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Can't you just tune in the ATIS for the wind direction and speed information at the airport you wish to land at ???

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Reply #5 - Jul 8^th, 2004 at 1:21pm

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Big bad wolf A uncontrolled air port will not have a atis. Sometimes you can find a controlled airport close enough to the uncontrolled air port and you can use that info but it had better be real close as the wind & weather can be diferent at times. 8)

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Reply #6 - Jul 8^th, 2004 at 4:43pm

Venge Offline
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And it seems the ATIS always tells me winds are calm.
Will have to check my settings...
Thanks for the heads up with the 'z' key

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