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Honeywell Bendix/King AV8OR Ace User’s Guide8

D200904000003 Aviation Mode Operation

Rev 3 Mar 2012 Page 2-141

TEXT METARS (USA AND CANADA)

Tap on the CHOOSE PRODUCT soft key on the Weather Main page

and select Text METARs from the SELECT WX PRODUCT box.

Figure 2-149: WX – Text METARs

A METAR (Aviation Routine Weather Report) describes the specific

weather conditions at a particular airport at a given time.

A METAR contains elements in the following order:

• Type of report

• ICAO station identifier

• Date and time of issue

• Modifier (AUTO if automated report or COR if corrected

observation)

• Wind

• Visibility

• Runway visual range (as required)

• Weather phenomena

• Sky condition

• Temperature/dew point group

• Altimeter

• Remarks (as required)