Snowtams & braking action?
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BoilerOps
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http://notams.aim.faa.gov/notamSearch/ is always a good place to start. They have FICON and Braking action where it's reported.
McCrosky
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Funny, my standards and training manager just asked me the same thing about an hour ago... Hrm
As Boilers said, look in the NOTAMS for ficon reports. Additionally we dial up the tower freqs on liveAtc.net when available.
Internationally some stations will put contamination reports in the metar remarks
Thanks...
Yea i mostly work with japan snowtams but was a little lost with domestic stuff..
Hecklers2002
M.82
I also have links to some airport specifics on braking action as well.
Aeroscout840
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Go to Google Play. There is free snowtam decoder that works well.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=europe.de.ftdevelop.aviation.snowtamdecoder
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=europe.de.ftdevelop.aviation.snowtamdecoder
jose1337
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For Canadian airports select 'Local Notam Only:' https://flightplanning.navcanada.ca/cgi-bin/CreePage.pl?Langue=anglais&NoSession=NS_Inconnu&Page=Fore-obs/notam&TypeDoc=html
Some US airports also list them like KCLE: http://www.clevelandairport.com/Airport-Guide/Airport-Operations.aspx
Failing that as mentioned earlier they can appear as notams:
!JFK 02/551 (KJFK A2197/14) JFK RWY 13L/31R FICON PATCHY THIN WET SN DEICED SOLID AND SANDED 24IN SNOWBANKS OBSERVED AT 1402161650. 1402161739-1402171739EST
!ORD 02/487 (KORD A2039/14) ORD RWY 14L/32R FICON PATCHY COMPACTED SN OBSERVED AT 1402161633. 1402161635-1402171635
Some US airports also list them like KCLE: http://www.clevelandairport.com/Airport-Guide/Airport-Operations.aspx
Failing that as mentioned earlier they can appear as notams:
!JFK 02/551 (KJFK A2197/14) JFK RWY 13L/31R FICON PATCHY THIN WET SN DEICED SOLID AND SANDED 24IN SNOWBANKS OBSERVED AT 1402161650. 1402161739-1402171739EST
!ORD 02/487 (KORD A2039/14) ORD RWY 14L/32R FICON PATCHY COMPACTED SN OBSERVED AT 1402161633. 1402161635-1402171635
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PlaneFan82
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This is a new requirements for Field Condition Reports that come out this past fall. At my shop, we have an airport database where we can access information to online FICONs reported by the tower. Check with your airline to see if they have PASSUR access which also links field conditions to many of the US Airports. As far as the rest of the world, one just has to rely on the NOTAMS or ATIS Information. I have had to call ATCTs numerous times to obtain braking action reports prior to an aircraft arrival.