Weather and flight planning — aviation weather guides

Turning a forecast into a decision: VFR and IFR minimums, the preflight briefing checklist, crosswind components, runway condition codes and alternate planning.

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A crosswind approach: the aircraft tracking the centreline while pointing somewhere else

Crosswind and Runway Condition: Turning Wind Into a Number

How to convert a reported wind into a crosswind component, what a demonstrated limit actually is, and why a wet runway lowers the usable figure.

Weather and flight planning 8 min read

The last check before walking out: charts, route and forecast side by side

The Preflight Weather Briefing: A Checklist That Works

A briefing is a sequence, not a website. Here is the order that answers the route questions before the aerodrome ones, and the checks people skip.

Weather and flight planning 9 min read

A ragged cloud base over a runway — the difference between a legal approach and a diversion

Weather Minimums: What VFR and IFR Actually Require

The difference between VFR and IFR is not skill, it is what the weather allows. Here are the visibility and cloud rules, and where the numbers come from.

Weather and flight planning 9 min read

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