PIREPs Flashcards

Question 1

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UA

Answer

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Routine report

Question 2

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UUA

Answer

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Urgent report (used in the case of: Tornadoes, funnel clouds, waterspouts, severe turbulence, severe icing, hail, or a low-level wind shear hazard)

Question 3

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PIREP

Answer

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A report of the actual weather conditions as encountered by an aircraft in flight

Question 4

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/OV

Question 5

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/TM

Answer

A

Time in 4 digits in UTC

Question 6

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/FL

Answer

A

Altitude/Flight level

Question 7

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/TP

Answer

A

Aircraft type

Question 8

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/SK

Answer

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Cloud layers
a. height of cloud base (h ft.)
b. cloud cover symbol
c. height of cloud tops (h ft.)
d. / to separate layers
e. space to separate sub elements

Question 9

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/WX

Answer

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Weather (flight visibility reported first, use standard weather symbols)

Question 10

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/TA

Answer

A

Temperature in Celsius (below zero, use - before number)

Question 11

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/WV

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Wind (direction and speed in six digits)

Question 12

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/TB

Answer

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Turbulence (use CAT and CHOP when necessary)

Question 13

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/IC and specific classes

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Icing (include class: CLEAR, RIME, MIXED)
- Clear ice is when water droplets gradually freeze in contact with the airplane (hard and glossy)
- Rime ice is when small water droplets rapidly freeze before they can spread across most of the wing (brittle and frost-like)
- Mixed ice is when water droplets vary in size and or snow mixes with the water droplets and causes an ice build up on the leading edge, and the ice is rough.