The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Aviation\nAdministration (FAA) has started installing technology across Alaska to provide\nweather conditions to pilots before they take to the skies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eight new Automated Weather Observing Systems (AWOS) will\nprovide continuous, real-time and accurate weather information on remote areas\nof Alaska. The sites, recommended by the Alaska aviation community, should be\noperational by October 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe heard from the Alaska aviation community that they need\nmore real-time weather information to operate safely, and we are delivering on\nthe commitment we made to provide that,\u201d said FAA Administrator Steve Dickson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The eight new stations will be located in Akiachak,\nColdfoot, Crooked Creek, Kotlik, Nulato, Perryville, Tok Junction and Tununak.\nWeather information from these locations gives all pilots a preview of what to\nexpect when arriving and allows Instrument Flight Rule pilots to conduct instrument\napproaches to the lowest possible minimums, increasing the safety and\npredictability of operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last fall, the FAA released recommendations to increase safety<\/a> in Alaska after a yearlong, sweeping examination<\/a> of safety challenges specific to flying in the state. The Alaska aviation community repeatedly told the FAA that additional weather information for pilots was necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aviation safety is especially important to rural and Tribal\ncommunities in Alaska, 82% of which are only accessible only by air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The FAA and National Weather Service currently manage nearly\n132 similar weather systems in Alaska.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has started installing technology across Alaska to provide weather conditions to pilots before they take to the skies. Eight new Automated Weather Observing Systems (AWOS) will provide continuous, real-time and accurate weather information on remote areas of Alaska. The sites, recommended by the Alaska aviation community, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alaska"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alaska-weather.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21188,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21186\/revisions\/21188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}