INFOMET

INFOMET refers to the flight meteorological information provided by the German Weather Service by telephone . Corresponding telephone exchanges are located in Hamburg , Berlin , Cologne / Bonn , Leipzig , Frankfurt and Munich . However, there is no individual advice.

The following information can be called up via INFOMET:

• METAR messages, which contain information about the weather situation at an airfield,
• Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts , which include an aviation weather forecast for larger airports,
• SIGMET messages that warn of dangerous weather phenomena,
• GAMET messages, an area weather forecast for flights at low altitudes,
• AIRMET messages, which are issued when required and contain information about less dangerous weather phenomena in the lower airspace ,
• SYNOP messages, current messages from weather stations,
• Details from aviation weather reports,
• Information from weather maps ( altitude winds , temperatures, etc.) and
• Information from satellite and weather radar images.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dieter Franzen: Compact learning program BZF . Kuppenheim 2006, ISBN 3-930996-05-7 , pp. 123 .