Timeline for What does one do when the weather report has a bogus altimeter setting?
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| Sep 24, 2016 at 2:21 | vote | accept | UnrecognizedFallingObject | ||
| Feb 25, 2016 at 8:40 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAviation/status/702775192653832192 | ||
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| Feb 5, 2016 at 1:48 | answer | added | J W | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 5, 2016 at 0:59 | comment | added | UnrecognizedFallingObject | @JonathanWalters -- that sounds like an answer then | |
| Feb 5, 2016 at 0:58 | comment | added | J W | @unrecognizedfallingobject Absolutely. See 14 CFR 91.121, the requirements are fairly straightforward. | |
| Feb 5, 2016 at 0:38 | comment | added | UnrecognizedFallingObject | @JonathanWalters -- I wonder if you can substitute some other airport's altimeter setting in this case... | |
| Feb 5, 2016 at 0:37 | comment | added | UnrecognizedFallingObject | @Steve -- if you can get me a place that has an archive of METARs for a US airport going back several days, yeah, I can get you the METAR... | |
| Feb 4, 2016 at 22:25 | comment | added | J W | @TomMcW Yes, but a strict legal reading will show that method is only allowable if your aircraft is not radio equipped. All aircraft flying below 18,000, except aircraft not equipped with a radio, are required to set their altimeter to the current reported altimeter setting of an appropriate available station. See 14 CFR 91.121. | |
| Feb 4, 2016 at 18:54 | answer | added | dieselVtwin | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 4, 2016 at 18:43 | comment | added | TomMcW | If you are on the ground at the field in question could you not just set the alt to read field elevation? Then you would have the correct pressure dialed in. | |
| Feb 4, 2016 at 18:41 | comment | added | TomMcW | @Simon I think his main question is what to do about the situation. How to get the correct reading. | |
| Feb 4, 2016 at 15:38 | comment | added | Simon | Since SLPNO means that the surface pressure is unavailable, how could it mean anything else except that the altimeter setting is unreliable? Are you asking why is didn't include a maintenance indicator, or what does SLPNO mean? I'm guessing that 2248 is the highest possible measurement. | |
| Feb 4, 2016 at 13:51 | comment | added | Steve | Could you post the METAR in full? | |
| Feb 4, 2016 at 12:47 | history | asked | UnrecognizedFallingObject | CC BY-SA 3.0 |