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Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge

FAA-H-8083-25C Version October 20, 2025

Chapter Index

Index

W

TopicPage
Wake turbulence5-9, 14-26
Warning areas15-4
Water refraction17-10
WCA16-10
Weather12-1
Weather avoidance assistance13-18
Weather briefings13-5
-- Abbreviated briefing13-5
-- Outlook briefing13-5
-- Standard briefing13-5
Weather charts13-13
-- Significant weather prognostic charts13-15
-- Surface analysis chart13-13
-- -- Dew point13-13
-- -- Present weather13-13
-- -- Pressure change/tendency13-13
-- -- Sea level pressure13-13
-- -- Sky cover13-13
-- -- Temperature13-13
TopicPage
-- -- Wind13-13
-- Weather depiction chart13-15
Weather check16-17
Weather products age and expiration13-18
Weight5-1, 5-2, 5-8, 5-40, 10-2
Weight and balance5-40, 10-4
-- Weight and balance computations10-5
-- Weight and balance restrictions10-6
Weight and loading distribution9-3
Weight control10-1
Weight-shift-control1-15
Wind correction angle (WCA)16-16
Wind direction indicators14-20
Wind patterns12-7
Winds and temperature aloft forecast (FB)13-13
Winds and temperatures aloft13-5
Wind shear
-- Low-level wind shear12-11
Wind shifts12-21
Wind sock14-20
Wind triangle16-13
Winglets4-9
Wings3-3
Wingtip vortices5-8
World aeronautical charts16-2
WSR-88D NEXRAD radar13-3

Y

TopicPage
Yaw5-13
Yawing5-19
Yaw String8-18

Z

TopicPage
Zero fuel weight10-10