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Aviation Weather Handbook

FAA-H-8083-28B Version 2026
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Appendix G: Websites

  • Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aviation Weather Cameras: https://weathercams.faa.gov
  • FAA Air Traffic Notice to Airmen (NOTAM): https://www.faa.gov/pilots/safety/notams_tfr
  • FAA Flight Service: https://www.1800wxbrief.com
  • FAA home page: https://www.faa.gov
  • Flight Information Service-Broadcast (FIS-B) malfunctions not attributed to aircraft system failures or covered by active Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) via the ADS-B/TIS-B/FIS-B Problem Report: https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/technology/adsb/adsb_reports.
  • FAA Runway Visual Range (RVR): https://rvr.data.faa.gov/cgi-bin/rvr-status.pl is the status monitor site.
  • International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) home page: https://www.icao.int
  • National Weather Service (NWS) Experimental Alaska Aviation Guidance (AAG): https://www.weather.gov/arh/aag
  • NWS Alaska Aviation Weather Unit (AAWU): https://www.weather.gov/aawu
  • NWS Alaska Aviation Weather Unit (AAWU) AIRMET: https://www.weather.gov/aawu/airmets
  • NWS Alaska Aviation Weather Unit (AAWU) Alaska Significant Weather Forecasts: https://www.weather.gov/aawu/4panelsigwx
  • NWS Alaska Aviation Weather Unit (AAWU) Area Forecast (FA): https://www.weather.gov/aawu/areaforecasts
  • NWS Aviation Weather Center (AWC): https://aviationweather.gov
  • NWS Center Weather Advisory (CWA): https://aviationweather.gov/gfa/#cwa
  • NWS Pilot Weather Reports (PIREP): https://aviationweather.gov/data/pirep
  • NWS Sigmets: https://www.weather.gov/aawu/sigmets
  • NWS Sigmets: https://aviationweather.gov/gfa/#sigmet
  • NWS Surface Observations: https://www.weather.gov/aawu/obs
  • NWS Center Weather Service Units (CWSU): https://www.weather.gov/aviation/cwsu
  • NWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC): https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/?cpac
  • NWS Graphical Forecasts for Aviation (GFA) code charts: https://aviationweather.gov/gfa/help?page=products
  • NWS Localized Aviation Model Output Statistics (MOS) Program (LAMP) airports: https://vlab.noaa.gov/web/mdl/current-lamp-stations
  • NWS LAMP home page and description: https://vlab.noaa.gov/web/mdl/lamp
  • NWS National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Central Operations (NCO) Model Analyses and Guidance: https://mag.ncep.noaa.gov
  • NWS National Hurricane Center (NHC): https://www.nhc.noaa.gov
  • NWS Ocean Prediction Center (OPC): https://ocean.weather.gov
  • NWS Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA) Alternative Report of Surface Temperature: https://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/rtma/prod/airport_temps
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC): https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/atmosphere/vaac
  • NWS Weather Forecast Office (WFO) Honolulu: https://www.weather.gov/HFO
  • NWS Weather Prediction Center (WPC): https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov
  • Weather radars [Department of Defense (DOD), FAA, and NWS’ Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) and FAA’s terminal Doppler weather radar (TDWR)]: https://radar.weather.gov