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    Whats the meaning of color codes of airports dots?

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    • K Offline
      kakopilot
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      Can someone please explain whats the meaning of the colors of airports dots?.
      Thank you.

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      • WheatsW Offline
        Wheats Meteorologist @kakopilot | Premium
        last edited by Wheats

        @kakopilot
        They are colour coded depending on flight categories. Mainly based on current meteorological (weather) conditions. That's why the airports with no AWOS show up with grey circles.

        Grey: no AWOS (Automoted Weather Observation System)
        Green: VFR - Visual Flight Rules
        Blue: MVFR - Marginal Visual Flight Rules
        Red: IFR - Instrument Flight Rules
        Magenta: LIFR - Low Instrument Flight Rules

        If you select a coloured one it should show a METAR (Meteorological Aerodome Report) for that airport. These provide current meteorological conditions at that airport. Depending on the airport, this report could include some manual observations and even a TAF (Terminal Aerodome Forecast), which can give you an idea of expected conditions for that particular airport.

        I'm not a pilot - so if anyone reads this and notices something wrong, please correct me!

        Hope that helps!

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