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Yesterday I flew down to East Hampton (KHTO) airport for the first time.
With approach plates in front of me, I was preparing for my arrival when NY Approach called to ask if I had the weather at HTO. Scanning my Jeppesen approach plates a second time, I knew that there was no AWOS/ASOS (it is an uncontrolled airport) frequency, so what were they talking about? I responded with a request for the frequency and was given 122.8 (I think, please correct me if this wrong), which is different than the UNICOM freq. So I tuned it expecting to hear an AWOS/ASOS-type automated recording. Nothing... it was quiet. So, now what? Do I make a call? If so, who do I call? Within a minute or so I had what appeared to be my answer. Another aircraft called "Sound Aircraft, Piper xxx, landing East Hampton, request current weather and altimeter." Later I was told that this airport uses a live weather observer during the day, a rare treat in this new millennium. Unfortunately, I was unaware of this type of weather retrieval and did not see this information in the AF/D. Where do I look to find this unique weather information for other airports that also use a live observer so that in the future I am better prepared? -- Peter |
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