G-AIRMET

Traffic Pattern Oct 6, 2026

AIRMET Sierra, Tango, and Zulu, the Three Preflight Weather Warnings Most Student Pilots Rush Past, and the G-AIRMET Transition That Changed the Briefing in Twenty Twenty-Two

Learn what AIRMET Sierra, Tango, and Zulu mean, how to read them, and how the 2022 G-AIRMET transition changed your preflight briefing.

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Traffic Pattern Sep 15, 2026

The G-AIRMET, the Graphical Advisory That Replaced the Text Format Most Students Were Trained On, and the SIGMET Threshold That Separates a Caution from a Ground Stop

The FAA replaced text-format AIRMETs with graphical G-AIRMETs in 2022 - here's what that means for your preflight weather briefing and checkride.

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Traffic Pattern Sep 8, 2026

The G-AIRMET, the Snapshot That Replaced Text AIRMETs in Two Thousand Seventeen, and the Weather Briefing Tool Every Student Pilot Needs to Know Before the Oral

The G-AIRMET replaced text AIRMETs in October 2017, giving pilots color-coded graphical weather hazard maps with time-step snapshots every three hours.

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Traffic Pattern Sep 3, 2026

The AIRMET Sierra, Tango, and Zulu, the G-AIRMET Polygon, and the Three Advisories Every Cross-Country Pilot Scrolls Past

AIRMET Sierra, Tango, and Zulu are advisories written for VFR pilots - learn what each means and how to use them in a real preflight briefing.

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