Flight Dispatch Study Guide

A runway is wet when more than ______ percent of the runway surface area within the reported length and width being used is covered by an visible moisture or dampness, and the runway is not contaminated.

True or False: Dispatchers can provide holdover information to crews.

• False

• True

For takeoff, contamination will be referred to as ______.

Operations are prohibited in all of the following except for

• Moderate freezing rain FZRA

• Thunderstorms with Heavy Rain +TSRA

• Heavy snow pellets/small hail +GS

• Moderate ice pellets PL mixed with any other form of precipitation

Unsatisfactory nose checks require a _____ check prior to takeoff.

Ice Pellets will operate on an _________ time.

The only non conservative observation of intensity that a pilot is allowed to make is that _________ is falling.

True or False: Holdover times commence at the end of the final application of anti-ice fluid.

• True

• False

Select all that apply. Rime icing is

• Often develops horn like shapes that substantially disrupt the airflow over the wing

• Most likely to form between -10 to -15c

• Most common

• brittle, opaque, and milky colored ice

True or False: Radar does not reliably see all icing.

• True

• False