Peter wrote:
Do airfields even publish the ATIS generally?
In Norway, now they publish the ATIS in text on the ippc.no website, they call that D-ATIS for Digital ATIS (well for some airports, at least ENVA :-)). That is quite nice you can pull up your phone and read the ATIS before starting your engine without using any electrical equipment of the aircraft.
Peter wrote:
The ATIS is same as the metar, with the addition of the current runway.
The ATIS includes more information than just the METAR. At least runway/approach procedure in use, transition level, runway conditions when applicable, etc. Frequently also other plain text information.
Peter wrote:
Never heard of autometar.
An autometar is a METAR generated by an automatic weather observation system and not by a weather observer. Autometars should include the code AUTO between the time and wind groups, but I don’t know if that’s universally applied. Exampel: ESUT 101150Z AUTO 15009KT 110V200 9999 SCT062/// 23/09 Q1011
Note the three slashes on the cloud layer, meaning that the system couldn’t determine the cloud type.
Airborne_Again wrote:
Autometars should include the code AUTO between the time and wind groups, but I don’t know if that’s universally applied.
I’ve seen it very often in Spain, France, Slovenia…
Airborne_Again wrote:
Frequently also other plain text information.
“Pilots of arriving aircraft are to report any passengers who are unwell” is a popular one at present :-)
Nice choice of courtesy cars
In those days it was actually impossible to hire a car on Losinj. That remained until a few years ago – to support the local taxi business.
Does LDLO have customs and immigration right now? Avgas and Jet fuel?
Restaurant on site is open?
Yes. Yes. Yes.