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Akron Airport
 Map, Satellite and directions

  • Google over AKR Satallite imagery of our hangar
  • Akron Airport Website List of FBOs and airport management

    • Current Weather
    		 Informational links only, possibly inaccurate. ALL pilots have the responsibility to check weather using approved sources.
     
    See Rampant Server Time
    Click for U.S.Naval Time    		 EST 16:58:03 (UTC - 4)
    UTC 20:58:03 (EST + 4)    		 Sun Jul 5 2009
    IS Daylight Saving Time*    		*See Energy Act and
    DST Calendar.
    Changes in 2007
     
    Current AIR/SIGMETs from AviationWeather.gov    		 
  • NOAA Boston Area Forecast (FA)
  • NOAA GEOS Satelite US color/infrared of most of US
  • NOAA Current Weather-AKR Temps, Precip, 24Hr Summary
  • NOAA Current Weather-Ohio Selections
  • NWS Cleveland Radar Cleveland, OH
  • NWS National Radar
  • Storm Watch, Warning and Advisory Display 5 min update, all U.S. counties
  • NWS Forecast Akron 4 day "TV" forecast
  • NWS Forecast Cleveland - Index
  • NWS Forecast Cleveland - Weekly Summary
  • Canadian Weather Services Weather Eh?

    AOPA
    		 Login Required

  • AOPA Current Radar IL, IN, OH, Great Lakes to Va
  • AOPA Infared Satellite United States

    • Pilot Resources
     

    AOPA
    		 The following links require an AOPA login (members only)

  • AOPA DUATS Flight Planning AOPA verion of DUATS for Flight Planning (has plain English FA)
  • AOPA Current Radar Great Lakes
  • AOPA Infared Satellite United States

    DUATS
    		 All registered pilots are eligible for access at no charge however a login is required.
          Call 1-800-345-3828 or use site to register, you need your pilot certificate in hand.

  • DUATS (fps.EnFlight.com) Interface for AOPA members
  • DUATS (www.duats.com) Flight plans, Wx, routes and Plain Text briefings

    Government Sites

  • AviationWeather.gov Concise Index into Weather Tools       SIGMETs,AIRMETS,RADAR,FA,TWEB,METARs,PIREPS,SIGWx,FD,etc.
  • FAA Pilot Web links to other FAA Aviation Tools
  • NOAA Current Weather Pick your location: Metars, Radar, Maps, Intl Locations, Aviation and Marine
  • Time (Eastern) Time.gov
  • Time (UTC) Time.gov

    Navigation

  • AirNav.com Detail Database of Nav Aids by Identifier or Frequency, including VOR,NDB and other        Akron Fulton International(AKR) Aerial photo, rwys, freqs, FBO, etc        Canton Akron International(CAK)
  • FAA Preferred Routes Database Takes playing with, try CLE to ORD

    Tools, Training, References

  • Chart Symbols Symbols for precip/fronts on prog charts and plots
  • NOAA Metar/TAF Information Site FAQs, Tools, Identifiers, additional information.
  • Metar Help - What are Metars ?
  • Metar Help - Weather Station Decoder
  • Metar Help - Present Weather Symbols
  • Metar Help - Flight Category Defs with cloud coverage symbols
  • Metar Help - Present Weather Symbols PDF Nice chart for Present Weather
  • Aviation Weather TAF Decoder Decoded CAK Forecast (No aerodrome fcsts for AKR)
  • Aviation Weather METAR Decoder Decoded AKR Metar (Automated)

    • Aviation Links
     

    Organizations

  • http://www.EAA.ORG/ Experimental Aircraft Association
  • http://www.FAA.GOV/ Federal Aviation Administration
  • Soaring Society of America
  • United States Aerobatic Foundation

    Aircraft and Equipment

  • http://www.aso.com/ Aircraft Shopper Online. Lots for sale.
  • http://www.Cessna.com/ They haven't built our next used plane yet!
  • http://www.Garmin.com/ Many pretty lights, dials and knobs.
  • http://www.Sportys.com

    Publications

  • http://www.avweb.com/ "The Internet's Aviation Magazine & News Service"
  • http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/ Plane and Pilot Magazine
  • http://www.landings.com/ Learn from everybody elses mistakes

    Interesting

  • Cleveland Airport Monitor --No longer works-- RealTime CLE Airspace display (80NM zoom incls AKR).
  • Boston Airport Monitor RealTime BOS Airspace display showing all aircraft.       Has Idents,Type,Alt,IFR/VFR info. Give it a minute (without clicking) to load data

    Time and Daylight Saving Time

  • Navy Time Service Dept Boring but accurate.
  • Official U.S. Time Shows daylight/night world relief
    Note:Daylight Saving Time or "Summer Time" has been the 1st Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October. Beginning in 2007 (per the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ) Daylight Saving Time will change. It will begin at 2:00 am on the 2nd Sunday in March and extend to the 1st Sunday in November, an increase of about a month. This is expected to save 300,000 barrels of oil each year.
    DST 2009: 2:00:00 am Mar 8 to 1:59:59 am Nov 1duration 238 days
    DST 2010: 2:00:00 am Mar 14 to 1:59:59 am Nov 7duration 238 days
    DST 2011: 2:00:00 am Mar 13 to 1:59:59 am Nov 6duration 238 days
    DST 2012: 2:00:00 am Mar 11 to 1:59:59 am Nov 4duration 238 days
    DST 2013: 2:00:00 am Mar 10 to 1:59:59 am Nov 3duration 238 days
    DST 2014: 2:00:00 am Mar 9 to 1:59:59 am Nov 2duration 238 days
  • Spring forward, Fall Back.
  • Grammer: "Daylight Saving Time" is correct, not "Daylight SavingS".
  • Some states require bars to close at precisly 1:59:00 (vs 2am) to prevent them from adding an extra hour in the fall !
  • Why is UTC used as the acronym for Coordinated Universal Time instead of CUT?
    • In 1970 the Coordinated Universal Time system was devised by an international advisory group of technical experts within the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The ITU felt it was best to designate a single abbreviation for use in all languages in order to minimize confusion. Since unanimous agreement could not be achieved on using either the English word order, CUT, or the French word order, TUC, the acronym UTC was chosen as a compromise. http://tf.nist.gov/general/misc.htm#Anchor-14550
  • 3/14/2010 1:59:59 AM is NOT daylight saving time.
  • 3/14/2010 2:00:00 AM IS daylight saving time.
  • 11/7/2010 1:59:59 AM IS daylight saving time.
  • 11/7/2010 2:00:00 AM is NOT daylight saving time.

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