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The Civil Aviation (Meteorological Service for Air Navigation) Regulations, 2025
27. Dissemination of meteorological reports
Edition: 2026-03-03 · In force
27. Dissemination of meteorological reports
(1)METAR and SPECI shall be disseminated to—(a)international OPMET databanks and the centres designated by regional air navigation agreement for the operation of aeronautical fixed service Internet-based services, in accordance with regional air navigation agreement; and(b)other aerodromes in accordance with regional air navigation agreement.(2)SPECI representing a deterioration in conditions shall be disseminated immediately after observation. A SPECI representing a deterioration of one weather element and an improvement in another element shall be disseminated immediately after the observation.(3)SPECI representing an improvement in conditions shall be disseminated only after the improvement has been maintained for 10 minutes; it shall be amended before dissemination, if necessary, to indicate the conditions prevailing at the end of that 10-minute period.(4)Local routine reports shall be transmitted to—(a)local air traffic services units and shall be made available to the operators and to other users at aerodrome;(b)local air traffic services units as soon as the specified conditions occur, however, as agreed between the meteorological authority and the appropriate ATS authority, they need not be issued in respect of—(i)any element for which there is in the local air traffic services unit a display corresponding to the one in the meteorological station, and where arrangements are in force for the use of this display to update information included in local routine and special reports; and(ii)runway visual range, when all changes of one or more steps on the reporting scale in use are being reported to the local air traffic services unit by an observer on the aerodrome.(5)Local special reports shall also be made available to the operators and to other users at the aerodrome.