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The Civil Aviation (Meteorological Service for Air Navigation) Regulations, 2025
38. Aerodrome forecasts
Edition: 2026-03-03 · In force
38. Aerodrome forecasts
(1)An aerodrome forecast shall be prepared, on the basis of regional air navigation agreement, by the aerodrome meteorological office designated by the meteorological service provider.(2)An aerodrome forecast shall be issued at a specified time not earlier than one hour prior to the beginning of its validity period and consist of a concise statement of the expected meteorological conditions at an aerodrome for a specified period.(3)Aerodrome forecasts and amendments thereto shall be issued as Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) and include the following meteorological information—(e)expected significant changes to one or more of these elements during the period of validity.(4)Notwithstanding the provisions in subregulation (2) above, optional elements shall be included in TAF in accordance with regional air navigation agreement.(5)Aerodrome meteorological offices preparing TAF shall continuously review the forecasts and, when necessary, issue amendments promptly and the length of the forecast messages and the number of changes indicated in the forecast shall be kept to a minimum.(6)TAF that cannot be kept under continuous review shall be cancelled.(7)The period of validity of a routine TAF shall be not less than six hours nor more than thirty hours; and shall be determined by regional air navigation agreement.(8)When issuing TAF, aerodrome meteorological offices shall ensure that no more than one TAF is valid at an aerodrome at any given time.(9)TAF and amendments thereto shall be disseminated to 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.