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Hi Craig, it should work fine for weather. And we have a new SkyRadar unit to test with now, so I don't see a problem getting this fixed in our next release. We don't have a date yet for our next feature release, but we try and pump these out pretty quickly.

Thanks,
Walter

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Walter Boyd
President, Adventure Pilot

Could you please check off which of these weather services from ADS-B are available on the iFly 700 (from the Skyradar-L)?

New ADS-B Surface Services Are Available Now
Notice Number: NOTC4289
Attention Pilots
New ADS-B Surface Services Are Available Now

Pilots who use the surface airspace listed below can now receive free traffic and weather information in the cockpit. To receive these services, aircraft must be equipped with an Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) transmitter/receiver or transceiver and a cockpit display of traffic information (CDTI).

Service Volume Name
Airport ID

Charlotte Douglas
CLT

Denver
DEN

Miami
MIA

Ronald Reagan National
DCA

William P. Hobby
HOU

The new services include:

Flight Information Service - Broadcast (FIS-B), which provides pilots and flight crews with a cockpit display of aviation weather and aeronautical information via Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) equipment on 978 MHz. Note: FIS-B is not compatible with 1090ES avionics.
The following FIS-B weather products are for advisory use only.
o Aviation Routine Weather Reports (METARs).
o Special Aviation Reports (SPECIs).
o Terminal Area Forecasts (TAFs) and their amendments.
o NEXRAD (regional and CONUS) precipitation maps.
o Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) Distant and Flight Data Center.
o Airmen’s Meteorological Conditions (AIRMET).
o Significant Meteorological Conditions (SIGMET) and Convective SIGMET.
o Status of Special Use Airspace (SUA).
o Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs).
o Winds and Temperatures Aloft.
o Pilot Reports (PIREPS).
o TIS-B service status.