Pilot information for Southwest Florida International Airport

Current conditions (METAR) for Southwest Florida International Airport

Retrieved 2012/05/27 04:53:

KRSW 270453Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A3000

Forecast (TAF) for Southwest Florida International Airport

Retrieved 2012/05/26 00:51:

TAF KRSW 262347Z 2700/2724 09010KT P6SM VCTS BKN070CB 
     FM270100 VRB04KT P6SM SCT070 
      TEMPO 2709/2713 4SM BR 
     FM271400 28010KT P6SM SCT035 
     FM271800 23012KT P6SM FEW050

!RSW 05/073 RSW SVC ASOS 124.65 OTS
CREATED: 26 May 2012 04:07:00 
SOURCE: KANDYFYX

!RSW 05/070 RSW TWY F9 AT RWY 6/24 SURFACE PAINTED HOLDING POSITION
 SIGN NONSTD
CREATED: 22 May 2012 01:26:00 
SOURCE: KFTWYFYX

!RSW 05/036 RSW OBST TOWER 1054 (1039 AGL) 11.81 SSE LGTS OTS 
(ASR 1030207) TIL 1205301730
CREATED: 15 May 2012 17:35:00 
SOURCE: TJSJYFYX

!UAR 01/011 RSW AIRSPACE JOSFF 4 ARRIVAL SZW TRANSITION NA
CREATED: 18 Jan 2011 19:53:00 
SOURCE: KDZZNAXX

!UAR 01/001 RSW AIRSPACE AIRCRAFT INBOUND TO RSW ARE ENCOURAGED TO FILE AN ICAO 
FLIGHT PLAN WITH THE NAV/RNAV VALUES THAT BEST REFLECT CAPABILITIES, 
AND, WHENEVER POSSIBLE, FILE THE APPROPRIATE RNAV STAR TO REDUCE 
AIRBORNE REROUTES AND POTENTIAL DELAYS. 
RNAV STAR CAPABLE AIRCRAFT DEPARTING AIRPORTS EAST OF A LINE FROM 
LAL TO CVG SHOULD FILE VIA THE SHFTY RNAV STAR. RNAV STAR CAPABLE 
AIRCRAFT DEPARTING AIRPORTS ON OR WEST OF A LINE FROM LAL TO CVG 
SHOULD FILE VIA THE TYNEE RNAV STAR. NON-RNAV STAR CAPABLE AIRCRAFT 
DEPARTING AIRPORTS EAST OF A LINE FROM LAL TO CVG SHOULD FILE VIA 
TAY.J85.INPIN..LBV DIRECT AND EXPECT VECTORS. NON-RNAV STAR CAPABLE 
AIRCRAFT DEPARTING AIRPORTS ON OR WEST OF A LINE FROM LAL TO CVG 
SHOULD FILE VIA SZW.J41.PIE..SRQ.JOSFF STAR AND EXPECT VECTORS.
CREATED: 02 Jan 2009 15:17:00 
SOURCE: KZMAZRZC

!FDC 1/3486 RSW FL.. SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 
AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE, ESSENTIAL SERVICE BROADCAST. 
       EFFECTIVE 1109301200 UTC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) HAS ADOPTED TWO ADS-B DATA 
LINKS: 1090 MHZ EXTENDED SQUITTER (1090ES) AND 978 MHZ UNIVERSAL 
ACCESS TRANSCEIVER (UAT). THE TWO LINKS OPERATE SIMILARLY AND SUPPORT
TRAFFIC INFORMATION SERVICE-BROADCAST (TIS-B). ADDITIONALLY, THE UAT
LINK SUPPORTS FLIGHT INFORMATION SERVICE- BROADCAST (FIS-B). TIS-B 
SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM 
(NAS) WHERE THERE ARE BOTH ADEQUATE SURVEILLANCE COVERAGE (RADAR) AND
ADEQUATE BROADCAST COVERAGE FROM ADS-B GROUND STATIONS. FIS-B 
SERVICE AVAILABILITY IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE NAS IN 2013, AND IS 
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE WITHIN CERTAIN REGIONS. THIS NOTAM ANNOUNCES THE 
AVAILABILITY OF THE INITIAL TIS-B AND FIS-B CAPABILITY WITH THE 
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL RSW AIRPORT AIRSPACE. THE FAA IS 
DEVELOPING POLICY GUIDANCE MATERIAL ON AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT 
SURVEILLANCE-BROADCAST (ADS-B), ESSENTIAL SERVICES- TIS-B AND FIS-B 
THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN TRADITIONAL SOURCE REFERENCES SUCH AS THE 
AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION MANUAL (AIM). REPORTS OF TIS-B AND FIS-B 
MALFUNCTIONS SHOULD BE REPORTED BY RADIO OR TELEPHONE TO THE NEAREST 
FLIGHT SERVICE STATION (FSS) FACILITY.
CREATED: 28 Sep 2011 10:19:00 
SOURCE: KDZZNAXX