One keeps air traffic control on track, and the other keeps you safe from weather.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Question: I have just begun my instrument training and learned about position reports in IFR. Are these the same as the PIREPs ...

One of the most valuable tools pilots have to help one another in flight is the Pilot Report — or PIREP. Whether you’re flying a Cessna 172 or a CRJ at flight level 250, your firsthand report of ...

A PIREP is called a Pilot Report because it is directly reported from the pilot in the weather conditions. Let’s take a look at the format a PIREP uses and how to decode the message. If you’ve never ...

When a PIREP is rejected, the reject method of the PirepService is called. This method decreases the aircraft's flight time by the flight time of the PIREP (see below ...