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AVT 110 - Aviation Meteorology

Credits: 3
3 Lecture Hours

Description
This course is a study of weather, meteorological charts and reports for safe aircraft flight. Students utilize all available current and forecasted weather data including reporting data to promote safe flight.  The impact of various weather phenomena including but not limited to the effects of air pressure, temperature, moisture, fronts, thunderstorms, hazardous weather conditions and related meteorological phenomena on flight are studied. 
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:

  1. Analyze the meteorological principles and effects of pressure, temperature, wind and moisture on aircraft operation.
  2. Discuss the use of proper altimetry.
  3. Analyze the effects of air masses, fronts and cloud classifications.
  4. Apply Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules and regulations for operation in turbulence, icing, thunderstorms and instrument meteorological conditions.
  5. Interpret weather principles and resources as applied to safe flight.
  6. Analyze weather conditions that cause hazardous flight environments through use of case studies.
Listed Topics
  1. High pressure and low pressure areas
  2. Surface temperatures and temperatures aloft
  3. Basic aerodynamics
  4. Surface winds or winds aloft
  5. Altimetry and airplane performance
  6. Moisture content in the air
  7. Cloud classification
  8. Air masses
  9. Fronts
  10. Turbulence
  11. Wind shear
  12. Icing
  13. Thunderstorms
  14. Ceilings and visibility
  15. Safety of flight
  16. Weather forecasting
  17. Aeronautical Decision-Making (ADM) and risk management
Reference Materials
Federal Aviation Regulations/Airman’s Information Manual (FAR/AIM), Jeppesen FAA ATP Meteorology Module 7 and handouts 
Students who successfully complete this course acquire general knowledge, skills and abilities that align with CCAC’s definition of an educated person. Specifically, this course fulfills these General Education Goals:
  • Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
  • Quantitative & Scientific Reasoning
Approved By: Dr. Quintin B. Bullock Date Approved: 3/25/2021
Last Reviewed: 11/12/2021


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