Advantages Of The New Duats Website

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Always on the lookout for the most accurate way to track weather, pilots will be happy to learn that DUATS.com recently got a refresh. DUATS is a free weather and flight planning service for pilots, sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration. The upgrade makes the site an even better online resource.

As a pilot, you rely on up to date current and forecasted weather. The weather is a determining factor in making go/no go decisions. The new webpage makes finding the current and forecasted weather along a route, filing a flight plan, planning a flight and locating terminal procedures simpler and easier than ever before. The site is user friendly. With the click of a mouse button, everything pertaining to planning a flight and looking up the weather is within easy reach.

An Improved Homepage
The new homepage includes full color maps of the surface analysis, radar summary, weather depiction, visible satellite, infrared satellite and your home radar. If a pilot wishes to change those maps, all they have to do is go into their personal profile and select the six maps they would like to view upon logging into the DUATS system. This new homepage allows pilots to scan weather at a glance.

Weather Briefings
Pilots can easily find weather briefings, weather graphics and TFRs under the Weather link along the top menu bar. The new forms make plugging in flight information and getting a weather briefing fast and hassle free. DUATS also offers plain language weather briefings.

Flight Planning
Pilots can file a flight plan both domestically and Internationally, plan a flight, store a flight plan, view and modify a flight plan, close a VFR flight plan and get a GPS.RAIM prediction all with the click of a mouse and entering the flight plan and aircraft information into the form.

Database Search
The database search allows pilots to look up airports, Navaids, Fixes and Weather Reporting Stations using the ICAO or FAA identifier. They can also do a preferred routes search to find the best route between their departure and destination airports.

My Account
The My Account tab allows a pilot to enter an aircraft profile, update their personal profile, adjust flight planner settings and reset their password.

Help
The new website also contains an easy to use help feature where pilots can find the web users guide, FAQs, latest DUATS flyers, flight planner help, Quickpath user guide and contact support and offer feedback.


About the Author:
The new and improved CSC DUATS website is a great tool for pilots. Both private and commercial pilots, like those that work for the contractor DynaCorp, will benefit from this FAA website.



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