Useful Information

Server List

This lists the European servers for both VATSIM and Roger Wilco. Details of other servers can be found at www.vatsim.net (click on "Complete Network Information"). The ServInfo programme is particularly useful as it lists all servers and their status, and shows you which controllers are using which servers. Note that the old UK1 server no longer exists - 80.249.98.88 is the UK server for both Vatsim and Roger Wilco. To add the full server list to ASRC, click on ipaddr.txt and follow the instructions.

ICAO aerodromes (popular UK and NI codes)

The full list can be found in the AIP (Aeronautical Information Package) Gen 2.4

ICAO code	Location
EGAA	Belfast Aldergrove
EGBB	Birmingham
EGBE	Coventry
EGCC	Manchester
EGFF	Cardiff
EGGD	Bristol
EGGP	Liverpool
EGGW	London Luton
EGHH	Bournemouth
EGHI	Southampton
EGJJ	Jersey
EGLC	London City
EGLL	London Heathrow
EGNR	Hawarden
EGNX	East Midlands
EGPF	Glasgow
EGPH	Edinburgh
EGSS	London Stansted
EGVN	Brize Norton

METAR weather abbreviations

The METAR is the routine report of the Aerodrome actual weather. The code elements are listed in the Vatsim ATC manuals. This is a list of the majority of weather abbreviations used in the METARs (including some unlikely to be seen in the UK!).

BC - patches	DZ - drizzle	GS - small hail or snow pellets	PR - banks	SQ - squalls
BL - blowing	FC - funnel cloud	HZ - haze	RA - rain	SS - sandstorm
BR - mist	FG - fog	IC - ice crystals	SA - sand	TS - thunderstorm
DR - drifting	FU - smoke	MI - shallow	SH - showers	VA - volcanic ash
DS - duststorm	FZ - freezing	PL - ice pellets	SG - snow grains	VC - in vicinity
DU - dust	GR - hail (>5mm)	PO - dust devils	SN - snow	+ heavy - light

CAVOK:	visibility 10 km or more
	no cloud below 5000ft aal or highest MSA, and no cumulonimbus
	no weather significant to aviation