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Comment by geor9e

4 days ago

Do forecasted storms go into the fuel estimate formulas?

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jacquesm  4 days ago

Yes. Even not forecasted storms in the form of a probability of wind at low altitude when the engines are at their least efficient. And tradewinds at altitude, which are quite variable as well.

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