Kenny Keller explains how to check AWOS weather reports for density altitude before flying. At Warsaw Municipal airport, a reported density altitude of 1,900 to 2,000 feet means a helicopter performs as if flying at that altitude, even though the field sits much lower. In warm Indiana summer conditions, this matters for takeoff performance.
Is it? 121 12, 121125 I think.
7 altimeter 3004 remarks density altitude 2000.
Warsaw Municipal.
Airport automated weather observation 2117 Z wind 340-at8 visibility 102100 scattered temperature 23 Celsius dew.17 altimeter 3004 remarks density altitude 1900.
See, there's a good little tip. In the wintertime, it never tells you about density. Altitude doesn't matter because it's cold out in the temp in the performance is good. So when the days heat up like now, it's summertime, it's warm, we're at 850 at Warsaw, but the helicopter is going to act like it's at 1,900. And that's why you only hear that in the summertime in Indiana, because it's in the wintertime, warm performance is cool.
