AvBrief Article on In-Flight Weather

[kyleb]

They compared weather solutions using ADSB, XM, and Starlink. The comment that surprised me was that Starlink has very little latency - about a minute.

I thought even the latest views on Windy, Weather.com, Weather Channel, etc. had a nominal latency of 5-10 minutes. How can Starlink be better?

Here's the article: https://avbrief.com/which-cockpit-wx-ads-b-vs-sxm-vs-starlink-wi-fi/

 

[Sierra_Hotel]

I think they're overstating the benefit a bit, since you're still limited by the data latency of the source. Just because you can access the site faster doesn't mean the data is that much newer. I do love that we have the option now and have better access to information, but it's still not real-time.

 

[kyleb]

I think they're overstating the benefit a bit, since you're still limited by the data latency of the source. Just because you can access the site faster doesn't mean the data is that much newer. I do love that we have the option now and have better access to information, but it's still not real-time.

Exactly what I was thinking.