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Was flying for I3 and had no chance to get Burbank (KBUR) atis informations.
Checked on published ATIS (134.50) and xplane local map ATIS (135.12).
Have to check for some other airport close to KBUR?
Anyway I had the weather because I put the plane on KBUR before taking off from KSNA but during the flight was checking again and in the while the JS32 was climbing above the planned altitude (6000 feet) because I forgot to level off and ATC told me I have to fly again my I3.... More than reasonable...
Well, this is a typical case of... Share your mistake ... will post on the right place too....

Back in the day you used to introduce yourself to approach and ground by mentioning which ATIS info you had;

"Cessna 76888 to ground, I'm parked at Sporty's Pilot shop, request taxi to active for touch and gos
transponder equipped, information alpha."

Do people still mention which ATIS update they have? I don't use ATIS much since I have a tablet app that does that for me (actually there are about a hundred apps for that).

Yes, you can mention the ATIS code or "have numbers."

In real life, just having the numbers doesn't cut it, but since we don't have a fully developed ATIS system, it's sufficient here.

"Burbank ground, Skyhawk 76888 at [location], taxi for closed traffic with Alpha," would be the most appropriate call. No need to reference your transponder capability unless you're calling for an IFR TEC route, in which case you'd state your formal equipment suffix, ie. "slant Alpha," since "transponder equipped doesn't provide the information the controller needs (it's missing your altitude reporting capability, and you navigation equipment).

Daddy O wrote:Back in the day

You should still do that.

Calling up with the ATIS or simply advising ATC that you have the weather information is something you should always do 1. When calling for taxi and 2. When checking in with approach control.

"XXX Ground, Skyhawk 4231J, transient parking, taxi for closed traffic with Bravo."
or
"XXX Approach, Skyhawk 4231J level at 6000, with Bravo."

No "this is" or "I am" or "we have." Words like these are unnecessary in transmissions because we know you're the one talking therefore we know that you are the one saying what we are hearing.

Usualy, when I fly to somewhere, I listen the ATIS frequency to get the destination airport weather informations.
For the very first time, when I put the ATIS KBUR frequency on com2, I had no weather informations.
In the last days I noticed that the xplane real time weather is, sometimes, VERY different from the PE ATC weather informations, not only on winds and visibility, but on altimeter numbers too (that's very strange, considering pressure usualy don't change so quickly)
I was approaching KBUR so I was looking for the local numbers, but no way.
So I was asking here in forum if the frequencies I have are wrong.

I know there are a lot of ipad/pc applications with weather info but, after all, I need the weather info that xplane is managing at that moment even if they aren't accurate, not the real weather.