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How to Log Your PIREPs (Pilot Reports) - JoaoPaz - 08-13-2025
How to Log Your PIREPs (Pilot Reports) at Alaskan Winds
(Note: at the time of this writing flight codes are still being added to the various sections here)
1. At the forum: sharing your flight — in the Logbooks > > >
* Sharing your fllight here on the Logbooks is great, we hope you do it!
* On the Lobooks there are no strict PIREP format rules.
2. At the website: sending your flight for time calculations — at the Website form > > >
(Note: security reasons, this link is not visible on the public website — please bookmark it)
* Sending your PIREP is not mandatory — but only those PIREPs sent will have their flight time calculated and published.
3. Before You Submit
* Make sure your flight follows our Ops Manual values > > >
* Make sure you're using correct Flight Code and Flight Time formats.
4. Aicraft ICAO codes
* To find your aircraft's ICAO code just google something like "Beechcraft 1900D ICAO aircraft type designator googles AI will give it to you: "B190" in this case.
* For a more professional approach use ICAO's search form at > > > https://www2023.icao.int/publications/DOC8643/Pages/Search.aspx
* Example: Beechcraft 1900D → B190
5. Flight Code Format: TTTNNN (3 letters + 3 numbers)
* Example: TRA011 → The Real Alaska, Flight 11
Available Codes
• FBF – Flight Board
• FSE – FSEconomy
• TRA – The Real Alaska
• GAT – The Great Alaskan Tour
• IDI – Virtual Iditarod
• YUK – Virtual Yukon Quest
• PFF – Pilot's Free Flights (always use PFF000)
Flight Time Format: NNN (3 digits)
Example: 134 = 1 hour and 34 minutes
PIREP Line Format: AWID ACtype YYYYMMDD FlightCode FlightTime
Example: AW001 DHC2 20250813 TRA011 134
All submitted PIREPs are calculated and published at the start of each calendar month.
Be careful up there!
