SITA eWAS

iOS and Windows v3.6 USER GUIDE

CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION 7
1.1. About 7
1.2. What’s new in SITA eWAS 3.6? 7
1.2.1. New features 7
1.2.2. Improvements & Fixes 7

1.3. Abbreviations 8

2 APPLICATION OVERVIEW 9
2.1. Big picture of modules and operation modes 9
2.2. Authentication 10
2.3. Display Elements Layout 10
2.3.1. Map Display 11
2.3.2. Vertical Display 14
2.3.3. Control Panel 15

2.4. Legend 16
2.5. Weather Object Selection 16
2.6. Split view Mode 17

3 FLIGHT PLANS 18
3.1. Loading Flight plans 18
3.1.1. OFP (of an Airline) 18
3.1.2. ATC FPL 18
3.1.3. Manual 19
3.1.4. Latest 20
3.1.5. Activating the Flight Plan 20

3.2. Active Flight Plan panel 21

3.2.1. Edit Flight Plan details 21
3.2.2. Flight Plan graphical edition 21

3.3. Managing Flight Plans Database 24

3.3.1. Flight Plan Edition 24
3.3.2. Flight Info Panel 25
3.3.3. Waypoint Edition 25

4 AIRPORT LIST PANEL 26

5 GREEN OPERATING PRACTICES 28

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6 OPERATION MODES 30
6.1. Briefing/Inflight Mode 30
6.1.1. Briefing/Inflight Timeline bar 30
6.1.2. Briefing Mode specifics 31
6.1.3. In-Flight mode specifics 32

6.2. TimeView (weather situation analysis) mode 34

6.2.1. TimeView timeline bar 35

7 STATIONS VIEW 36
7.1. Airport Types 38
7.2. Airport Clustering 38
7.3. Minimum Weather Conditions 39
7.4. Special Weather Conditions 39
7.5. NOTAMs 40
7.6. Airport Information 40
7.6.1. Airport Info Tab 42
7.6.2. METAR/TAF Tab 43
7.6.3. NOTAM Tab 43
7.6.4. OptiFlight Tab 44
7.6.5. Chart Tab 44

7.7. ETOPS 45

8 WINDS VIEW 46

9 FORECAST VIEW 47
9.1. Turbulence 48
9.2. Convection 48
9.3. Icing 49
9.4. Surface Fronts 50
9.5. Volcanic Ashes 50
9.6. Sand/Dust 50
9.7. Other hazards 50
9.8. Forecasts weather object information panel 51

10 OBSERVATIONS VIEW 52
10.1. Convection observations 53
10.2. Lightning Strike Cells 53
10.3. PIREPs 54
10.4. Ice Crystals 55
10.5. Precipitation 56
10.6. Show last valid observations 56

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10.7. Observations weather object information panel 57

11 SIGMET VIEW 58

12 NAVIGATION LAYERS 60
12.1. Adequate & Emergency Airports 60
12.2. Company Areas 60
12.3. TRACKs 60
12.4. Flight Info Regions (FIRs) 60
12.5. SITA OptiFlight Messages 61

13 TOOLS 62
13.1. Effective Wind 63
13.2. Equitime point calculation 64
13.3. Airport Circles 65
13.4. Distances 66
13.5. Draw 67
13.6. Spider (or Closest airports tool) 68

14 ADVANCED FILTERS 69
14.1. Weather Phenomenon Filter 69
14.2. Navigation Filter 71
14.3. Flight Level Filter 72
14.4. Display Filter 73
14.4.1. Tools 73
14.4.2. Airport configuration 73
14.4.3. Map configuration 74
14.4.4. Other properties 74

15 CONNECTIVITY STATUS AND DATA FRESHNESS 75

15.1. Connectivity Status and Data status icon 75
15.2. Weather status and connectivity panel 76
15.3. Updates via ACARS 77

16 OPTIONS MENU 78
16.1. PIREP Creator 78
16.2. Feedback 79
16.2.1. Feedback Reports 79
16.2.2. Feedback Manager 81

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16.3. Send Data 82
16.4. Share 82
16.5. Help 82
16.6. Profile Editor 82
16.6.1. Personal Tab 83
16.6.2. Devices Tab 83
16.6.3. Profile Settings Tab 83

17 REPLAY MODE 86
17.1. Introduction 86
17.2. Activating the replay mode 86
17.3. Entering the replay flight scenario 86
17.4. Replaying a flight 86

18 ANNEX 1: WEATHER PRODUCTS AVAILABLE 88

18.1. Summary 88
18.2. Hazard Forecasts 90
18.2.1. Clear-Air-Turbulence Forecasts 90
18.2.2. EDR Turbulence Forecasts 90
18.2.3. In-Flight Icing Forecasts 91
18.2.4. Surface Fronts 91
18.2.5. Cb Top Forecasts 91
18.2.6. SIGMET/FPGs/TPs 92

18.3. Hazard Observations 93

18.3.1. CB Radar Observation & Nowcasting 93
18.3.2. CB RDT Observation & Nowcasting 93
18.3.3. Lightning Strike Cells 94
18.3.4. PIREPs 94
18.3.5. IATA EDR 95
18.3.6. Ice Crystals 95

18.4. Tropopause Forecasts 95

18.5. Winds & Temperature Forecasts 96
18.6. Airport Operational Data 97
18.6.1. METAR/TAF 97
18.6.2. NOTAMs 97
18.6.3. SNOWTAMs 97
18.6.4. D-ATIS 97
18.6.5. Airport Info 98

19 ANNEX 2: AIRLINE EXTENDED INTEGRATION 99

19.1. Request a Mission 99
19.2. <Airline> OFP 100
19.3. FMS Simulator 100
19.4. <Airline> Airports 100

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19.4.1. No Airports File 101
19.4.2. Basic Airports File 101
19.4.3. Complex Airports File 101
19.4.4. Airports Minima File 102

20 ANNEX 3: EFB SYSTEM INTEGRATION 103

20.1. Connection to Avionics 103
20.2. ACARS/MIAM Capacity 103
20.3. Paired Mode 105

21 VIRTUAL KEYBOARD ON WINDOWS 106

21.1. Default Windows Keyboard 106
21.2. eWAS QWERTY or AZERTY Keyboard 106

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1 INTRODUCTION

1.1. About
SITA eWAS is a full weather service that provides in real time weather observation, nowcasts and forecasts during all the
phases of your flight. It offers the possibility to review the current weather situation almost in real time and presents how it
would evolve in the coming hours. Installed in your EFB the application gets the weather forecast using IP or ACARS
communication and the avionic data as position and speed directly from the A429 bus. A pre-flight version is also available on
iPad so that you can directly review the weather condition along your flight directly from the airport or the hotel.

SITA eWAS system is formed basically by a terminal (connected EFB or iPad) and a ground segment that collects the weather
forecasts from several weather providers and optimizes all the information to reduce the data size to uplink to the aircraft.

1.2. What’s new in SITA eWAS 3.6?

SITA eWAS 3.6 has a set of new features. We encourage you to review them in this manual to get a better understanding of
them. These are the release notes of SITA eWAS v3.6.

1.2.1. New features

o SIGMET Filtering: SIGMET data now has its own button in the Control panel, filtering it separately from the other
weather hazards.
o Spider tool improvements: The Spider tool has been improved by adding new filtering options such as the definition
of the circles by time or distance and the color of the spider legs according to the airport type. Airports with medical
services available now have an H icon on it to increase the situational awareness of pilots.
o New display filtering options: Display Filters introduces new filtering options on Tools and RoseGrid.
o Adequate ETOPs circles improvements: Improvement of the Adequate ETOPS circles visualization by introducing a
new display mode: Spider. This mode displays the circles of the airports according to Spider legs, increasing
situational awareness of flight crews by reducing the amount of circles drawn over the map and keeping the focus on
the nearest ones.

1.2.2. Improvements & Fixes

o IATA EDR visual improvement for Smooth Air

o Effective wind display improvements working alongside Spider tool
o Improved information on Simulation panel: Taxi phase is now displayed
o [Windows version] Improved tap gestures on tools
o [Windows version] Visual improvement on suitable ETOPS critical positions, time and conditions: text is now
displayed in red color
o [Windows version] Better virtual keyboard placement on login screen
o Stability fix on application change from back to foreground when used with no connectivity
o Fixed issue with Share via Airdrop when used with no connectivity in iOS application
o Fixed issues on Split View mode on iOS application
o Visual corrections for Airport information and ATC Route panels on Windows application
o Fixed issue on New PIREP Report panel on Windows application
o Fixed issue on Flight Plans Latest tab on Windows application
o Fixed issue on Tools menu on Windows application
o Fixed issue on Around Flight Plan Filter when used with FIR NOTAMs

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 o Fixed issue on NOTAM FIRs
o Stability fixes when the app works with no connection

1.3. Abbreviations

ACARS Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System

AIRMET Airmen's Meteorological Information
AOI Area of Interest
ATIS Automatic Terminal Information System
CAT Clear Air Turbulence
EFB Electronic Flight Bag
ETOPS Extended-range Twin-engine Operations Performance Standards
FIR Flight Information Region
FL Flight Level
KT Knot
IATA International Air Transport Association
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
Meteo Meteorological Information
Metar Meteorological Weather Report
MIAM Media Independent Aircraft Messaging
NM Nautical Miles
NOTAM Notice to Air Missions
OFP Operational Flight Plan
PIREP Pilot Report
RDT Rapid Development Thunderstorm
SIGMET Significant Meteorological Information
SITA eWAS Electronic Weather Awareness Solution
STAR Standard Arrival Route
TAF Terminal Area of Forecast
TAOI Time and Area of Interest

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2 APPLICATION OVERVIEW

2.1. Big picture of modules and operation modes

The diagram below depicts the overall elements of the SITA eWAS software application. It consists of: Flight Plans, View
Modes controls, View Modules, Display Filters, Data Validity and Connectivity Status, and Flight Reporting / feedback.
Flight Plans

Flight Reporting
Flight Plan Flight Plans Flight Plan
Loading Database Management

FP activation
View Modes

FP Briefing / Inflight Time View

View Mode General Mode

Flight Plan related General

weather view weather view
View Modules

Stations View
Airports View Winds View Display
Filters

Forecasts View Observations

(1h - 48h) View (<1h)
Turbulence PIREP Turbulence
Convection Convection
Icing PIREP Icing
Volcanic Ash Ice Crystals Icing
Dust, Sand Storm Lightning Impact

UP-TO-DATE NOT-UP-TO-DATE EXPIRED

Local
On Syncing Off On Syncing Off On Syncing Off Weather
line line line line line line Database
Data Validity and Connectivity Status

Ground Data Services

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2.2. Authentication
Only previously registered users can access to the SITA eWAS application. When SITA eWAS application is started after
installation or upgrade, or when crew forces a logout, the credentials (username or e-mail/password) are requested. These
credentials are then sent to ground for validation.

User & Password Fields

Username / e-mail: john
Password: smith

Login button

Recover password at
eWAS official webpage

After login in you must accept the terms of use, which may differ depending on your type of account.

You can see the app version on this screen. The version can also be found in the Help section. Please refer to section 16.5 for
further information.

2.3. Display Elements Layout

The main screen of “SITA eWAS” application is divided into three areas, as displayed:

1) Map Display,
2) Vertical Display,
3) Controls.

Info Info
Controls

Panel Panel

Map Display

Vertical Display

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In the real case scenario such as the one displayed below, note that the “Map Display” area includes real time dynamic
information panels that display the weather and other similar events; the “Vertical Display” shows a cross section view of the
flight, adding a timeline control sits at the bottom. The “Controls” buttons sit at the right side, allowing the selection of
different tools.

2.3.1. Map Display

The Map Display covers most of the application layout. It shows a world moving map in Stereographic or Mercator
projection, depending on the selected view, and can be controlled with touchable gestures: Tap to Select, Swipe to Move and
Pinch to Zoom.

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 Airports
List
Flight Plans Green Operations Panel
LISTGreen

Left Info Panel

Right Info Panel

Tools selector Center Map

Active Flight Plan

It is important to remark that all background maps used by SITA eWAS application are available offline to allow its use inflight
(without internet connection). There are some tools, quickly accessible from the Map Display view.

• Flight Plans : Open the panel to download Flight Plans (Please refer to section 3)

• Airport (AP) List : Open the panel to manage the Airports (Please refer to section 4)

• Green Operating Practices : Open the panel to manage Green Operations (Please refer to section 5)

• Tools selector : Open the bar that access the Tools editors: Effective Wind, Equitime Point, Personal Drawing,
Distance and airport circles (Please refer to section 13)

• Center Map: Map can be centered on Aircraft Position or around the flight plan

• Active Flight Plan: Open the panel to see the active flight plan information (Please refer to section 3.2)

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The Map Display provides the following information:

- Active Flight Plan and Alternate Route (if available)

- Weather Products
- Aircraft Position (in Briefing/Inflight mode)
- Regulatory/En-route airports
- Color / W&B World Map (selectable in Filters->Display). In iOS, you can also set the map color to match the
Light/Dark mode of your device, changing automatically with the theme.
- Adequate/Emergency airports (selectable in Filters->Navigation)
- Company areas (selectable in Filters->Navigation)
- North-Atlantic (NAT) and Pacific (PACOT) Organized Track Systems (selectable in Filters->Navigation)
- FIRs (selectable in Filters->Navigation)
- OptiFlight points (selectable in Filters->Navigation)
- Coverage Areas (selectable in Filters for some products only)
- Country Boundaries (selectable in Filters->Display)
- Coordinate Grid Lines (selectable in Filters->Display)
- Rose Grid (selectable in Filters->Display)
- ETOPS Suitable/Adequate (selectable in Filters->Display)
- Tools data (selectable in Tools button and Filters->Display)

There are two information panels on the top-left and top-right of the map, which provide information on what is being
displayed. The information changes depending on the operational mode.

The Alternate Route only appears if it is defined on the OFP. They appear with a green dashed line on the map. This is only
available for Airlines with integrated OFPs.

For more information on the specific information being displayed please refer to section 5.

[*Only Available for Windows version]

Windows version provides some additional feature:

- The Day/Night Areas (selectable in Filters->Display)

- City names (selectable in Filters->Display)
- A zoom control (selectable in Filters->Display)

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2.3.2. Vertical Display
The vertical display provides a cross section of the Flight Plan. It is very useful to show the vertical profile of weather situation
with the wind component faced by the aircraft. It can be controlled with touchable gestures: Tap to Select, Swipe to Move
and Pinch to Zoom

The vertical display provides the following information:

- Vertical profile of the active flight plan

- Aircraft Position (in Briefing/Inflight Mode)
- Aircraft flight level
- Component of the effective wind and temperatures along the Flight Plan
- Tropopause Line (Blue line)
- Areas where temperature descends below -70°

The vertical profile of the terrain in Grey line (selectable in Filters->Display-> Others (Windows)/Other properties (iOS)).
A button on bottom-right side allows crew to maximize /minimize the vertical display to increase intelligibility.

 USE TRICK: If the vertical display has been zoomed in, it can be to tally zoom out
by tapping twice o n it.

[*Only Available for Windows version]

Windows provides some additional features:

- The Day/Night Areas (selectable in Map Config)
- Additional forth state of visualization of the vertical profile without information in the axes

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2.3.3. Control Panel

Control panel allows crew to access all supporting tools and options of SITA eWAS application. These options include:

Briefing/Inflight & Timeview Selector

Show/Hide Stations View

Show/Hide Winds Layer

Show/Hide Forecast Layer

Show/Hide Observations Layer

Show/Hide SIGMET Layer

Show/Hide Tools Layer

Show/Hide Advanced Filter menu

Show/Hide Weather Data & Communication Status Panel

Show/Hide Menu Panel

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2.4. Legend
The legend panel describes the colors and icons used to represent weather phenomenon. As you can see, they are closely
related to the type of phenomenon and its severity. It is intended by SITA eWAS application to assign the same color/icon to
the same hazard regardless of the weather provider or product. It is always available via the Menu Panel.

2.5. Weather Object Selection

When tapping over a weather object (Forecast or Observation) in both, Map and Vertical Display, a pop-up dialog appears
showing detailed information related to this object. The information shown depends on the weather object selected. These
are some of the parameters available:
• Hazard (*): Description of the weather hazard, including phenomenon type and severity.
• Altitude (*): altitude range in FL where this object is located.
• Valid from/until: period time when this object is considered as valid (Only for Weather Forecasts).
• Obs. Time (*): this time corresponds with the moment this weather object was observed by the sensors (Only for
Weather Observations)
• Speed: the speed in knots related to this object.
• Heading: heading in degrees of the pointed object.
• Provider (*): the name of the provider this weather objects comes from.

(*) Parameters mandatory for any kind of Weather Object

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The weather object selected is highlighted with a contour white line in both, Map and Vertical Display.
When more than one weather object is found at the coordinates selected, a list of weather objects sorted by FL is shown on a
slider panel. Swipe right/left to move along the list.

2.6. Split view Mode

SITA eWAS supports multitasking in iPads with Split View capabilities. To use this the other app that will share the screen
must also have Split View capabilities. To use SITA eWAS in Split View, simply slide up the iPad dock from the bottom and
drag the app from the dock to the left or right side of the tablet. Then, adjust the size of the apps with the grey button in
between them.

When the width of SITA eWAS becomes too small, it will switch the graphical interface to one more adequate (which is the
same format as in the iPhone version).

In this case, the control panel is at the bottom of the app. The various options can be shown or hidden by dragging it up and
down. In this mode, the Flight Plan Manager is not available.

The Windows version does not have the concept of Split View as in iOS. But SITA eWAS windows version screen size can be
changed (using windows key or resizing it manually), allowing the user to work with multiple applications in the same view.

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3 FLIGHT PLANS
3.1. Loading Flight plans
The SITA eWAS application provides a specific panel that allows crew to request, create, modify, and activate a flight plan and
requesting a mission.

3.1.1. OFP (of an Airline)

This feature is only available for Airlines which have an extended integration. It behaves the same way as the Eurocontrol
tab. Please refer to section 19.2 for more info.

3.1.2. ATC FPL

 NOTE: Only flights filed in Eurocontrol or FAA can be requested.

This tab allows to request a list of flights by introducing the airline (Only ICAO Code) or the departure airport (ICAO/IATA
code) or the destination airport (ICAO/IATA code) or any combination of three. Characters in lower case will be read as
upper case.

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The button allows to swap the departure and destination
airports.

The icon indicates when the departure time of a flight is prior

to the current time.

Note that the flights found with your ICAO/IATA code are
presented in a list, including its Flight Identifier, From (Airport),
To (Airport), and Standard Departure time.

A flight can be selected by tapping on the desired flight. The

downloaded flight plan data details are shown automatically.
Once you selected a Flight Path, tap on the accept button to
activate the flight plan. When a Flight Plan is activated, a list of
Airports along this flight plan is downloaded automatically.

3.1.3. Manual
This tab allows to request a flight plan by introducing manually the route. There are different options:
- Request a route using a valid Eurocontrol Flight Identifier.

i.e.: AFR006, BAW287, etc.

- Request a route using only departure and destination ICAO/IATA airports.

i.e.: CDG JFK, LFPG KJFK, etc.

- Request a route using a valid ICAO Route and adding the departure (beginning) and destination (end) ICAO/IATA
airports.

i.e.: LFPG(1) N0485F370(2) ERIXU1L(3) ERIXU(4) UN860 ETAMO

UN855 OLRAK UZ131 FJR UM731 DIVKO UM989 BALEN UM998
KAMER/N0483F370(5) UM998 CSO UA605 TARAT/N0487F370
UA605 DJA/N0483F390 UB730 IKTAV/N0483F390 UB730 DIR
UG727 TJR/N0485F380 UH455 KEMOX H455G ODROL ODROL2A(6)
FKYS(7)
(1) Departure Airport (Mandatory)
(2) Cruise Speed and Altitude (Optional)
(3) SID (Standard Instrument Departure Route) (Optional)
(4) Route, using WayPoints and Airways (Optional)
(5) Change of speed/altitude at some waypoint (Optional)
(6) STAR (Standard Arrival Route) (Optional)
(7) Destination Airport (Mandatory)

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 - Request an ICAO International Flight Plan (FPL).

i.e.:
(FPL-AF513UJ-IS
-A319/M-SDE2E3FGIRWY/H
-LFTH0820
-N0435F320 JULEE DCT MRM UM976 PIBAT
-LFPO0110 LFQQ
-PBN/A1B1C1D1S2 DOF/121115 EET/LFFF0037 RVR/075 OPR/AFR ORGN/LFPGYEYX)

The downloaded flight plan data details are shown automatically. Tap on accept button to activate the flight plan.

3.1.4. Latest

This tab presents a list of the latest flight plans downloaded. All
flights downloaded by previous features, Request Flight and
Request Route, are stored on a local database and are accessible
for further use, including the airports. This is very useful for
pilots, because they can download all their flights at the
beginning of the day when a good internet connection is
available. Because all the required data of a flight is stored locally,
pilots can activate it throughout the day, without having an
internet connection. A flight can be activated by tapping on the
desired flight.

The icon indicates when the departure time of a flight is prior

to the current time.

3.1.5. Activating the Flight Plan

After tapping on a Flight Plan in Eurocontrol or OFP, it will be

downloaded and the details of the Flight Plan will appear,
including the departure time and date, the flight number and the
OFP version for those that have it. Clicking on Activate will close
the Flight Plans panel and load the new Flight Plan. Press Cancel
to go back to the panel.

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3.2. Active Flight Plan panel
Some of the details that define the active Flight Plan can be seen and edited by opening the Active Flight Plan panel. Please
refer to section 6.1 for further information.

The name appearing on the slider is the Flight Number, and when tapping on it the panel opens. The panel provides general
information about the flight: origin and destination airports, take-off date and time and the aircraft type. The ATC Flight Plan
Route is also provided and, by tapping on, it will be copied into the clipboard.

3.2.1. Edit Flight Plan details

In this panel, the following values can be edited by tapping on the corresponding field:

- Departure Time
- Taxi Time
- Flight Duration
When the Flight Duration parameter is modified, the increase/decrease is automatically applied to all the waypoints
of the flight plan. IMPORTANT: No A/C performance data is applied on these calculations.
- Average Cruise Flight Level
The Average Cruise FL is a pondered average of all the flat sections of the Flight Plan. When the Average Cruise FL is
modified, the increase/decrease is automatically applied to all sections. IMPORTANT: No A/C performance data is
applied on these calculations.

The changes can be saved or discarded. Changing the departure and taxi time might change the operational mode from
briefing to inflight or vice versa if any of those modes is active. Before saving the changes, the mode that will become active
appears below the resulting take-off time. More information on the operational modes in section 6.1.

3.2.2. Flight Plan graphical edition

[*Only Available for iOS version]

Tapping on the button will enter the Flight Plan graphical edition.
This tool allows to edit the flight plan manually by moving, adding and deleting waypoints directly on the map.

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Tap on a waypoint to select it, which will display a menu with several options: do a direct to, edit the waypoint or delete the
waypoint. Note that a waypoint cannot be edited without having previously moved it.

To move a waypoint keep pressing on it and drag the waypoint on the screen.

Keep pressing on a line that links two waypoints will create a new waypoint between them.

Through the edit waypoint tool, the name, latitude and longitude of the waypoint can be modified.

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NOTE: Original waypoints of the flight plan cannot be edited. Edition is only allowed on new created waypoints or moved
waypoints.

The Direct to tool allows to create a direct path between two waypoints, removing all the waypoints between them.

Direct-From tool allows the user to trace a direct path between the current location of the aircraft to a waypoint, removing
all the waypoints between them.

To do so, select the destination waypoint, choose Direct-From icon in the contextual menu.
A new waypoint is automatically created at the aircraft position and the trajectory is shown.
Validate the action to proceed.

To leave the flight plan edition tap the cross to cancel changes or tap the check icon to save changes.

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3.3. Managing Flight Plans Database
This view allows to manage all the flight plans available on the local database. All flights downloaded by previous features,
Request Flight and Request Route, are automatically stored on a local database for further use. This manager allows to
manually create a complete flight plan from scratch (waypoint by waypoint), delete a flight plan, modify its cruise altitude
and speed, add/delete/modify some waypoint and/or activate it.

Flight Info
Panel

Waypoint List

Flight Plan List

3.3.1. Flight Plan Edition

On the left side, there is the list of flight plans available on the local database. A flight plan can be categorized as:

Favorite: Flight plan selected as favorite is not removed

Non-Favorite: Flight plan selected as non-favorite. They are removed automatically when expired
(Configurable on Profile Setting)

To select / deselect a flight plan as Favorite, a long tap must be performed on icon. By default, all new flight plans stored on
local database are categorized as Non-Favorite.

The following table summarizes the options available for managing Flight Plans:
Save All changes performed on Flight Plan Database are stored
Cancel All changes performed on Flight Plan Database are discarded
Removes manually all those non-favorite Flight Plans which has expired
Remove Old
(Configurable on Profile Settings)

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Delete Flight Plan Deletes the selected Flight Plan

Activates the selected Flight Plan

3.3.2. Flight Info Panel

Through the Flight Info panel, it is possible to modify the Flight ID, the Cruise FL, the Flight Duration and the Cruise Speed in
Knots.

3.3.3. Waypoint Edition

On the right side, there is a table with all the waypoints composing the
selected flight plan.
Through the “>” symbol it is possible to edit the values of a waypoint:
Name, Latitude, Longitude, FL and Speed.
Through the (+) button it is possible to add a waypoint at the end of the
Waypoint List.
Through the Delete button it is possible to delete the selected waypoint,
except for departure and destination airports.

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4 AIRPORT LIST PANEL
When tapping on the AP List slider on the top of the application, the AP List view opens.

Sort Airports

Recover Airports
from Flight Plan

Edit
Delete All
Airports
Airports

There it is possible to see all the airports downloaded. The list of airports changes with every flight plan.

Selecting an airport will close the AP List view and open the selected airport view.

Favorite airports (that can be added in the specific airport view) are marked in the list with a . Favorite airports will
remain when downloading a new flight plan. Tapping on the star next to the tabs bar will also switch between favorite and
non-favorite.

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[*Only Available for iOS version]
Any airport or list of airports (separated by spaces)
can be requested using its ICAO or IATA code and
tapping on the search button. Additionally, it is
possible to sort the list of airports through the
current distance to the airplane, alphabetically, and
in reverse alphabetical order, by clicking any of the
icons displayed to the right.

By swiping left on an airport item it is possible to delete an airport from the list. It is possible to do the same by pressing the
edit button and then the red circle next to the airport.

By tapping the Delete All button, a prompt offers to delete all the downloaded airports or only the non-favorites.

By tapping the Recover Airports from Flight Plan button, a prompt offers to restore the airports list from the active flight
plan.

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5 GREEN OPERATING PRACTICES
Only for those airlines that have integrated SITA OptiFlight Green Operating Practices panel will be displayed on top toolbar.
The Green Operating Practices is a brand new Eco-Flying panel which brief pilots on all flight specific fuel-efficiency initiatives
for Departure, Cruise and Arrival phases.

The following fuel-efficiency initiatives are available in SITA eWAS application:

- OptiClimb: For each departure, reduces climb fuel consumption by using customized speeds thanks to 4D weather
forecast every 1000ft and machine learning performance models.
- Engine Out Taxi Out: For each departure, it provides taxi time estimation and associated fuel savings when following
Engine Out Taxi Out procedure.
- Fuel per PAX: For each departure, provides information of Fuel per PAX (ex :2.1L/100km/PAX) based on extracted
OFP information.

- OptiDescent: For each arrival, provides tips to the pilot to allow continuous descent operations based on historical
data and 4D weather forecast.

- Engine Out Taxi In: For each arrival, provide taxi time estimation and associated fuel savings when following Engine
Out Taxi In procedure.

- OptiDirect: On route, provides shortcut opportunities based on real tracks.

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 - OptiLevel: On route, provides flight level optimization based on 4D weather forecast every 1000ft and machine
learning performance models in order to reduce fuel consumption
- OptiSpeed: On route, adjust cruise match for the best time/fuel ratio.

Different fuel-efficiency initiatives are proposed for a set of selectable scenarios, like Best time or Best Fuel
scenario.

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6 OPERATION MODES

The SITA eWAS application offers two display modes selectable from the control menu:
“Briefing/Inflight” mode and “TimeView mode”.

6.1. Briefing/Inflight Mode

The Briefing/Inflight mode is the main mode of operation of SITA eWAS. When activating the Briefing/Inflight mode, the app
will automatically set which of the two modes must be applied, according to the take-off time. If the current time is before
the take-off time, the Briefing mode is activated. If the current time is after the take-off time, the Inflight mode is activated. If
when in Briefing mode the take-off time is reached, then the app will automatically switch to Inflight mode.

The take-off time can be changed when in this mode via the Active Flight Plan panel. Please check 3.1.5 for further
information.

6.1.1. Briefing/Inflight Timeline bar

The Briefing/Inflight timeline bar is fully integrated in the Map/Navigation and Vertical Display. Using tap and drag gestures it
can be possible to select a different time in the future. By taping on the timeline area previous to the current A/C position,
the timeline is reset.

The SITA eWAS application provides the expected position of the aircraft for the selected daytime and shows the
corresponding weather conditions, in both displays. The timeline bar is integrated into the Vertical Display and allows the
crew to see which are the expected weather conditions during the flight according to the take-off time.

The timeline bar provides the following information:

- Expected Aircraft Position (Ghost Aircraft, in white) for the selected time in both displays (Map/Navigation and
Vertical Displays).
- Selected time in both displays (Map/Navigation and Vertical Displays).

There is a play/pause button to automatically animate the ghost aircraft through the flight plan. After 30s in pause mode, the
timeline is automatically stopped and SITA eWAS application returns to the current time situation.

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 Ghost Aircraft

Play/Pause Area to reset

TimeLine TimeLine

6.1.2. Briefing Mode specifics

Flight In pre-flight phase.

phase

Task Checking the weather situation in advance considering the take-off and the estimation-time-over (ETO) at
each waypoint of the active flight plan.

Usage The remaining time until the take-off time is shown in orange in the timeline bar.
Taxi time is added to departure time in order to calculate the final take-off time.
Time marks indicates the time gap from take-off time.

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Info Panels Left-side Info Panel: Right-side Info Panel:
Data for Pre-
Flight  Departure and Arrival Airports  App Version
 Connection type
 Flight Number
 Operational Mode
 Flight Plan Source  Current UTC Date
(Manual, Eurocontrol or OFP version)  Current UTC Time
 Profile
 Take-Off Time UTC
 Time to Departure – Taxi phase
 Average Wind Component  Vertical Range

6.1.3. In-Flight mode specifics

Flight During the flight phase.
phase

Task Checking the current and future weather situation considering the current position of the
aircraft and the ETO at each waypoint of the active flight plan. Time marks indicates the
UTC Time.

Usage Aircraft position can be obtained from different sources, selectable on Profile Settings Dialog:
▪ GPS: GPS Integrated or external GPS device connected by Bluetooth,
▪ ADBP-834: Connection with an ADBP-834 compatible AID (selectable and configurable per airline),
▪ A350: Connection with the A350 AID (selectable and configurable by airline),
▪ Teledyne: Connection with the Teledyne AID (selectable and configurable by airline),
▪ SIMULATED: Position estimated by the internal FMS Simulator.

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Info Panels Left-side Info Panel: Right-side Info Panel:
Data for
 Position Provider Type & Status  App Version
In-Flight
 A/C Position: Latitude, Longitude,  Connection type
Altitude, Ground Speed and Heading
 Operational Mode
 Departure and Arrival Airports
 Current UTC Date
 Flight Number
 Current UTC Time
 Flight Plan Source
 Profile
(Manual, Eurocontrol or OFP version)
 Take-Off Time UTC  Vertical Range

 Average Wind Component from Aircraft

until End of Route

 TRICK: The estimated position of the A/ C may be desynchro nized from the
current A/C position, in particular when loading the flight in manual mode where
the cruise speed is an average speed throughout the flight. In this case, the A/C
can be pointed on the fligh t plan by a lo ng tap (more than 3 seconds) on the
vertical profile. The plane is moved at the indicated location and resumes its
progress at the speed of the flight plan.

6.1.3.1. FMS Simulator

The calculation of the expected aircraft position (Ghost Aircraft) for a given time is performed by a simple FMS Simulator
integrated into SITA eWAS App. This FMS Simulator calculates the altitude and estimated-time-over at each waypoint. To do
that, it takes into account the cruise speed/altitude and any change on speed/altitude during the flight. But it does not take
into account either the wind direction/speed or the aircraft type dynamics.

6.1.3.2. GPS Positioning

[*Only Available for iOS version]

 Using the GPS Positioning in SITA eWAS is not currently allowed by the
authorities. Use it at your own discretion.

SITA eWAS is capable of retrieving GPS location from the device and place properly
the aircraft into the map and vertical display. To do this, GPS option must be selected
in the Settings Dialog. You will see in the top-left panel that the indicator: GPS
Enabled.
When the GPS positioning is working properly, there is no Aircraft icon displayed in
the map. Instead, there is a 20 NM circle in the area where the AC is. If the GPS is
active but no valid position is received or position is not refreshed in 5 seconds, the
yellow aircraft will appear and the left panel will indicate that the position is being
simulated. Once the signal is recovered, the yellow circle will appear again.
In this mode, the Left-side panel will not show any A/C Position related data to follow
EASA requirements.

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In the vertical view, the yellow AC will not be displayed if the GPS position indicates it is further than a 100 NM from the
active flight plan.

6.1.3.3. AID Positioning

SITA eWAS application can be configured to retrieve the A/C position directly from the avionics through a selectable AID.
Currently the following AIDs are supported:
- A350,
- Teledyne,
- Any ADBP-834 compatible AID (like FOMAX).
The list of AIDs and the connection settings can be configured from the server side depending on the airline and user profile.
Please contact SITA’s Enterprise Service Desk for more information.

When an AID is selected and a valid position is received, there is no Aircraft displayed in the map. Instead, there is a 20 NM
circle in the area where the AC is. If the AID connection is active but there is an error, no valid position is received or position
is not refreshed in 5 seconds, the yellow aircraft will appear, and the left panel will indicate which is the error and he position
is being simulated. Once the position is valid again, the yellow circle will appear again.

In this mode, the Left-side panel will not show any A/C Position related data to follow EASA requirements.
In the vertical view, the yellow AC will not be displayed if the GPS position indicates it is further than a 100 NM from the
active flight plan.

6.2. TimeView (weather situation analysis) mode

Flight In pre-flight or in-flight phases.
phase

Task Checking current and future weather situation filtered by a specific UTC time, independently of
the active flight plan.

Usage The timeline bar is displayed on Map Display, clearly separated from the active flight plan.
No aircraft is displayed.
Ghost aircraft is neither displayed when a future UTC time is selected.
The Timeline bar range is always set to the next 16h.
The future UTC time can be selected by using tab and drag gestures on the timeline bar or by
setting a concrete time on UTC Time panel

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Info Panels Left-side Info Panel: Right-side Info Panel:
Data
 Departure and Arrival Airports  App Version

 Flight Number  Connection type

 Flight Plan Source  Operational Mode

(Manual, Eurocontrol or OFP version)  Current UTC Date

 Take-Off Time UTC Average Wind
 Current UTC Time
Component from Aircraft until End of
Route  Profile

 Vertical Range

6.2.1. TimeView timeline bar

In TimeView mode, the timeline bar is integrated into the Map Display and allows the crew to select an specific UTC time for
displaying weather conditions in the future on both map and vertical view. To select a specific time, you can also tap on the
Time label to the right and set the desired time from the available.

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7 STATIONS VIEW
The visualization of airports and their status is activated by pressing the STATIONS button. The
STATIONS button is then highlighted.

When Stations View is selected this causes the Vertical Display to be hidden automatically. Furthermore, this view is
exclusive, that is, no other weather phenomenon but stations information is displayed (Airports and FIRs).

This view has been specifically designed for pre-flight phases. A segmented tab allows the user to select between Airports or
FIRs view (which sit at the bottom of the screen).

The Airports view displays the minimum weather conditions for all airports inside a 50NM corridor along the route,
considering the TAF and METAR information and the usability period. The FIRs view displays the available NOTAMs from the
FIR on the AOI.

Important: For Airports, if the current time is inside the suitability period of an airport, the METAR is used for the
decoding. The TAF is used otherwise.

FIR background color depends on the availability of NOTAMs and its importance: blue if there are NOTAMs, orange if there
are NOTAMS and any of them is a high importance NOTAM and no background if there are no NOTAMs available. By clicking
on any highlighted FIR, the NOTAM panel is opened and the affected area is displayed on the map.

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7.1. Airport Types
The SITA eWAS application can represent on the map all the important airports associated to the current flight plan and
those requested manually by the pilot.
There are different types of airports:
Regulatory airports,
which include the departure, the destination, primary alternate destination and suitable ETOPs airports.
METAR/TAF is downloaded automatically for these airports when a new flight plan is requested
En-route airports,
For airlines not integrating A633 OFPs (Please refer to section 19.2 for details), include the most significant
airports in a configurable-width corridor (by default, 50NM) around the flight plan. METAR/TAF is downloaded
automatically for these airports when a new flight plan is requested
For airlines integrating A633 OFPs, include the en-route airports extracted from the A633 OFP. METAR/TAF is
downloaded automatically for these airports when a new flight plan is requested

The airports which are downloaded manually by the pilot, using the Airports tool (Please refer to section 4 more details) are
considered as En-Route airports.

Those companies that have integrated in their solution an Airports Complex File (Please refer to section 19.4 for more
details) will also see:
Adequate airports,
which include airports from the Airport Sheet which are included in a configurable-width corridor (by
default, 400NM) around the flight plan, that are identify as adequate for landing. METAR/TAF and
NOTAM/SNOWTAM info is only downloaded by request.
Emergency airports,
which include airports from the Airport Sheet which are in a configurable-width corridor (by default,
400 NM) around the flight plan that can only be used for landing in case of emergency. METAR/TAF
and NOTAM/SNOWTAM info is only downloaded by request.

7.2. Airport Clustering

[*Only Available for iPhone/iPad]
To prevent cluttering, airports group by in clusters of the same type of airport when zooming out. When zooming in, the
airports automatically appear.

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7.3. Minimum Weather Conditions
If the METAR/TAF information is downloaded the color of the airport gives an indication of the minimum weather conditions
on the airport at the suitability period according to the latest available TAF. This suitability period is calculated taking into
account the expected take-off time and the Estimated Time of Arrival calculated by the FMS Simulator. A range of ± 1 hour is
then added.

The color of the flower that surrounds the main icon indicates the type of airport (Regulatory / En-Route / Adequate /
Emergency airport)
According to the worst ceiling and visibility conditions calculated on the airport for the suitability time period, SITA eWAS
represents the airports with the following symbology:

Minimum Weather Conditions Icon

Ceiling: < 200 feet
Visibility: < 550 m
Ceiling: < 1000 feet
Visibility: < 3000 m
Ceiling: ≥ 1000 feet
Visibility: ≥ 3000 m
METAR/TAF expired

IMPORTANT: The ceiling and visibility thresholds can be configured by airline within a csv file. The airline can define their
own default values and/or some specific values per airport.

If no threshol ds ar e defined by the airline, SITA eWAS System applies the following
default v alues:
Low visibility threshold = 550 m. Low ceiling threshold = 200 feet
High visibility threshold = 3000 m. High ceiling threshol d = 1000 feet

7.4. Special Weather Conditions

The following icons can be added around the main airport icon to if some special weather conditions are foreseen for the
usability period:

Special Weather Condition Description Icon

Snow/Icing conditions foreseen:
Snow/Icing
FZ, SN, SG, IC, PL, GR, GS
Storms conditions foreseen:
Convection
TS, CB

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 High Winds Winds > 35KT, Gust not included

Dust/Sand conditions foreseen in

Dust/Sand
TAF: DU, SA, SS, DS, PO

IMPORTANT: Winds and Gust can be configured by airline. Wind speed can be different to 35 KT, and gusts can be included

7.5. NOTAMs
The following icon can be added around the main airport icon to inform that there is a valid NOTAM that can affect the flight.

Highlighted NOTAM

7.6. Airport Information

When an airport is selected the following panel is displayed. Select specific tab to see the information panels. Swiping left or
right will switch between the airports.

The following table summarizes all the information provided by this panel:

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(1) Airport Information
Name and ICAO/IATA codes of the airport
Type and Class of airport
Airport Elevation
Sunrise & sunset GMT times
Frequencies
Runways
(2) Weather Conditions for suitability period
Suitability period (Highlighted)
Lowest Ceiling and Visibility during suitability period
Highest wind foreseen during suitability period
Highest gust foreseen during suitability period

NOTE: In some airports the METAR/TAF available might not cover the suitability time. It will be
indicated in this section.
(3) METAR Info
METAR Text and time of publication
The color of the word "METAR" takes the color of the airport type
(4) TAF Info
TAF text and time of publication
Highlighted, those relevant sections of TAF applicable during the suitability period
The color of the word "TAF" takes the color of the airport type
(5) Runway Conditions
Runway conditions decoded from the SNOWTAMs values received into METAR info
(6) Airport Minima
Display the airport minima criteria (ceiling and visibility thresholds) applied to calculate Airport
Status when they are airport specific (not default)
(7) D-ATIS
D-ATIS text messages and time of publication.
Only available for USA airports.
(8) Airport Chart
The airport chart is automatically built with the information provided by the Navigation Database
Runway info includes, the rwy. identifiers, dimensions (length x width in meters), orientation
according to magnetic bearing and best approach available.
Arrows indicating the headwind and crosswind foreseen during the suitability period
Displaced Thresholds in meters (DTHR in green)
Magnetic bearing of the airport with the magnetic arrow up
Windsock graphic indicating wind orientation and strength
True/Magnetic North selector

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 Download METAR/TAF/NOTAM
(9) In the event that it has already been

downloaded, pressing the button

manually downloads the METAR/TAF and
NOTAM/SNOWTAM data for an airport (see
the right image for an example).
Note: refresh is not triggered if auto-refresh
toggle on status panel is disabled.

(10) Swipe through airport list

Swipe right/left to navigate along all the airports displayed. Airports are sorted by suitability
period, from departure to destination

7.6.1. Airport Info Tab

It contains detailed information of the airport obtained from ARINC-424 Navigation Database: ICAO/IATA Code, Airport
Name, Airport Location and Elevation, IFR capabilities, sunrise & sunset GMT times, radio frequencies and Runways Info:
Name, Dimensions, Elevation, Bearing and Approach System.

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7.6.2. METAR/TAF Tab
It contains updated Weather (METAR/TAF), Runway Conditions and D-ATIS information of the airport.

7.6.3. NOTAM Tab

It contains updated NOTAM and SNOWTAM Information of the airport. NOTAMs which can affect the flight are highlighted in
AMBER.

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7.6.4. OptiFlight Tab
Only for those airlines that have integrated SITA Optiflight.

This tab is shown on some departure airport, it contains the OptiClimb, Engine Out Taxi In or Engine Out Taxi Out Messages
which proposes some customized speed changes at different altitudes for each climb to save fuel (Please refer to section
12.5 for details).

7.6.5. Chart Tab

It contains a schematic chart of the airport including runways visual description with the bearing of the runways and
approaches system. Runway dimensions are in METERS and a selector allows to select how to orientate the chart, between
magnetic and true north.

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7.7. ETOPS

For Airlines that have integrated their OFPs in SITA

eWAS, it is possible to display Suitable (Red line) and
Adequate (Orange line) ETOPS Airports for those flight
plans that have the information included. For Suitable
Airports, critical positions (EEP, ETP and EXP), time and
conditions (DC, 1X and DX) are also identified and
displayed along the route in red.

ETOPS are shown with a dashed circle around the

Airport Icon and a line stating the maximum range for
that airport.

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8 WINDS VIEW

The Wind View on the Map View is activated by tapping the Winds button. The Winds button is
then highlighted. A long tap on the Winds button will unselect any other active view.

When selected, Wind Information in a square area around the active flight plan is displayed on the Map View. A short tap
performs an accumulative selection, that is, wind information is displayed on top of other views. A long tap performs an
exclusive selection, that is, only wind information is displayed.
Please refer to section 18.5 for further information about wind & temperature products.

In Briefing/Inflight mode, a Winds panel appears on the left of the map.

• Wind FL Selector: This selector is only available when WINDS filter is selected. It allows displaying Wind Information
(Speed and Direction) at the following flight levels: CRUISE FL, FL180 and FL100. Average Cruise FL is selected by
default. The FL value can be changed by user through a selection control.

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9 FORECAST VIEW

The viewing of weather threat forecasts is activated by pressing the Forecast button. The
Forecast button is then highlighted. A long tap on the forecast button will unselect any other
active view.

When selected, all weather forecasts products are displayed: Icing, Turbulences, Convection, Dust and Sand Storms and
Volcanic Ashes.

 NOTE: When Forecast View is selected, the timeline bar is automatically

expanded to cover the full flight.
A short tap performs an accumulative selection, that is, weather forecasts products are displayed on top of other views. A
long tap performs an exclusive selection, that is, only weather forecasts products are displayed.

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9.1. Turbulence
Turbulences are displayed in different grades of green from light to dark indicating its degree.

The origin is indicated when tapping on the object:

- CAT – Clear Air Turbulence
- MWT – Mountain Wave Turbulence
- Low Level Wind Shear

9.2. Convection
Convection forecasts use a color coding from yellow to red indicating the severity of it:

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9.3. Icing
Icing forecasts use a color coding from light purple to deep purple indicating the severity of it:

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9.4. Surface Fronts
SITA eWAS also provides information about current and forecasted surface fronts (cold, warm, stationary, occluded and
troughs).

9.5. Volcanic Ashes

Volcanic ashes are also displayed as a weather object in grey.

9.6. Sand/Dust
Dust or Sandstorms are displayed in brown.

9.7. Other hazards

Other hazards like Ozone or Space Weather areas are also provided.

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9.8. Forecasts weather object information panel
These are some examples of detailed information shown when selecting a Forecast weather object:

Convection

Forecast Turbulence

Icing

Please refer to section 18.2 information for further information on weather forecasts products.

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10 OBSERVATIONS VIEW

Viewing weather threat observations is activated by tapping the Observations button. The
Observations button is then highlighted. All the Observations objects have a Black contour to
differentiate them from the Forecasts. A long tap on the Observations button will unselect any
other active view.

When selected, all weather observation products are displayed: Convection (Red), Lightning cells, Ice Crystals (when
available) and PIREPS.

 NOTE: When Observation View is selected and no other view is, the timeline bar
is automatically reduced to 1h.

A short tap performs an accumulative selection, that is, weather observation products are displayed on top of other views. A
long tap performs an exclusive selection, that is, only weather observation products are displayed.

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10.1. Convection observations
Convection observations follows the same color scheme as convection forecasts, with a black contour:

10.2. Lightning Strike Cells

Lightning cells are displayed according to observed strikes and how long ago were they observed, going from dark red (most
recent) to orange (oldest) in the last 40 minutes. This way it is easy to see how the lightning is moving with time. In the
Hazard name appears how long ago they were observed, usually in ranges of 15 minutes. This type of observations do not
have a black contour. Instead, it has a contour of the color related to the time of observation, with a background in the same
color and added transparency. The most recent one (5 to 20 min) also has a lightning icon on it, to identify faster the most
recent lightning.

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10.3. PIREPs
PIREPs (Pilot Reports) are displayed as symbols on the map with the following coding.
Symbol and Color code
PIREP Icon PIREP Icon PIREP Icon
SEVERE ICING SEVERE ICE CRYSTALS
TURBULENCE
MODERATE MODERATE VOLCANIC
ICING TURBULENCE ASHES
LIGHT ICING LIGHT TURBULENCE OTHER

NO ICING NO TURBULENCE

The number below the symbols indicates the lowest Flight Level for which the PIREP refers to.

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10.4. Ice Crystals
Ice crystals, for those who have acquired this product, are displayed in electric light blue:

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10.5. Precipitation
Precipitation, for those who have acquired this product, are displayed in blue:

10.6. Show last valid observations

When an observation product has expired, it will disappear from the map and a panel on the right side will indicate it.
To view the last valid observations before they expired, toggle the switch “Show last valid observations” on the panel and
they will appear on the map again with a dotted fill.

Expired Products

Expired Products
Panel

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10.7. Observations weather object information panel
These are some examples of detailed information shown when selecting an Observations weather object:

Convection

Observation
Lightning

PIREP

Please refer to section 18.3 for further information on weather observation products.

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11 SIGMET VIEW

Significant Meteorological Information, or SIGMETs, is a term used to characterize severe

weather alerts that include meteorological information. Viewing SIGMETs advisories is
activated by tapping the SIGMET button. The SIGMET button is then highlighted.

SIGMETs are typically issued in response to severe weather conditions that pose a potential hazard to aviation and includes
detailed information about the location, extent, and expected movement of the weather phenomenon. This information
helps Pilots closely monitor SIGMETs to stay informed about hazardous weather conditions along their planned flight paths
and to make informed decisions to ensure the safety of the aircraft and passengers.

When the SIGMET view is enabled, the following events will be displayed on top of the Map View:

• Tropical Cyclones (Advisory)

• Volcanic Ash (Advisory)

• Official
• SIGWX
• Other

The visibility of the events can be configured in the SIGMET Weather filter, like so:

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12 NAVIGATION LAYERS

12.1. Adequate & Emergency Airports

This option will be available only for those companies that have integrated in their solution an Airports File indicating
adequate and emergency airports according to aircraft model (Please refer to section 7.1 for details).

12.2. Company Areas

Only for those airlines that have integrated the SITA Mission Watch solution, Company Areas
created by dispatchers can be automatically shared with the Pilots (Please refer to section 14.2).

There are three main Company Area Types, No Fly Zone areas (Red), Caution areas (Amber) and
Other areas (Grey).

These areas are freely created and shared by dispatchers through the SITA Mission Watch
application. Company Areas can be FIRs, country borders or any other shape.

12.3. TRACKs
North Atlantic Organized and Pacific Organized Tracks can be individually
selected to be on the map displayed (Please refer to section 14.2).
The color of the track indicates its validity according to the selected time.
Tracks are displayed in white if they are valid for the selected time.
Otherwise, they are displayed in amber.

12.4. Flight Info Regions (FIRs)

FIRs can be individually selected to be displayed on the map (Please refer
to section 14.2).
FIRs are automatically updated on every AIRAC.

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12.5. SITA OptiFlight Messages
Only for those airlines that have integrated SITA Optiflight. These messages are automatically downloaded with the Flight
Plan and displayed in the map. Please refer to section 5 for further information about SITA OptiFlight messages available.

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13 TOOLS
SITA eWAS contains a set of tools which can be layered up and combined.

- Effective Wind: Calculate the effective wind to a specific point.

- Equitime Point: Calculate the equitime point on your route for the provided two airports.

- Airport Circles: Show the range from the selected airports at a certain distance or speed/time
combination.

- Distance: Calculate distance between two given points.

- Draw: Draw anything on the map.

- Spider: Visualize the closest airports to the aircraft.

Each tool generates one layer over the map with the data. To show and hide all the active
layers, you can tap on the TOOLS button on the vertical bar, as with the Forecast/Observations.
You can also individually select which layers you want to see in Filters->Display. Please view
section 14.4 for more information on this.

Some tools have editors to set them up. You can access the editors by tapping on the plus icon that sits at the on the bottom-

left of the map . After pressing it, a bar with access to the different editors will open. If one of the tools already have
data set-up, it will appear highlighted, as follows:

When entering a tool editor, you will see a panel on top of the map, indicating the options of using such tool. Tapping on the

trash icon will remove any data for that tool. Tapping on the close button will save the current state of the tool.

IMPORTANT: When editing a tool, the tool will be visible. When closing the tool editor, if the TOOLS button on the menu is
off and/or the layer is off in the Filters, the tool will be hidden. Activate the layer to view it again with the TOOLS button
and/or the Filters menu.

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13.1. Effective Wind
It is possible to compute the average accumulated wind between aircraft position and any position selected on map.
This calculation can be done without having the winds view selected to avoid display cluttering. To get this
calculation, click on “Effective Wind” button and select a position on map (it should be inside the weather area
retrieved). The following image shows the outcome:

The format of the text is as follows:

“[Average Wind Component] ([Distance from AC to Point NM or Time in MIN])”.

The wind component indicates whether it is headwind (H) or tail wind (T). If the point selected is on an airport, the airport
will be highlighted with a white circle. If the ghost aircraft is active, the calculation will be computed from it. The color of the
line indicates the AVG WC speed too following the same scheme as the winds.

This option is not available under Timeview Mode nor Stations View mode.

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13.2. Equitime point calculation
This tool helps you to determine the equitime point (or points), which is the location on the flight plan where two
distinct points you've chosen on the map are reached by the aircraft in the exact same amount of time while
accounting for the effective wind (if those points are in the Winds area). There can be more than one Equitime Point or no
Equitime Point at all.

When in Inflight mode, the Equitime Point is calculated from the AC until the end of the route. When in Briefing mode, the
Equitime Point is always calculated in all the route. The points are selected by activating the mode and tapping on the map in
two different points. If the point selected is on an airport, the airport will be highlighted with a white circle.

There are three possible scenarios:

One equitime point

• At the equitime point label:
o “[UTC Time of Arrival] ([Distance from AC to the equitime point] NM) ([latitude] , [longitude])”.
o E.g.: “16:08Z (463 NM) (W05023.2 , N6259.1)”
• At the selected points labels :
o “[Average Wind Component] ([Distance from Equitime Point to that point] NM)”.
o E.g.: “H019KT (661 NM)”. Each point has a different label color to indicate the part of the route that is closer
to this point.
• Over the route: dashed lines with the color showing to which point is faster to get to from that zone of the route.

More than one equitime point

• At the equitime point labels: A prefix “ETP[Number of Equitime Point]: ”, where the number will be increasing as the
route goes.
• At the selected points, as many labels as equitime points will appear, with a matching prefix “ETP[Number of
Equitime Point]: ”.
• Over the route, the lines will alternate the colors showing to which of the two points is faster to get to from that zone
of the route.

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No equitime point
• At the selected points, a label indicating “NO ETP” will appear. This means that there is one of the two points that is
always faster to get to from the whole remaining route. This point is indicated by adding to the label of that point the
average wind component and the distance from the AC, e.g: “NO ETP – T014KT (890 NM)”.

In the case there are no winds available to calculate the equitime point (e.g: the selected point is outside the area of winds),
the equitime point is obtained without winds. This is indicated by displaying “NO AVG WC AVAIL” instead of the average wind
component.

This option is not available in Timeview Mode nor Stations View Mode.

13.3. Airport Circles

This tool allows to set a circle around an airport using distance or speed and time as parameters. Simply tap on an
airport to add the circle around it. Tapping again on the same airport will remove the circle. You can set as many
airports as desired.

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You can select that the circle is drawn with a certain radius as per distance (in nautical miles -NM-, or as per time at a certain
speed (time in minutes and speed in knots).

13.4. Distances
This tool allows to calculate the distance between 2 points in NM. Simply press two points on the screen to be
pinned and the distance is calculated. You can draw up to 5 distances simultaneously. Tap on the distance label to
remove a distance.

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13.5. Draw
[*Only Available for iOS version]

This option allows to draw or note something on the screen. Inside Tools Selector button, click the brush button to
enter the draw tool panel. The Brush selector allows the user start painting and the Brush Options selector to choose
the stroke size and brush color (Red, Green, Blue and Yellow). Use your finger to draw lines.
The undo button removes the last line drawn and the eraser removes the selected draws by the user. To move around the
map without drawing, click on the Move over map button.
Tapping on the trash button deletes all the drawings and the close button saves the drawings and closes the Draw panel.

Brush
Undo
button
butto
Eraser n
button Brush Options
selector
Move
over
map

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13.6. Spider (or Closest airports tool)
The Spider feature shows the closest airports to the current position of the aircraft. It draws a segmented line between the
airports and the aircraft. On top of each airport a line appears as in effective wind, indicating the distance and the effective
wind to that airport. The color of the line also represents the averaged wind component as in effective wind. If the ghost
aircraft is active, it will show the closest airports to the ghost aircraft.

You can set up the number of airports in the Filters->Display section.

Refer to Filter section to know the different display possibilities (Tools).

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14 ADVANCED FILTERS

Opening the Filters menu is done by tapping the FILTERS button. The logo shown on the button
changes based on user-configured filter settings and enabled modules.

The Filter menu allo ws you to configure the weather phenomena to display in SITA
eWAS. The default configuration of the Weather is the reco mmended one. At each
loading of a new flight plan, the default configuration is reloaded.

The filter dialog proposes 6 different options: A red icon on the top-right zone of each tab indicates when some filter
option is active.

- Weather, to select/deselected the weather phenomenon layers to display.

- Navigation, to select/deselected the navigation layers to display.
- Flight Level (FL), to filter weather phenomenon in a range of flight levels.
- Display, to select/deselected other map layers.

- Show/Hide Alternate FPs, to show or hide the alternate routes if the Active Flight Plan has them. If there is no
alternate route, the button is disabled.

14.1. Weather Phenomenon Filter

This menu allows you to filter which weather phenomenon layer to display in the Forecast, Observations and SIGMET Views.
On top, there is the Around Flight Plan switch, which filters weather phenomenon in a rectangle area around the active
route. It displays a rectangle with a pointed line around the flight plan area. This filter does NOT prevent to download
weather products from other areas if the weather retrieval area is different to the Around Flight Plan.

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An activator allows to display/hide the coverage areas of certain products (if its coverage is not global all around the world).
In those cases, an eye icon will display next to each filter to indicate whether the coverage area is shown on the map or not.

Observations Filter Weather

- Thunderstorm: Convection observations

- Lightning: Lightning Cells observations
- PIREP: Pilot Reports
- IATA EDR: Automatic Pilot EDR Reports from IATA
- ICI: High Altitude Ice Crystals observations
- Precipitation: ground reflectivity >37dB

Forecast Filter Weather

- CB: Convection Forecasts

- Turbulence: Turbulence Forecasts
- Icing: Icing Forecasts
- Sand Dust: Dust and SandStorms
- Front: Surface Front Forecasts
- Jetstream
- Other: Other phenomena (Space WX or Ozone)

SIGMET Filter Weather

- Trop Cyclone (Advisory): Tropical Cyclone Advisories

- Volc Ash (Advisory): Volcanic Ash Advisories
- Official
- SIGWX
- Other

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14.2. Navigation Filter
This menu allows you to filter which navigation layer to display:

Filter Airports

Only for those companies that have integrated in their solution an

Airports File:
- Adequate: Shows/Hides adequate airports
- Emergency: Shows/Hides emergency airports

Filter Company Areas

Only for those companies that have integrated the SITA Mission Watch
solution:
- Comp. Areas: Show/Hide company areas

Filter Tracks
- W NAT: North Atlantic Organized West bound Tracks
- E NAT: North Atlantic Organized Est bound Tracks
- W PACOT: Pacific Organized West bound Tracks

- E PACOT: Pacific Organized Est bound Tracks

Filter FIR
- FIR: Show/Hide FIRs

Filter SITA OptiFlight

Only for those companies that have integrated SITA-Optiflight:

- OptiFlight: Show/Hide OptiFlight messages

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14.3. Flight Level Filter
When activated, the FL Filtering allows to filter weather phenomenon in a specific range of
FLs. The user can deactivate the filter using the switch button. When deactivated, the
weather phenomenon are always displayed regardless the FL range selected.

There are two predefined vertical ranges:

- CRUISE: FL240 – FL400
- ALL: FL0 – FL500

The two Vertical ranges can be switched automatically by performing a double tap on the
central blue square. Anyway, a different range of FLs can be selected by moving up/down the
sliders to the desired bottom (left slider) and top (right slider) values.

When a vertical range (different from ALL) is selected, the top and bottom values are clearly
indicated on the Vertical Display and the area is highlighted in clearer blue.

 USE TRICK 1: Tapping twice on the left side of the vertical view will swap
between CRUISE and ALL filtering.

 USE TRICK 2: The vertical range can also be controlled by displacing the labels
containing the FL values at the left side of the Vertical Display.

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14.4. Display Filter
This menu has the filters to activate and deactivate several features graphical features of the application.

14.4.1. Tools

In this section you can activate and deactivate the different tools layers.
- Spider: When the Spider is on you can select the number of airports to show,
the information shown on the lable (Distance or Time) and the leg color
setting (Effective wind or type of airport)

14.4.2. Airport configuration

- Suitable ETOPS: Show the suitable ETOPS airports.

- Adequate ETOPS: Show the adequate ETOPS airports.
• All: display the circle for all the adequate ETOPS airports defined
on that flight
• None: do not display any of the circles of the adequate ETOPS
airports defined on that flight
• Spider: display the circles of the adequate ETOPS airports
touched by the spider tool. The circles will update accordingly
with aircraft position and its spider
- ICAO/IATA: Use ICAO or IATA codes to label airports.

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14.4.3. Map configuration
- Alternate routings: When available in the OFP, show or hide the alternate
routes for the active flight.
- Rose grid: Display a rose grid around the aircraft.
- Country boundaries: Show the country boundaries on the map.
- Country names (only for Windows version): Show the name of the
countries on the map.
- City Names (only for Windows version): Show the capital of each country
displayed on the map.
- Coordinates grid: Show latitude and longitude grid on the map.
- 3D Map: Select between the 2D map and a 3D map
- Map Type: select between Terrain map (with topographical display) and
Flat map.
- Map color: Select between different colors for the map. In iOS, you can also
set the color to
match de Light/Dark mode of your device, so it will automatically change
from color to black and white when your device changes from light mode
to dark mode and viceversa.
- Day/Night (only on Windows): Show or hide the day night cycle over the
map.

14.4.4. Other properties

- Terrain profile: show or hide the terrain in the vertical profile

- Auto-center on select: activate or deactivate centering the map on the
selected hazard or airport when tapping on it.
- Zoom Control (only on Windows): Show or hide the map zoom control
buttons.

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15 CONNECTIVITY STATUS AND DATA FRESHNESS

15.1. Connectivity Status and Data status icon

The Weather Data & Com Status Icon summarizes the overall status of SITA eWAS application:

Weather Data Status is represented by the color of cloud image, showing always the worst case scenario:
- Green All data is up to date.
- Orange At least one product is valid but not up to date.
- Red At least one product has expired or is invalid.

Communication Status is represented by the background color of Wi-Fi logo:

- Green SITA eWAS application is successfully connected to ground services
- White SITA eWAS application is downloading data from ground services
- Red No communication currently available with ground services

Refresh profile is represented by a sleeve in the icon next to the communication status. The different refresh profiles allow
controlling which set of weather products are to be automatically updated. This way, for low-bandwidth connectivity you can
get only the must volatile weather data.

- Full connectivity: All the weather is updated as soon as it is available.

- Airborne connectivity: All weather except Winds and Tropopause data will be updated

- Low connectivity: Only observations are updated using a reduced area of interest around the aircraft
position. This is equivalent to the ACARS connectivity profile.

- ACARS Connectivity: Only observations are updated using a reduced area of interest around the aircraft
position. Updates come via ACARS connectivity through the AID.

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15.2. Weather status and connectivity panel

When a pilot taps on the cloud icon, the following panel is displayed:

This panel provides detailed information about Weather Data & Communication Status:
- Type of weather link available:
HTTPS / ACARS / MASTER / SLAVE
- Current status of the weather link

Communication Description
Status
NO COMM No connection to ground services established
CONNECTING... Establishing a connection to ground services
COMM OK Connection successfully established to ground services
COMM TIMEOUT Timeout expired while trying to establish a connection to ground services
DOWNLOADING... Trying to downloading data from ground services
DOWNLOAD OK Data successfully downloaded from ground services
DOWNLOAD FAILURE Some failure detected while downloading data from ground services
DOWNLOAD Timeout expired while downloading data from ground services
TIMEOUT
NO FP or Not able to obtain aircraft position, because there is no active flight plan or no position provider
INVALID A/C POS selected.
INVALID CREDENTIALS Credentials invalid or expired.

- The time since the last connection where established.

And for each weather product,

- Weather provider name

- Weather product name
- Auto-Update mode

Auto-Update Mode Description

Auto-Update mode is disabled.
DISABLED
Weather data will only be refreshed on pilot request.
Auto-Update mode is enabled.
AUTO
Weather data is refreshed automatically.
REFRESHING... Manual request in progress.

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 Weather data is being refreshed on pilot request.

- Current status of weather data

Weather Data Status Description

NO VALID Local weather data is not valid (Temporal status)
NO DATA No weather data is available on ground services.
EXPIRED Local weather data has expired and is not valid for the current UTC time.
Local weather data is not up-to-date, that is, a new update is expected on ground services, but it is still
NOT UP-TO-DATE
valid for the current UTC time
UP-TO-DATE Local weather data is up-to-date.

- Time during the weather product will be valid (Valid for)

- Number of weather objects received (No Objects)
- Time since the last update of weather product (Received X ago)
- Time when the new update of weather product is expected (Next report in)

Through the Update Panel the crew can perform a Manual Update of all-weather products
The Auto-refresh switch allows to activate or deactivate automatic weather updates. When it is off, the Manual Update
needs to be tapped to get the most recent weather data. This switch can be hidden through the configuration. Please contact

us at the SITA’s Enterprise Service Desk to set it up as per your preference. .

The Refresh profile allows you to select the desired type of connectivity. The airline can customize which profiles should be
available for their users. Please contact us at the SITA’s Enterprise Service Desk to set it up as per your preference.

15.3. Updates via ACARS

The ACARS connectivity refresh profile is only available for those customers that have SITA eWAS configured to
receive weather updates via ACARS (through AID connectivity). SITA eWAS will detect automatically whether the data
connectivity comes from ACARS or IP connectivity. When it detects that the connectivity is via ACARS, the profile cannot be
changed to a different one to avoid unexpected data consumption and ensure the application is configured for the ACARS
bandwidth. For more information please refer to section 20.2.

Please contact us at the SITA’s Enterprise Service Desk to configure updates via ACARS.

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16 OPTIONS MENU
The « Options Menu Selector » allows the iOS crew access to the following options:

PIREP creator

Feedback Selector

Send Data (Only for iOS version)

Access to Help View (Only for iOS version)

Access to Legend

Access to Profile Editor

16.1. PIREP Creator

The PIREP menu allows generating Pilot Reports (PIREPs) to be shared with other eWAS Users, to help increasing the weather
awareness between the eWAS users. The PIREPs generated on SITA eWAS will also appear on SITA Mission Watch.

PIRE Ps can b e s h ar ed wi th all th e eW AS Us e rs o r on ly b y you r a ir lin es p ilots . Co n ta ct u s in ord e r

to s e t -u p th e PI RE Ps fo r y ou r a ir lin e .

When entering on the PIREP creator menu, there are different parameters that can be set:

• Position: The position of the PIREP. In this case, the position is obtained from the current aircraft position according
to eWAS. If the position is wrong, put the correct position before entering the PIREP menu
• Altitude: The Flight Level of the PIREP. Automatically populated from eWAS, but can be modified.
• Obsv. Time: The observation time when the report happened
• Category: Select between the different PIREP categories. See section 18.3.4 for more information on the PIREPs
categories.
• Severity: The severity of the PIREP.
• A/C: The aircraft type. This is automatically obtained from the flight information and cannot be changed.
• Free Text: Any other information in text that the pilot wants to add on the PIREP.

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Once the button Submit is tapped, the PIREP is submitted to the ground. PIREPs that have been submitted but are not yet
processed by the ground server are displayed with a translucid rectangle around it, to easily identify them. If there is no
connectivity, the PIREP will be automatically submitted once SITA eWAS regains connectivity. The validity of the PIREPs
generated in SITA eWAS is 3 hours.

16.2. Feedback

 Currently this mode is deactivated by default. Contact us for further information

From the feedback selector menu, the user can create new feedbacks to send to our team as well as manage the ones
created before.

Feedback selector menu ítems are:

16.2.1. Feedback Reports

The SITA eWAS application provides the option to create feedback reports that can be sent to ground services. These
feedbacks have been created as a friendly tool to:

Report failures

Report the usefulness of any function

Report the precision of weather hazards

Contribute to improve application with new ideas or functionalities

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The pilot can create the feedback report and send it right away, or store locally and send it later when he has a good internet
connection or time to complete his comments.

There are some different categories/subcategories available to classify the report. There is also a specific space to add some
personal comment. It is also possible to paint on the screenshot to highlight some area or to write something.

Add a comment

Select
category/subcategory

Draw lines with your finger on the screenshot to point

where are the most important issues of this feedback

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16.2.2. Feedback Manager

Through the “Feedback Manager” , crew can manage all feedbacks stored locally. Feedbacks are classified by flight
and reversely sorted by time (the most recent flight the first).

Feedback List
(Sort by flight)

Feedback Panel

Send Feedback

Edit Feedback

Delete Feedback

Crew can select the feedbacks of a flight, by selecting the flight on the Feedback List (left side)
Crew can walk through all stored feedbacks of a flight, by swiping on to the feedback panel
Crew can edit any of them (select category/subcategory, add comment and highlight some
Edit
area)

Crew can delete any of them

Crew can send all pending feedbacks to SITA Ground services for processing

IMPORTANT: At startup, the SITA eWAS application checks if some feedback is pending and invites the pilot to send them.

Feedbacks are sent using a HTTPS Connection (encrypted) only when a WIFI connection is available.

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16.3. Send Data
[*Only Available for iOS version]
Send data option allow user to share weather and flight data via AirDrop.

16.4. Share
[*Only Available for iOS version]
Share View allows user to share a promotional image of SITA eWAS app using an external app: Mail, Whatsapp, Facebook,
Twitter…

16.5. Help
[*Only Available for iOS version]
Help View includes the pdf manual (PDF), which you can export with the Share button, and some demonstration videos. You
can also view the What’s New (iPad only), the version of the application and export logs feature.

16.6. Profile Editor

Since v3.2 SITA eWAS has a new screen to allow the user to handle his personal information as well as his registered devices.
This screen also contains the settings management and the button to log out from the application. The profile dialog is
divided in 3 tabs:

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16.6.1. Personal Tab

The following information is displayed but not editable:

• User name
• E-mail address

16.6.2. Devices Tab

The list of devices registered in the application are

displayed, as well as the number of devices available.
In addition, the user is given the option to delete any
registered device (except for the current device).

16.6.3. Profile Settings Tab

Profile Settings tab allows the user to select the following options:
- Weather data retrieving area: Select the area for which the weather is retrieved from the server: GLOBAL / AROUND
FP / CUSTOM.
- Position Provider: Select the position provider:
SIMULATED / DEVICE GPS / Available AIDs (Teledyne, A350, ADBP). Please refer to section 6.1.3.3.
- Auto-remove FP older than (days): All those non-favorite flight plans that are older than the given days are
automatically removed.
- Prevent sleep mode: Enables/Disables option to prevent device to go to sleep.
- Set Timeout: Set how many seconds until the app time outs a server request. This is hidden by default. It is useful for
places with bad connectivity. Contact us at SITA Enterprise Service Desk if you want to have this option available.
- Virtual Keyboard (Only on Windows): Enables/Disables the use of Virtual Keyboard. For instructions on the proper
configuration, please refer to section 21 for more information.
- Display Ownship (Only on Windows): Shows/Hides Ownship icon

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16.6.3.1. Weather Data Retrieving Area

The option “Weather Data Retrieving Area” allows selecting the area for which the weather is retrieved from the server.
There are three possible options:

- GLOBAL: The weather will be downloaded for the whole world

- AROUND FP: The weather will be downloaded only for a rectangle bounding the Flight Plan. This is independent from
the Around FP filter in the filter’s menu.
- CUSTOM: The weather will be downloaded for a rectangle given the coordinates of the rectangle´s vertices. Using a
Mercator projection:
o Left Longitude: The latitude where the left side of the rectangle is.
o Right Longitude: The latitude where the right side of the rectangle is.
o Top Latitude: The Longitude where the top side of the rectangle is.
o Bottom Latitude: The Longitude where the bottom side of the rectangle is.

Either Around FP or Custom area are indicated in the map by a dashed line and a label if any of both is active.

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17 REPLAY MODE
[*Only Available for iOS version]

17.1. Introduction
The replay mode allows debriefing past flights with the weather available at the time of the flight within the last 90 days.

Currently, the replay mode only allows to review the forecast and observations data.
Airports and Winds will be added in future v ersions

17.2. Activating the replay mode

To activate the replay mode, you need to log in with a user with a specific replay profile. Please contact us for help setting up
the users. Note that a user cannot have two different profiles at the same time.

17.3. Entering the replay flight scenario

Upon log in with a user that has a replay profile, the screen will look very
similar to the normal operations mode. To enter and activate a flight scenario

to be replayed, tap on the OFP button and the flight data panel will
open. There you can input the following information:

• ATC Route: Standard ICAO Route or ATC Filing strip of the flight to be
reviewed
• Analysis time: select the time to start the simulation. Usually, this time
is set some time before the takeoff, to show the data available during
the briefing time.
• Takeoff time: the time at which the flight departed.

Tapping on Activate Route will activate the flight simulation.

 USE TRICK 1: If you want to analyze the data from a certain section of your
flight, you can put an analysis time later than the takeoff time. This way, it will
automatically place the flight at the estimated positio n depending on the takeoff
time.

17.4. Replaying a flight

Once the flight is activated, you will see the route and the different weather hazards depending on the filters you have
activated. A new panel will appear to control the simulation, with three buttons:

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 • Restart simulation : This reset the position of the AC back to the initial analysis time.

• Play/Pause : This will start or stop the replay of the flight, simulating how time goes by. When it is paused, it will
display the weather that was available at the current time. This time can be seen on the top right information panel

• Replay speed: This allows to control how many seconds of the flight go by for every second in real time. Tapping on it
will change the replay speed. The available speeds are: 1x, 5x,10x,30x,60x and 90x.

By default, the replay is stopped when activating a new flight. This means that the weather that appears is the weather that
was available in eWAS at the Analysis Time (or at the time it is stopped). You can use the ghost aircraft to project the aircraft
as in the normal operational mode.

You can also access the Flight tab to change the cruise flight level and the
duration of your flight to make it as accurate as possible. The departure
and taxi time is calculated from the takeoff time. A default taxi time of 10
min is used for the purpose of the replays.

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18 ANNEX 1: WEATHER PRODUCTS AVAILABLE

18.1. Summary
Provider Product Name Phenomenon Type Coverage Area Refresh Rate Validity Period
Cb Radar Observation & 1 hour
ASPOC France 5 min
Nowcasting (15min period)
Europe + Africa 15 min
Indian Ocean 15 min
Cb RDT Observation & 1 hour
RDT Japan + Australia 20 min
Nowcasting (15min period)
America 10 min
Pacific Ocean 30 min
Lightning Cells Lightning Strike Cells Global 1 min 45 min
Most recent Lightning Strikes
Lightning Strikes Global 1 min 5 min
Resolution: 1.5 km
Clear-Air-Turbulence Forecasts
Europe
CAT Arpege Model (Europe): 0.1°x 0.1° 6 hour
Global
Arpege Model (Global): 0.5°x 0.5°
EDR-Turbulence Forecasts
EDR Arpege Model (Europe): 0.1°x 0.1° Global 6 hour
Météo-France Arpege Model (Global): 0.5°x 0.5°
In-Flight Icing Forecasts
Europe 36 hours
ICE Arpege Model (Europe): 0.1°x 0.1° 6 hour
Global (12 forecasts
Arpege Model (Global): 0.5°x 0.5°
3h period)
ICE-P Forecasts
ICE-P Arpege Model (Europe): 0.1°x 0.1° Global 6 hour
Arpege Model (Global): 0.5°x 0.5°
Tropopause Forecasts
Tropopause Global 6 hour
Arpege Model (Global): 0.5°x 0.5°
Winds & Temperature Forecasts
Winds & Temp Global 6 hour
Arpege Model (Global): 0.5°x 0.5°
METAR/TAFs METAR/TAF Global 1 min 24 hours or greater
SIGMET Official SIGMETs Global 1 min 24 hours or greater
VA/TC ADV VA/TC Advisories Global 1 min 24 hours or greater
SWX ADV Space Weather Advisories Global 1 min 24 hours or greater
SIGWX SIGWX Turb & Conv Forecasts Global 6 hour (1 forecast
UK Met
SIGWX JetStream SIGWX JetStreams Forecasts Global 6 hour 6h period)
PIREPs PIREP North America 1 min 3 hours
NOAA
METAR/TAF METAR/TAF Global 1 min 24 hours or greater
NATs North Atlantic Tracks Global 1 min 24 hours or greater
PACOTs PACific Organized Tracks Global 1 min 24 hours or greater
NOTAM Airports NOTAM Airports Global 1 min 24 hours or greater
FAA
NOTAM FIRs NOTAM FIRs Global 1 min 24 hours or greater
SNOWTAMs SNOWTAM Global 1 min 24 hours or greater
D-ATIS D-ATIS North-America 1 min 1h

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 EDR Turbulence Forecasts
EDR World Global 12 hour
US NOAA/NWS GFS: 0.5°x 0.5°
36 hours
Cb Top Forecasts
CB World Global 12 hour (12 forecasts
US NOAA/NWS GFS: 0.5°x 0.5°
3h period)
In-Flight Icing Forecasts
ICE World Global 6 hour
US NOAA/NWS GFS: 0.5°x 0.5°
EDR Turbulence Forecasts
EDR NAM North America 1 hour
US NOAA RAP: 3km
DTN 18 hours
Cb Top Forecasts
CB NAM North America 1 hour (18 forecasts
US NOAA RAP: 3km
1h period)
In-Flight Icing Forecasts
ICE NAM North America 1 hour
US NOAA RAP: 3km
Lightning Strikes Most recent Lightning Strikes Global 1 min 5 min
18 hours
Surface Fronts Surface Fronts Forecasts Global 6 hour (3 forecasts
6h period)
Jeppesen1 ICI Ice Crystals Global 30 min 3 hours
IATA2 Auto PIREPs Auto PIREPs Global 1 min 3 hours
3
DELTA TPs TPs Global 1 min 24 hours or greater
Turb World Turbulence Forecasts Global 6 hour 24 forecast hours
WNI4 CB World Cb Top Forecasts Global 6 hour (8 forecasts
ICE World In-Flight Icing Forecasts Global 6 hour 3h period)

EDR Europe EDR Turbulence Forecasts Europe 6 hour 24 forecast hours

(24 forecasts
EDR World EDR Turbulence Forecasts Global 6 hour
1h period)
2 hours
CB NCS Europe Cb NowCast Satellite Europe 1 hour (24 forecasts
5 min period)
DWD5
2 hours
CB NCS World Cb NowCast Satellite Global 1 hour (8 forecasts
15 min period)
1 hour
CB NCM Europe Cb NowCastMix Europe 1 hour (12 forecasts
5 min period)

1
Only available after signature of an agreement.
2
Only available after signature of an agreement.
3
Only available after signature of an agreement.
4
Only available after signature of an agreement.
5
Only available after signature of an agreement.

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18.2. Hazard Forecasts
18.2.1. Clear-Air-Turbulence Forecasts
Description Symbol and Color code
Clear-Air-Turbulence represents the turbulent movement of air masses
Severity Color
that do not present any visual clues such as clouds, and is caused when
bodies of air moving at different speeds meet. Severe
The CAT Forecasts are normally calculated at specific hours, applying
Numerical Weather Prediction Models for a concrete region or globally. Moderate
The result is a set of +3h forecasts for the next 36 hours and for different
altitude levels (4D information).

18.2.2. EDR Turbulence Forecasts

Description Symbol and Color code
Eddy Dissipation Rate (EDR) is a different index to calculate turbulences.
EDR Level Color
Same as CAT Forecasts, EDR Turbulence Forecasts are normally calculated
at specific hours, applying Numerical Weather Prediction Models for a 0.7 – 0.9
concrete region or globally. The result is a set of +1h/+3h forecasts for
the next 18/36 hours and for different altitude levels (4D information). 0.5 – 0.6
0.3 – 0.4

The following table shows the EDR (Eddy Dissipation Rate) threshold values related to turbulences for the most used
aircrafts.

Aircraft Type Reference Light Moderate Severe

A320 0,3605 0,151 0,351 0,502

A330 0,3616 0,150 0,351 0,502

A340 0,3165 0,157 0,367 0,524

A380 0,3595 0,151 0,352 0,503

B747 0,3243 0,156 0,364 0,520

B777 0,3601 0,151 0,352 0,502

B787 0,3592 0,151 0,352 0,503

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18.2.3. In-Flight Icing Forecasts

Description Symbol and Color code

Icing conditions are atmospheric conditions that may lead to the formation
Severity Color
of ice on the surface of the aircraft. Inflight airframe icing occurs when
super-cooled water freezes on impact with any part of the external structure Severe
of an aircraft during flight. Although the nominal freezing point of water is
0°C, water in the atmosphere does not always freeze at that temperature Moderate
and often exists as a super-cooled liquid.
The In-Flight Icing Forecasts are normally calculated at specific hours,
applying Numerical Weather Prediction Models for a concrete region or
globally. The result is a set of +1h/+3h forecasts for the next 18/36 hours
and for different altitude levels (4D information).

18.2.4. Surface Fronts

Description Symbol code
A weather front is a boundary separating bands of thunderstorms and severe
weather and may on occasion be preceded by squall lines or dry lines. Warm fronts
are usually preceded by stratiform precipitation and fog. The weather usually clears
quickly after a front's passage. Some fronts produce no precipitation and little
cloudiness, although there is invariably a wind shift.

Surface Fronts Forecasts are normally calculated at specific hours, applying

Numerical Weather Prediction Models for a concrete region or globally. The result is
a set of +3h forecasts for the next 18 hours.

18.2.5. Cb Top Forecasts

Description Symbol and Color code
Cb Top represents a special category of clouds with a significant vertical
Vertical Speed Color
development. Such clouds are usually associated with highly convective
cumulonimbus (CB) storm clouds, which have the potential to produce moderate to 45/50 m/s
heavy precipitation and may represent a safety hazard for an aircraft.
Cb Top Forecasts are normally calculated at specific hours, applying Numerical 35/40 m/s
Weather Prediction Models for a concrete region or globally. The result is a set of
25/30 m/s
+1h/+3h forecasts for the next 18/36 hours and for different altitude levels (4D
information). 15/20 m/s

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18.2.6. SIGMET/FPGs/TPs
Description Symbol and Color code
SIGMETs (Significant Meteorological Information) and FPGs (Flight
SIGMET Color
Planning Guidance) are issued by a weather provider concerning the
occurrence or expected occurrence of a specified weather phenomena Convection
which can affect aircraft. A SIGMET is characterized by parameters like
affectation area, validity time, expiration time, FL range, phenomenon Severe Turbulence
type and severity, and a raw description.
Moderate Turbulence
Light Turbulence
Severe Icing
Moderate Icing
Light Icing
Volcanic Ash
Dust/SandStorm
There are different types of SIGMET/FPGs:

Phenomenon Types
Cumulonimbus
Embedded / Frequent / Isolated / Occasional Thunderstorm (with Hail)
Squall line (with Hail)
Convective
Funnel Cloud
Waterspout
Tropical Cyclone
Dust Dust Storm
Freezing Drizzle / Fog / Rain
Icing Ice
Rime
Sand Sand Storm
Clear Air Turbulence
Low-level Wind Shear
Turbulence
Mountain Wave
Turbulence
Volcanic Ash Volcanic Ash

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18.3. Hazard Observations

 IMPORTANT: All weather observations have a black co ntour to differentiate from

other types of products.

18.3.1. CB Radar Observation & Nowcasting

Description Symbol and Color code
Cb Radar Observation & Nowcasting products are obtained through a data-fusion of ground
Severity Color
radar and satellite imagery. Afterwards, by the usage of tracking algorithms, the movement
and severity of the convective cells is calculated. Displacement diagnosis allows cell Severe
extrapolation up to 1 hour with updates every 5 minutes.
Moderate

18.3.2. CB RDT Observation & Nowcasting

Description Symbol and Color code
Cb RDT (Rapid Development Thunderstorm) Observation & Nowcasting
Severity Color
products are obtained through a data-fusion approach, which takes into
account various sources of information, including geostationary satellite Severe
data (at all times), elaborated satellite products and Numerical Weather
Model data. Strong
Moderate
Unknown

RDT algorithms automatically define a temperature threshold for each cloud-

system which allows users to identify the base of towering clouds: “bottom
of tower” level. Depending on system morphology, an additional outline
with a temperature threshold more representative of the top of the tower
may complete the RDT description: “top of tower”
RDT algorithms analyze the overlapping cells between two consecutive slots
and take into account splits and merges. Thus, RDT provides a displacement
diagnosis for each cloud system. Tracking is applied to any cloud system
regardless of the base of tower threshold.

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The diagnosis allows to distinguish convective systems from the whole sample. The diagnoses rely on statistical rules taking
into account the various characteristics of the different cells. 1% of cloud system is diagnosed as convective in average over
Europe, 10% over Africa. Displacement diagnosis allows cell extrapolation up to 1 hour, with updates every 15 minutes or 30
minutes.

18.3.3. Lightning Strike Cells

Lightning Strike Cells products are obtained by applying classification algorithms to the lightning
impacts to identify the violent convective cells. Afterwards, by the usage of tracking algorithms, the
movement of the convective cells is calculated. Displacement diagnosis allows cell extrapolation up to 1
hour with updates every 5.

In SITA eWAS, the lightnings are shown with a color scheme indicating how old is the data, ranging from
between 5-20 mins (most recent) to 25-40 mins (oldest).

18.3.4. PIREPs
Description Symbol and Color code
A PIREP (Pilot Report) is a report of actual weather conditions
PIREP Icon PIREP Icon
encountered by an aircraft in flight. This information is
usually relayed by radio to the nearest ground station. The SEVERE ICING SEVERE
message would then be encoded and relayed to other TURBULENCE
weather offices and air traffic service units.
PIREPs are represented at its corresponding FL. The FL is MODERATE MODERATE
displayed as a label just below the PIREP icon. PIREPs expire ICING TURBULENCE
after 3 hours.
LIGHT ICING LIGHT TURBULENCE
An airline can generate from a friendly interface new PIREPs
and share it with the other aircrafts of the fleet. ICE CRYSTALS OTHER

VOLCANIC
ASHES

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18.3.5. IATA EDR
Description Symbol and Color code
An IATA EDR is an EDR report generated automatically by an aircraft
IATA EDR Icon EDR Values
which is part of the IATA Turbulence Aware Program. The EDR report is
generated by the IATA EDR Recorder, an EFB hosted applications, Extreme ≤ 1.0
which reads sensor data from the aircraft avionics, computes
turbulence EDR values and publishes them in the IATA Turbulence Severe ≤ 0.79
Aware Platform.
Moderate ≤ 0.44
Light ≤ 0.20
Smooth Air ≤ 0.06

18.3.6. Ice Crystals

Description Symbol and Color code
Ice crystals are formed when high concentrations of moisture are lifted
by strong convective weather, such as thunderstorms, and then
freeze. The size of these crystals is small enough for being unnoticed
by the on-board weather radar. These crystals may affect an engine
when flying through convective weather, potentially producing several
engine power-loss and damage events. They must not be confused
with icing conditions, which usually occur in lower altitudes.

18.4. Tropopause Forecasts

Description Symbol and Color code
Tropopause Forecasts are normally calculated at specific hours, applying A blue line in Vertical Display.
Numerical Weather Prediction Models for a concrete region or globally. The
result is a set of +3h forecasts for the next 36 hours and for different altitude
levels (4D information).

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18.5. Winds & Temperature Forecasts

Description Symbol and Color code

Winds & Temperature Forecasts are normally calculated Wind Information:
at specific hours, applying Numerical Weather Prediction - Direction of Wind: Direction of the arrow.
Models for a concrete region or globally. The result is a
- Strength of Wind: Arrow Icon with increments
set of +3h forecasts for the next 36 hours.
of 5 knots
Wind Information in a squared area around the flight plan Increment of 5 knots
for three different Flight Levels: FL100, FL180 and CRUISE
Increment of 10 knots
FL.
Wind Information is interpolated in time and space. In Increment of 50 knots
Space, the interpolation allows seeing more wind arrows Above 155 knots
at closer zooms. Also, some winds are hidden when
zooming out to prevent overlapping of the arrows. In
The color of the arrow indicates the interval of speed the
time, the interpolation is done so the winds change in a
wind is:
smoother way, by calculating the interpolated winds in
Blue: 0 to 49 Knots
30-minute steps.
Yellow: 50 to 79 Knots
The SITA eWAS application also calculates the Wind Orange: 80 to 99 Knots
Component regarding to the aircraft heading along the
flight plan. Wind Component and Temperature are Red: Over 100 Knots
calculated for 10 FLs (50, 100 … 500). When Vertical
Display is minimized, only 5 FLs are displayed. Otherwise, Temperature: Label below/above arrow. Temperature iss
when Vertical Display is maximized, all 10 FLs are shown in Celsius degrees. Negative values are shown without
displayed. sign, and positive one with a (+) sign.

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18.6. Airport Operational Data
18.6.1. METAR/TAF
METAR and TAF are formats for reporting weather information.
METARs typically come from airports or permanent weather
observation stations. Reports are generated once an hour or half-
hour, but if conditions change significantly, a report known as a
special (SPECI) may be issued.

TAFs are issued every six hours for major civil airfields: 00h, 06h,
12h, 18h UTC, and generally apply to a 24- or 36-hour period, and
an area within approximately five statute miles from the center of
an airport.

18.6.2. NOTAMs
A Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) is a notice filed with an aviation authority
to alert aircraft pilots of potential hazards along a flight route or at a
location that could affect the safety of the flight. NOTAMs are sorted
showing the latest NOTAM on top, first by year and then by higher to
lower NOTAM number.

The format of a NOTAM is as follow:

NOTAM ID
Q-CODE description
Valid from _ to _
Last Modification Time
NOTAM Text.

18.6.3. SNOWTAMs
A SNOWTAM is as a special series NOTAM notifying the presence,
or removal, of hazardous conditions due to snow, ice, slush or
standing water associated with snow, slush and ice on the
movement area.

The format of a SNOWTAM is as follow:

NOTAM ID
SNOWTAM
Valid from _ to _
Last Modification Time
NOTAM Text.

18.6.4. D-ATIS
The Automatic Terminal Information Service, or ATIS, is a
continuous broadcast of recorded aeronautical
information in busier terminal areas, i.e. airports and
their immediate surroundings. ATIS broadcasts contain
essential information, such as current weather

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information, active runways, available approaches, and any other information required by the pilots, such as important
NOTAMs. Pilots usually listen to an available ATIS broadcast before contacting the local control unit, which reduces the
controllers' workload and relieves frequency congestion. D-ATIS is a text-based, digitally transmitted version of the ATIS
audio broadcast. It is accessed via a data link service such as the ACARS and displayed on an electronic display in the aircraft.

D-ATIS reports are generated once an hour or half-hour and are only available for the most important North America
airports.

18.6.5. Airport Info

SITA eWAS provides the following information about the Flight Plan
airports, or any desired airport:
• Airport type: Departure, Destination, Alternative, En-Route,
Adequate or Emergency.
• Airport class: Airport class from 0 – 3.
• Latitude, Longitude and Elevation.
• IFR Capabilities.
• Medical info free text to add relevant medical information.
More information on how to add this data at the 19.4 section.
• Sunrise & Sunset GMT times.
• Most relevant Frequencies (TWR / D-ATIS)
• Runways, including:
o Identification
o Dimensions
o Elevation
o Bearing
o Approaches systems & categories

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19 ANNEX 2: AIRLINE EXTENDED INTEGRATION
[*Only Available for iPhone/iPad]

For any airline, SITA eWAS app can extend previous functionalities using operational data. This operational data must
include:
- Airport Sheet: Table of adequate and emergency airports (classified by A/C type) that can be usable by the airline.
- Airport Minimum Criteria Sheet: Table of the default ceiling and visibility thresholds applied to all airport
METAR/TAF analysis. It is also possible to set specific values per airport.
- OFP Files: Operation Flight Plan files provided by the Flight Management System containing operational information
for each flight.
- Company Areas: Company Areas is a product that allows to share areas between Dispatchers and Pilots of the same
Airline. This product is only available for those airlines that has previously integrated SITA Mission Watch solution.
- SITA OptiFlight Messages: Only for those airlines that have integrated SITA-Optiflight.

19.1. Request a Mission

When SITA eWAS Platform has access to operational data, the SITA eWAS app can be execute a specific URL Scheme to
request for a Mission identified by the flight number, the departure and destination airports, the departure date and the OFP
version.
The mission bundle retrieved is composed by the flight plan (including ETA for each waypoint), the list of airports (including
departure, destination, alternate destination, alternate en-route and ETOPs) and the different weather forecasts/observation
for the time of the flight.

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The SITA eWAS Platform uses the Airport Sheet and OFP files to create the Mission bundle.

The main idea behind mission bundles is for the user to upload their flights from the SITA eWAS cloud in advance (when
3G/4G/WiFi connection is available) and then retrieve them at any time from the SITA eWAS app, so the user won’t need to
input the flight plan manually. Nevertheless, the user can also retrieve a mission for a flight plan obtained from Eurocontrol,
which will get the flight plan according to Eurocontrol plus a default list of alternative airports customized for the given flight
plan and the forecasted weather for the time of the flight.

To request a mission you could either fill the Eurocontrol flight number in the Flight Number field and the departure date or,
mandatorily, the OFP Version of the Flight Plan, the Flight Plan number, the departure and destination airport in ICAO or IATA
format and the departure date.

If a mission has been successfully retrieved, the mission bundle is stored locally and the SITA eWAS app is started
automatically in Briefing Mode with all the information retrieved from the ground. When a mission bundle for a specific
mission has been stored locally, the SITA eWAS app is started automatically using the information available.

19.2. <Airline> OFP

When SITA eWAS Platform has access to operational data, a new <Airline> OFP
tab is added to the Flight Plan Request dialog (Please refer to section 3 for
further details). The request can be done by either introducing both the
departure (ICAO/IATA code) and destination (ICAO/IATA code) airports, one of
them or none at all. Lower case characters will be treated as upper case.
The button allows to swap the departure and destination airports.

The flights found are presented in a list, including its Flight Identifier, From
(Airport), To (Airport) and Departure time. A flight can be selected by tapping
on the desired flight. The downloaded flight plan data details are shown
automatically. Tap on accept button to activate the flight plan. When activates
a Flight Plan, a list of Airports along this flight plan are downloaded
automatically.
The icon indicates when the departure time of a flight is prior to the current time.

19.3. FMS Simulator

The FMS Simulator uses the Estimated Time of Arrival of each waypoint obtained from the OFP file to estimate more
precisely the A/C position at Inflight and Briefing modes, and when the timeline bar is activated.

19.4. <Airline> Airports

Airlines have the option to provide an Airport File with the list of operational airports. Depending on the information
provided, the application behaves differently (Please refer to section 7.1 for further details).
The following table summarizes the behavior:

Description Airport Airports + A633 OFP Corridor Adequate/Emergency

source displayed Width Filter
No Origin En-route
Navigation
Airports Destination alternate(s) 50NM X
database
File Primary Alternate ETOPS alternate(s)

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Basic Origin En-route
Airline
Airports Destination alternate(s) 200NM X
supplied list
File Primary Alternate ETOPS alternate(s)

Complex Origin En-route

Airline
Airports Destination alternate(s) 400NM X
supplied list
File Primary Alternate ETOPS alternate(s)

19.4.1. No Airports File

When a no airport file is loaded into SITA eWAS System:
- Any IATA airport contained in the navigation database can be displayed in SITA eWAS application.
- A corridor with of 50NM (configurable) around the flight plan is applied to filter airports.
- METAR/TAF is automatically downloaded for all displayed airports.

19.4.2. Basic Airports File

CSV File listing the ICAO codes of the airports:

ICAO(Mandatory) Airport Name(optional) IATA (optional) MEDIC (Optional)

BGSF Kangerlussuaq - Sondre Stromfjor SFJ Hospital
BGTL Thule THU

When a basic airport file is loaded into SITA eWAS System:

- Only airports contained within this file will be displayed in SITA eWAS application.
- A corridor with of 200NM (configurable) around the flight plan is applied to filter airports.
- METAR/TAF is automatically downloaded for all displayed airports.
In the MEDIC column, the text input in the cell will appear in the corresponding airport info panel on eWAS. If left blank, it
will appear as Not Available.

19.4.3. Complex Airports File

CSV File listing the ICAO codes of the airports and its usage (adequate/emergency) according to aircraft model:

ICAO (Mandatory) Airport Name(optional) IATA (optional) MEDIC (optional) AL-XXXX AL-A320
BGSF Kangerlussuaq - Sondre Stromfjor SFJ Hospital XXX-0 320-0
BGTL Thule THU XXX-1 320-1

Where XXX (header) is the ICAO code of the aircraft model (A318, A319, A320, A321, B772, B77W, B789 …), and XXX-0/1 (Cell
value) defines the usage: 0 = emergency / 1 = adequate.
When a complex airport file is loaded into SITA eWAS System:
- Only airports contained within this file will be displayed in SITA eWAS application.
- A corridor with of 400NM (configurable) around the flight plan is applied to filter airports.
- METAR/TAF is automatically downloaded for all displayed airports, except adequate and emergency
- The Adequate and emergency airport filter is displayed (Please refer to section 14.2)
- In the MEDIC column, the text input in the cell will appear in the corresponding airport info panel on eWAS. If left
blank, it will appear as Not Available.

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19.4.4. Airports Minima File
CSV File containing the default ceiling and visibility thresholds for all airports (ICAO = default) and some specific minima value
per airport:

ICAO High ceiling (ft) High visibility (m) Low ceiling (ft) Low visibility (m)
default 1000 3000 200 550
BGTL 800 200 150 400

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20 ANNEX 3: EFB SYSTEM INTEGRATION

20.1. Connection to Avionics

One of the most interesting features provided by the SITA eWAS-Pilot app is the connectivity with different EFB Platforms
available in the market, like navAero, Teledyne, A350, FOMAX and/or Esterline CMC Electronics.

In all these cases, the application is able to retrieve relevant aircraft and flight information directly from avionics buses,
including parameters like Longitude, Latitude, BaroAltitude, Ground Speed, True Heading, A/C Registration and/or ATC
Callsign.

The pilot can select the AID from the Profile Settings tab (Please refer to section 16.6.3). The list of AIDs and the connection
settings can be configured from the server side depending on the airline and user profile. Please contact SITA’s Enterprise
Service Desk if you are interested.

20.2. ACARS/MIAM Capacity

SITA eWAS with SITAONAIR AIRCOM Network Service provides the capacity to update weather information in-flight using
ACARS/MIAM narrowband datalinks for long haul flights.

This ACARS/MIAM capacity was confirmed in March 2016 directly in an aircraft at the CDG air-shed and in SITAONAIR Labs
for different datalinks: VDL2, POA and Immarsat.

The following figure shows the architecture of the SITA eWAS Service when using ACARS/MIAM Connection on an
EFB System:

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 eWAS-Pilot App

SITA
UAID AirCom
Connect

CMU
EFB System
VDR

SITA
SITA AirCom
AirCom Network
Server
Service

MQ Queues (Tx/Rx)

DDI

DSP
(App.Server)
eWAS
Database
eWAS
eWAS
Repository
Ground
Services
.

When a narrowband MIAM/ACARS connection (VDL/POA/Immarsat) is available, that is in-flight phase; the SITA
eWAS Application applies automatically a Low Profile with some advanced filtering features which reduces
drastically the payload size:

1. Only observation products are updated: Convection, Ice Crystal, Lightning Cells and PIREPs

2. The update rate of observation products is increased to 1 hour

3. The area and time of interest for refreshing weather data is reduced

Instead of covering a square around the flight plan, for any weather refresh during the flight, a smaller area of
interest is applied. This new area of interest is calculated taking into account the following parameters:
- Back point, ½ hour behind the current A/C position according to the active flight plan, or 320NM, if aircraft is not
yet ½ hour further from the origin airport.
- Front point, 2 hours ahead the current A/C position according to the active flight plan, or 960NM further from
the destination airport if time to arrival is less than 2 hours.
- Corridor width at back point is 320NM
- Corridor width at front point is 960NM

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 1/2h
behind

320 NM

A/C

2h
ahead

960 NM

4. The payload size never exceeds the maximum allowed

The SITA Ground Services never send packages which exceed the maximum payload size allowed. This
maximum size depends on the datalink used (VDL2, POA or Inmarsat) and has been calculated in order to
have acceptable response times (See table below).

Datalink Max. Payload Size Response Time

VDL2 25 Kbits 01:45 minutes
POA 15 Kbits 01:45 minutes
Inmarsat 15 Kbits 01:45 minutes

To keep the observation data UP TO DATE with a minimum rate of 1 hour within the very restrictive area around the
Aircraft, an average of 32Kbits/hour are required.

Please contact SITA’s Enterprise Service Desk if you are interested.

20.3. Paired Mode

When Paired Mode is enabled, all the instances of the SITA eWAS Application that works at the same sub-network,
automatically create an SITA eWAS cluster.

In the cluster:

- One of the instances acts as a Master, requesting weather data and flight plans from SITA Ground Services

- The rest of instances act as Slaves, requesting weather data and active flight plan directly to the Master.

In summary, there is only one instance that is consuming data (3G / 4G / Satcom / ACARS) and then shares the updated
weather data with the rest of the instances.

Please contact SITA’s Enterprise Service Desk if you are interested.

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21 VIRTUAL KEYBOARD ON WINDOWS
If you find issues with the virtual keyboard on windows, please try the following solutions to properly set the keyboard
up.

21.1. Default Windows Keyboard

1. On Windows, go to the Typing section in the Devices section of the Control Panel.
2. On Touch keyboard, activate the option “Show the touch keyboard when not in tablet mode and there’s no keyboard
attached

If the keyboard compresses SITA eWAS window:

1. Tap on the keyboard icon on the task bar on the right, which will make the keyboard appear
2. Click on keyboard settings (top-left on the keyboard)
3. Tap on the option where the keyboard is not fixed to the screen size. The TabTip keyboard will automatically appear
on any editable section

If TabTip.exe popup appears, try to open SITA eWAS as an Administrator. If you cannot run is as Administrator:

1. Open eWAS_ADMIN.ini on the installation directory and change the VIRTUAL_KEYBOARD_TYPE to the value NONE.

21.2. eWAS QWERTY or AZERTY Keyboard

1. On Windows, go to the Typing section in the Devices section of the Control Panel
2. On Touch keyboard, deactive the option “Show the touch keyboard when not in tablet mode and there’s no
keyboard attached
3. Open eWAS_ADMIN.ini on the installation directory and change the VIRTUAL_KEYBOARD_TYPE to the value
EWAS_QWERTY or EWAS_AZERTY as per your preference.
4. Make sure the Virtual Keyboard is activated on SITA eWAS Settings menu.

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