ʻO ka pahu kī, ka mea hanaʻole ma kēlā me kēia mokulele, hāʻawi i kaʻike nui i nā pilote. He mea pono no ka mokulele e lele i ka makani a pale i ka paeʻana me kahi pahi. Eia kekahi,ʻo nā mokulele a pau ka mea iʻikeʻia e like me ka mea iʻikeʻia e ka makani. No laila, he mea nui i nā pilolota ke ala wikiwiki a me ka maʻalahi no ka hoʻoholoʻana i ka holo a me ka kuhikuhiʻana o ka makani ma mua o ka paeʻana i waho-e like me ka pahu.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kī e hoʻokūkū iā lākou iho i ka makani i ka wā eʻoi aku ka nui o ka ikaika o ka makani ma mua oʻekolu kānana. Ma ka māmā o ka makani o 15 knots aʻoi aku, e hoʻonui loaʻia ka kī a kikoo i kaʻaoʻao'ē aʻe e pā ana ka makani. (Inā i ka hopena o ka pahu i ka'ākau, e hele mai ana ka makani mai ke kūkulu hema.) Me kēiaʻike, hiki iāʻoe ke manaʻo inā heʻoi aku ka hapalua o ka pahu, hiki i ka makani he 7 knots.
Ma kekahi mau mokulele a me nā papa'awaʻehaʻole,ʻo ka'ōpala ka mea hōʻike wale no ka mea a ka makani e hana nei. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mokulele he'ōnaehanaʻikeʻikeʻikeʻole (AWOS) aiʻole kahi pūnaeweleʻikeʻikeʻike (ATIS), aʻo kekahi o lākou e hāʻawi aku i kaʻikepili makani a me ke kuhikuhiʻana mai kahi anemometer a meaʻike paha e kū ana ma ke kahua. ʻO kaʻike i ka wahi o ka anemometer a iʻole nā meaʻike'ē aʻe ma ke kahua, me kaʻike pūnaewele, e kōkua iāʻoe e hoʻoholo i ka'ōkuhi makani a me ka wikiwiki ma nā wahi likeʻole ma ke kahua.
Kumu: FAA AC-150 / 5345-27D