iFly GPS Forum

Agree. All winds should be three digits. Always.

Short, embarrassing story: The Garmin G1000 omits the leading zero as well. I was flying with an ATP friend in the right seat and he pulled up a field METAR on the G1000. We both saw the two-digit wind number and somehow mentally added a zero at the end. Kind of like taking it as a runway number. We landed uneventfully with a moderate tailwind. Used lots of runway though.

Pilot error? Of course. But I also consider it to be a UI fault.

We'll change Winds Aloft to show 3 digits. That's what we do already for degree readouts in our instruments. Runway numbers however are actual IDs, and used for communication - I don't think we should change those. We are adding wind flags to the thumbnail, which should help in selecting the best runway.

-Walter