Description

Pierce County Airport needs the METAR and Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS) repaired. Without these Weather reporting systems online. Flights in and out of Pierce County Airport are proven by the Federal Aviation Administration to become unsafe as weather reports for flight planning and in the air have become inaccessible from flight planning systems and inside the cockpit. This is very import as it puts aircraft at risk of Pressure differences readings would not be updated giving inaccurate altitude readings. Altitude readings are important at Pierce County Airport due to obstacles such as water towers buildings and antennas and the cascade mountain range could cause factors for disaster.