Yesterday, Typhoon No. 4 was raging. Flight operations are certainly impossible at the airport in such severe weather, but I wondered what the airport’s ATIS broadcast would sound like?

So I tuned the radio receiver to the Haneda ATIS frequency 128.8, and found that the content was indeed drastically different from usual. The wind speed was actually 40 knots, minimum 28 knots, maximum 55 knots! That’s a gale of 100 km/h—terrifying.

However, this was also a rare opportunity, so I recorded it to listen to slowly. rjtt_atis_typhoon.m4a

The text message is as follows:

Tokyo International Airport information Bravo 1338 ILS Runway 22 approach Landing Runway 22 Departure Runway 16L and 16R Departure Frequency 120.8 Wind 170 degrees 42 knots, maximum 55 knots, minimum 28 knots Visibility 2000 meters Runway 34L RVR 900 meters downward Runway 22 RVR 1200 meters downward Runway 16L RVR touchdown 1100 meters downward … … Runway 23 RVR 900 meters downward Heavy Shower of Rain, Haze Few 8 hundreds feet stratus Scattered 1 thousand 5 hundreds feet cumulus Broken 1 thousand 8 hundreds feet cumulus Temperature 23, dewpoint 22 QNH 29.21 inches Remarks pressure falling rapidity Advise you have information Bravo

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