BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE HANDBOOK 11-203 VOLUME 1
12 JANUARY 2012
Flying Operations
WEATHER FOR AIRCREWS
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at
www.e-publishing.af.mil for downloading and ordering.
There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: AF/A3OWP
Supersedes: AFH11-203V1,
1 March 1997
Certified by: AF/A3O-W
(Dr. Fred P. Lewis)
Pages: 234
This handbook familiarizes the aircrew member with fundamentals of weather. It serves as a text
for flight training programs, all USAF instrument refresher training, flight instruction programs,
and various unit and individual flying training programs. It is issued to each instructor and
student involved in undergraduate flight training programs as well as to each flying unit. This
handbook, when used with related flight directives and publications, provides weather guidance
for visual and instrument flight under most circumstances. It is not a substitute for sound
judgment. Refer recommended changes and questions about this publication to the Office of
Primary Responsibility (OPR) using Air Force (AF) form 847, Recommendation for Change of
Publication; route AF Forms 847 from the field through the appropriate functional’s chain of
command.
RECORDS MANAGEMENT: Ensure that all records created as a result of processes prescribed
in this publication are maintained in accordance with AFMAN 33-363, Management of Records,
and disposed of in accordance with the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule (RDS) located at
https://www.my.af.mil/afrims/afrims/afrims/rims.cfm
SUMMARY OF CHANGES
This document has been substantially revised and should be completely reviewed. This revision
reorganizes information into more appropriate sections of the document. Several erroneous
figures were removed and improved illustrations were inserted to update aircraft inventory.
Some sections were also removed or edited, as they were deemed erroneous or irrelevant for
aircrews, or not tractable, and updates information as it relates to weather operations. A new
