New York

Automated International Flight Service Station

FAA Warning/Disclaimer

      VOLMET International Broadcast      

The VOLMET broadcast is an international broadcast providing Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts, and METARs, plus the New York and Caribbean Oceanic Sigmets to pilots traversing the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea enroute to the United States.  The VOLMET broadcast operates on the hour and thirty minutes past each hour, announcing the weather for 25 different airports, including 3 Caribbean Island air terminals.  The program is divided into four 5-minute segments, each dealing with 6 terminals in a predetermined schedule, including any pertinent severe weather advisories.  Immediately following the New York broadcast, a similar 10 minute presentation is made for airports in Canada by Gander Radio, located at Gander, Newfoundland.

The operating frequencies of the broadcast are 6604, 10051 and 13270 Hz, using a rhombic antenna.  The fourth frequency is 3485 Hz, and this broadcast is made by the use of a doublet antenna arrangement.  The power output of the VOLMET transmitters is rated at 3 kilowatts.  The purpose of the VOLMET is to alert pilots of North Atlantic and Caribbean flights to changes in existing weather and forecast conditions at their destination and possible alternate airports.  All of our transmitters are located at Barnegat, New Jersey.