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Mon Jun 08, 2020 4:42 pm

KSQL wind is 280@163knots (187 MPH)

In case anybody is flying into KSQL wind is 280@163knots right now!

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Mon Jun 08, 2020 6:06 pm

Re: KSQL wind is 280@163knots (187 MPH)

I'll admit to have not spent a lot of time studing the FAA formats for WX reporting but 280@163G18 seems a bit odd doesn't it :?
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Mon Jun 08, 2020 6:16 pm

Re: KSQL wind is 280@163knots (187 MPH)

Mapleflt wrote:I'll admit to have not spent a lot of time studing the FAA formats for WX reporting but 280@163G18 seems a bit odd doesn't it :?
They named the airport after SQL (Structured Query Language) and the data fields are wrong. Ha ha I got a good laugh. :D
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Tue Jun 09, 2020 7:54 pm

Re: KSQL wind is 280@163knots (187 MPH)

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Mapleflt wrote:I'll admit to have not spent a lot of time studing the FAA formats for WX reporting but 280@163G18 seems a bit odd doesn't it :?
They named the airport after SQL (Structured Query Language) and the data fields are wrong. Ha ha I got a good laugh. :D


Old rumor, but untrue. San Carlos had SQL as an identifier long before Oracle or SDL were around LOL.
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Tue Jun 09, 2020 8:48 pm

Re: KSQL wind is 280@163knots (187 MPH)

IncipientSpin wrote:
8GCBC wrote:
Mapleflt wrote:I'll admit to have not spent a lot of time studing the FAA formats for WX reporting but 280@163G18 seems a bit odd doesn't it :?
They named the airport after SQL (Structured Query Language) and the data fields are wrong. Ha ha I got a good laugh. :D


Old rumor, but untrue. San Carlos had SQL as an identifier long before Oracle or SDL were around LOL.
Unbelievably coincidental. My mistake.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Carlos_Airport_(California)#Origin_of_SQL_airport_code

As a backronym, some have speculated that the airport code of SQL is a humorous reference to the nearby headquarters of Oracle Corporation, a maker of database software. In databases, SQL, or Structured Query Language, is used for handling structured data. However, the airport had the code SQL years before Oracle's predecessor, Software Development Laboratories, was incorporated in June, 1977.
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Tue Jun 09, 2020 9:07 pm

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I only know that because my dad learned to fly there, super cool little airport.
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