Narrative:

Aircraft called the abq radio inflight position to request IFR clearance to mhk. The aircraft was advised of airmets for IFR and turbulence for his route of flight; but the current airmet for icing for the kansas portion of the route was not given because it was not displayed in either graphical or text format by the flightwinds program of the fs-21 system.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FTW IAFSS Specialist described event when applicable AIRMET was not issued to IFR aircraft because information was not available at the position.

Narrative: Aircraft called the ABQ radio inflight position to request IFR clearance to MHK. The aircraft was advised of AIRMETs for IFR and turbulence for his route of flight; but the current AIRMET for icing for the Kansas portion of the route was not given because it was not displayed in either graphical or text format by the FlightWinds program of the FS-21 system.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.