I-windsock, isilondolozi esingenasikhathi sonke esikhumulweni sezindiza, inikeza ulwazi olubalulekile kubashayeli bezindiza. Kubalulekile ukuba indiza ingene emoyeni futhi igweme ukufika nge-tailwind. Ngaphezu kwalokho, zonke izindiza zinomshini omkhulu oqinisekisiwe we-crosswind-isivinini somoya lapho indiza iba khona engozini ngaphezu kwengxenye ethile ye-crosswind. Njengalokhu, kubalulekile ukuthi abashayeli bezindiza babe nendlela esheshayo nelula yokuthola isivinini somoya nesiqondiso ngaphambi kokufika-njenge-windsock.
Ama-windsocks amaningi atholakala ekuziphatheni ngokumelene nomoya lapho ijubane lomoya likhulu kunama-knots amathathu. Ngejubane lemimoya lama-knots angu-15 nangaphezulu, i-windsock izokwandiswa ngokugcwele futhi ibonise indlela ehlukile lapho umoya uvunguza khona. (Uma i-windsock ekupheleni kwe-windsock ibheke enyakatho, umoya uvela eningizimu.) Ngalolu lwazi, ungacabanga ukuthi uma i-windsock ihamba kancane, umoya ungase ube ngama-knots angu-7.
Kwezinye izindawo zezindiza ezingalawuliwe nezindiza zezindiza, i-windsock yiyona kuphela inkomba yalokho umoya owenzayo. Iziteshi zezindiza eziningi nazo zinezimo ze-observation sezulu ezizenzakalelayo (i-AWOS) noma uhlelo lwe-othomathikhi lwama-terminal (ATIS), noma yikuphi okuzohlinzeka ngejubane lomoya nokuqondisa idatha kusuka ku-anemometer noma inzwa ekhona ensimini. Ukwazi indawo ye-anemometer noma ezinye izinzwa emkhakheni, ngokubambisana nedatha ye-windsock, kuzokusiza ukunquma ukuqondisa umoya nokuvinjelwa ezindaweni ezahlukene ensimini.
Umthombo: FAA AC-150 / 5345-27D