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ATIS broadcast messages containing departure and arrival information should include cloud cover, when the clouds are:
  • A
    below 1 500 m (5.000 ft) or below the highest minimum sector altitude, whichever is the greater
  • B
    cumulonimbus
  • C
    below 2 000 ft (600 m) or below the highest minimum sector altitude, whichever is the greater
  • D
    below 900 m (3.000 ft) or below the highest minimum sector altitude, whichever is the greater

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ICAO Annex 11
4.3.7 ATIS for arriving and departing aircraft

ATIS messages containing both arrival and departure information shall contain the following elements of information in the order listed: (...)

*o) cloud below 1 500 m (5 000 ft) or below the highest minimum sector altitude, whichever is greater; cumulonimbus; if the sky is obscured, vertical visibility when available; (...)

* These elements are replaced by the term “CAVOK, whenever the conditions as specified in the PANS-ATM (Doc 4444), Chapter 11 prevail.

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