November 13, 2023
As you can imagine, windsocks are of dire importance in many situations. At airports, heli pads, industrial plants, pipelines and factories, windsocks are visual indicators that help viewers determine the speed and direction of wind. This is especially important when there is potential for harm like dangerous cross winds, or gas releases or harmful chemical spills. With such an important function, it stands to reason that windsocks should be regulated or governed by some sort of standard. Without a standard, how could anyone know if the information being displayed by one windsock is more correct than another?
And this is why the FAA has guidelines on windsock construction as seen on their FAA Specification for Wind Cone Assemblies publication AC No: 150/5345-27F. In short, FAA compliant windsocks are designed such that:
As per the definition, all of the Custom Windsock Co's Stock orange and Orange/white aviation windsocks are FAA complaint
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