WIND_COMPONENT

• ** WIND COMPONENT-RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND
• A HEAD WIND
• B RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND
• C RIGHT CROSS WIND
• D RIGHT QUARTERING TAILWIND
• E TAIL WIND
• F LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND
• G LEFT CROSS WIND
• H LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND
• I CALM
• J LIGHT AND VARIABLE
• Z UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Source

Codes verbatim from the ct_Pre1982 table of PRE1982.MDB — the FAA-distributed pre-1982 NTSB aviation accident database. Used internally by the Atlas to decode legacy accident records on every pre-1982 NTSB event page.