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  If you have noticed that timeless and colourful fixture at every airport, note that they offer essential information to pilots. It is much safer and quite efficient for an aeroplane to take off and land into the wind and to avoid taking off and landing with a tailwind . In this blog, we will discuss how to read the airport windsock. Pilots need to have a quick and easy way to find out the wind speed and direction before taking off or landing using the airport windsock. Better technology Under the most unusual situations, pilots have much more accurate and advanced technologies that help them to find out the wind speed and direction other than looking at the windsock. For instance, air traffic control, also known as ATC, provides this information before clearing an aircraft for takeoff or landing. Colours One of the most important factors according to the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) specification, windsocks must be of the following colours: solid orange, yel