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 == ATIS ==
-The Automatic Terminal Information Service is broadcasted from most airports. Look up the ATIS frequency of an airport and set it to COM1. You will hear a faint broadcast about active runways, conditions, and airport info. Sometimes, in a multiplayer session with a person as ATC, he/she will send out an ATIS on Multiplayer Chat.
+The Automatic Terminal Information Service is broadcast from most airports, informing about active runways, weather and conditions, exceptional airport information, etc. It is typically recorded every half-hour by controllers and looped over on a published frequency for pilots to listen before making contact.
+Look up the ATIS frequency of an airport in range and set it to COM1. With the somewhat misleadingly named "ATC" sound configuration option, you will hear a faint broadcast automatically generated by FlightGear. In a controlled multiplayer session and with FGCom turned on, you may hear a proper ATIS if it was recorded by the ATC. Always tune in first! Alternatively, you can be given one though multiplayer text chat.
 == Tuning ==