PIREPs and Braking action reports must be forwarded to all the following except?

• A. En Route
• B. Other Tower Positions
• C. McAlester FSS
• D. Academy App

Answer: (A)

PIREPs and braking action reports are local, real-time weather and runway condition updates meant to keep everyone operating in the terminal area aware of current conditions. They’re shared with the facilities that directly manage or influence traffic in that area so pilots can make safe decisions during approach, landing, and departures.

In practice, these reports are forwarded to other tower positions in the same area to coordinate traffic and ensure consistency, to the local Flight Service Station (McAlester FSS) so the information can be broadcast to pilots who are planning or en route, and to the Academy Approach control so inbound and outbound traffic can be managed with current surface and braking information. En Route centers, while they handle en-route traffic and weather data, don’t routinely receive these specific local terminal-area reports from a single tower because their scope is broader and focused on en-route operations.

So the reports are shared with the nearby towers, the local FSS, and the approach control, but not with En Route.