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Airport Windsocks

airport windsock, airport windsocks, airport flag, airport flags, orange windsocks, windsocks, windsock, orange windsockWhat exactly are airport windsocks?  Well, they are those cone shaped flags that you see on tall poles near airports.  What are their purpose?  As far as I know, they are so that one can calculate the direction of the wind.

Most airport windsocks are just orange, but some are orange and white striped.  There are even lighted windsocks, and you can get solar panels for them so the sun can charge them.