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Helping you with our knowledge
- Prevent unnecessary treatment of surfaces
- Better planning of staff requirements
- Cost-effective and timely runway and taxiway maintenance
- Efficient ramp selection
- Savings in time and money
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Want to see and hear more?
Attend a free half-day
workshop to discuss your needs and learn more
about our capabilities.
Given sufficient interest, these events will be held
at locations around the country and will give you
the opportunity to have your say on future product
developments.
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As the skies become busier, airport operations managers
face increasing pressure to improve efficiency, increase
capacity and save money. With specialist weather advice
from the Met Office, we can help keep you ahead of the game
with contingency plans for reducing, or even eliminating,
the effects of adverse conditions.
From severe weather warnings to five-day forecasts, the
Met Office has a service to suit your requirements in your
search for operational efficiency.
| New aircraft de-icing forecast
service |
This unique service offers forecasts of aircraft de-icing
conditions for airports worldwide, together with a tailored
guide to holdover times, and proactive alerts to ground
staff, enabling improved planning of de-icing operations
and reduced departure delays.
More about
the Aircraft de-icing forecast service
A service that gives airports advance warning of the need
for runway clearance and gritting in the event of snow and
ice.
- Tailored to your exact requirements and location.
- Gives forecasts of rain, snow, ground icing, frost and
freezing fog.
- Hourly detail for the next 24 hours in addition to outlook
for the following two to five days.
- Option for direct access to Met Office forecasters.
| Met. infrastructure and consultancy |
Airports setting up or upgrading meteorological facilities
can benefit from our specialist airport consultancy services.
These facilitate:
- Rapid upgrading of infrastructure.
- Compliance with ICAO standards.
- Procurement and installation of semi-automated meteorological
observing systems, runway visible range and radio equipment.
Bespoke consultancy on all aspects of the weather is also
available, to enhance your efficiency and reduce costs.
Our experience and credentials
within the aviation industry speak for themselves.
| Climate and historic data |
Airport operators require historic weather information
for decision-making relating to:
- likely operating conditions, e.g. likely occurrence
of LVPs;
- runway resurfacing;
- winter maintenance;
- ILS replacements;
- identifying runway downtimes;
- building and construction projects.
The Met Office offers quality controlled daily, monthly
or annual records.
More
about climate and historic data
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