2026 Agenda

As airports face increasing operational pressure from traffic growth, climate-driven weather volatility, and tighter safety and efficiency expectations, upgrading airport meteorological capabilities has become a strategic enabler rather than a purely technical exercise. Yet many airports and ANSPs still evolve their weather infrastructure through fragmented procurements, with sensors, alerting systems, and processing platforms acquired separately. This often leads to integration complexity, inconsistent data usage, duplicated effort, and higher lifecycle risk.

This session explores an integrated operational model for airport meteorological systems, where surface, approach-area, and remote sensing capabilities are designed, governed, and implemented as a coherent weather intelligence ecosystem. The presentation examines how aligning AWOS, wind shear alerting, and advanced remote sensing under a single operational concept can improve safety outcomes, predictability, and resilience while reducing project and integration risk.

Using real-world implementation examples, the session highlights how integrated weather intelligence supports situational awareness, enables more consistent alerting and decision support for tower and approach operations, and creates a scalable foundation for airport nowcasting and future digital and automated ATM concepts. The discussion also addresses how this model supports safety, efficiency and long-term optimization, particularly in environments with increasing weather variability.

Attendees will learn:
• How to structure airport meteorological systems as an integrated operational capability rather than a collection of standalone assets
• How coordinated AWOS, wind shear alerting, and remote sensing improve safety, capacity predictability, and operational resilience
• How integrated weather intelligence reduces integration and lifecycle risk while supporting future digital tower and trajectory-based operations
• Practical considerations for defining performance-based requirements, governance, and procurement models that maintain transparency and competition

This session is aimed at airport operators, ANSPs, regulators, and system integrators seeking practical, transferable guidance on reducing complexity and accelerating the transition toward data-driven, resilient airport and airspace operations.