Benchmarking Severe Weather Preparedness in Airport Operations

Keeping an airport running smoothly is a monumental task. Every day brings a new set of challenges and daily operations can be turned upside down by any number of unexpected events. Severe weather should never be one of them. For most airports, there are a number of tools already in place to monitor the weather in real-time, issue severe weather alerts, and ensure the safety of passengers, crews, and airport personnel.

But, as we all know, new tools and technology come onto the market every day and those existing solutions may be out of date.

This is why we endeavored to take the pulse of the aviation industry on severe weather and compile our findings into a report designed to help you benchmark your airport operations. 

Here are just a few of the key insights contained within the report:

• Severe weather is a major concern in airport operations and the cause of 43% of all air travel delays. 
• Lightning is a top threat in airport operations, especially ground operations where cloud-to-ground lightning can injure and even kill ground operations workers. 
• Most airports have alerting tools and real-time weather tracking solutions in place and report feeling better equipped to make severe weather decisions.