Aviation and UAS weather support

Aircraft, helicopter and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) operations require timely and accurate weather information for flight prepartions, take-offs and landings. Small and medium sized Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are directly affected by weather, as they fly at low altitudes. Especially considering the high value of the UAV payloads, accurate knowledge of take-off and landing weather conditions is critical.

The Vaisala TacMet® Tactical Meteorological Observation System is the result of decades of airport installation knowledge. It can be used as a portable, self-powered weather station or it can serve as an integrated weather observation system for permanent installations.

Vaisala offers two compact solutions with full aviation support. The basic system provides wind, temperature, humidity, pressure and precipitation accumulation measurements. The enhanced system also includes cloud height and coverage, visibility/precipitation type and lightning measurement.

In addition to Vaisala TacMet®, our range of mobile automatic weather stations (AWS) provides easily deployable alternatives for fixed and mobile airports, and launch sites.