How to Achieve Full CAR120-Compliance for Your AWOS? Save time with Vaisala´s certificate and make your airport immediately CAR120 compliant and become quickly operational. Brochure What is CAR120? In Australia the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, CASA, is responsible for the regulation of civil aviation. CASA regards the safety of air navigation as the most important consideration. Therefore CASA places strict responsibilities on airport operators with regard to their automated weather reporting – through the CAR120 regulation, Civil Aviation Regulation Part 120. In practice this means that any Automated Airport Weather Observation System, AWOS, must be CAR120-compliant. If the AWOS is not CAR120-compliant the data cannot be used for aviation purposes. Civil Aviation Safety Authority What are the requirements to become fully CAR120-compliant? There are four areas that you need to evaluate and be in compliance with, when providing weather data for aviation purposes. Vaisala AviMet® AWOS meets all of the requirements and full CAR120 compliance is ensured from day one: Equipment CAR120-certified equipment CAR120-certified supplier Read more Installation BOM-approved installation & commissioning, meeting all relevant standards Site surveys & meta data collection Record keeping Notification process CAR120-certified installer Read more Maintenance Sensor performance checks Preventative & corrective maintenance Maintenance & meta data record keeping CAR120-certified maintainer Read more Operations Continuous system monitoring Site inspections & audits Service failure and maintenance notifications Annual CAR120 audits (internal) Bi-annual CAR120 audits (BOM) Exposition of compliance updates CAR120-certified operator Read more How can Vaisala help you? As a fully CAR120-compliant solution, AviMet® AWOS meets all of the Bureau of Meteorology’s requirements for aviation weather observation data. By using Vaisala’s certificate you save time: your airport is immediately compliant and you become quickly operational. Our complete turnkey solution gives you comprehensive support on everything from installation and training to maintenance, monitoring, and system auditing. This eliminates the many months of paperwork and hassle associated with seeking and maintaining certification yourself. Contact us Vaisala AviMet® AWOS is a fully configurable, modular system that fulfills the needs of both large and small airports. It is compliant with ICAO and CAR120 regulations. A typical AWOS installation comprises sensors located along the runway, one or two central data unit (CDU) computers, and user workstations. Runway sensors measure variables such as wind speed and direction, precipitation, visibility, present weather, cloud layer/ceiling, and runway visual range (RVR) A central data unit computer for data collection, meteorological calculations, ICAO report generation, system diagnostics, and data storage Workstations for providing observers, forecasters, and other airport staff with system access AviMet® AWOS - full CAR120 compliance from day one
How to Achieve Full CAR120-Compliance for Your AWOS? Save time with Vaisala´s certificate and make your airport immediately CAR120 compliant and become quickly operational. Brochure
What is CAR120? In Australia the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, CASA, is responsible for the regulation of civil aviation. CASA regards the safety of air navigation as the most important consideration. Therefore CASA places strict responsibilities on airport operators with regard to their automated weather reporting – through the CAR120 regulation, Civil Aviation Regulation Part 120. In practice this means that any Automated Airport Weather Observation System, AWOS, must be CAR120-compliant. If the AWOS is not CAR120-compliant the data cannot be used for aviation purposes. Civil Aviation Safety Authority
What are the requirements to become fully CAR120-compliant? There are four areas that you need to evaluate and be in compliance with, when providing weather data for aviation purposes. Vaisala AviMet® AWOS meets all of the requirements and full CAR120 compliance is ensured from day one: Equipment CAR120-certified equipment CAR120-certified supplier Read more Installation BOM-approved installation & commissioning, meeting all relevant standards Site surveys & meta data collection Record keeping Notification process CAR120-certified installer Read more Maintenance Sensor performance checks Preventative & corrective maintenance Maintenance & meta data record keeping CAR120-certified maintainer Read more Operations Continuous system monitoring Site inspections & audits Service failure and maintenance notifications Annual CAR120 audits (internal) Bi-annual CAR120 audits (BOM) Exposition of compliance updates CAR120-certified operator Read more
Installation BOM-approved installation & commissioning, meeting all relevant standards Site surveys & meta data collection Record keeping Notification process CAR120-certified installer Read more
Maintenance Sensor performance checks Preventative & corrective maintenance Maintenance & meta data record keeping CAR120-certified maintainer Read more
Operations Continuous system monitoring Site inspections & audits Service failure and maintenance notifications Annual CAR120 audits (internal) Bi-annual CAR120 audits (BOM) Exposition of compliance updates CAR120-certified operator Read more
How can Vaisala help you? As a fully CAR120-compliant solution, AviMet® AWOS meets all of the Bureau of Meteorology’s requirements for aviation weather observation data. By using Vaisala’s certificate you save time: your airport is immediately compliant and you become quickly operational. Our complete turnkey solution gives you comprehensive support on everything from installation and training to maintenance, monitoring, and system auditing. This eliminates the many months of paperwork and hassle associated with seeking and maintaining certification yourself. Contact us
Vaisala AviMet® AWOS is a fully configurable, modular system that fulfills the needs of both large and small airports. It is compliant with ICAO and CAR120 regulations. A typical AWOS installation comprises sensors located along the runway, one or two central data unit (CDU) computers, and user workstations. Runway sensors measure variables such as wind speed and direction, precipitation, visibility, present weather, cloud layer/ceiling, and runway visual range (RVR) A central data unit computer for data collection, meteorological calculations, ICAO report generation, system diagnostics, and data storage Workstations for providing observers, forecasters, and other airport staff with system access AviMet® AWOS - full CAR120 compliance from day one
