New Delhi: To better prepare pilots for bad weather conditions, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is planning to provide real-time weather data to airborne aircraft. For this, the AAI will integrate weather radar data of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) with Air Traffic Control (ATC)’s radar system. Currently, the IMD provides weather data to ATC through phone call, message or fax. Air traffic controllers then relay it to pilots. Currently, aircraft use primary radar data, which provide weather data with some useful snapshots only up to 60 miles. By next year, however, weather data will be transferred via software by means of a new integrated weather system (IWS) platform. This would be available in all ATC towers, allowing pilots to get real-time weather for all phases of a flight.
30/10/14 Geeta Gupta/Indian Express
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30/10/14 Geeta Gupta/Indian Express
