Aviation
Where weather safety takes flight
The skies aren’t always friendly. From ensuring safety during extreme weather events to optimizing flight routes to avoid hazards and minimize costs, DTN’s best-in-class solutions help improve the efficiency and safety of every aspect of private and commercial flight, from ground crew management to flight planning and beyond.
Cross-platform aviation enhancement!
DTN’s patented flight hazard forecast model provides flight operations with accurate advance warning of areas that may contain turbulence, icing or thunderstorms. In this enhancement we’ve added nine new flight level layers to the 13 already available across DTN’s AviationSentry, Flight Route Alerting, and data delivery platforms. That’s 70% more visibility to your operations. Gain more insight to improve flight safety, reduce the risk of aircraft damage, and help optimize fuel and operations costs. Read the release.
The industry’s independently rated #1 forecasts for the last ten consecutive years
We are the only vendor to provide OnDemand online consultations with professional meteorologists 24/7
Our weather observation systems are deployed at over 250 airports worldwide
Our patented global flight hazard forecasts, including best-in-class predictions of turbulence and icing worldwide, ensure safety for over 50 airlines
In the U.S., our forecasts are relied on by 50 of the nation’s busiest airports
Helicopters
When it comes to helicopter operations, changes in weather can be the difference between flying and not flying; completing a mission or rerouting it; protecting your pilots’ or risking their lives. DTN provides unparalleled resources to meet the unique needs of helicopter pilots and operators, including hyper-specific low-level weather and real-time asset alerting.
Airlines
Airlines need advanced tools to plan and optimize flight routes and ensure the safety of flights in the air. DTN provides airlines with actionable insights including our proprietary predictions of global turbulence, icing and thunderstorms. Combined with our flight route alerting capability, dispatchers can make better decisions on planning routes and automatically monitor flights to avoid any weather threats.
Airports
With lives and billions of dollars on the line in dangerous weather, airports need robust logistical support far beyond the capabilities of consumer offerings. And we can provide it all, from runway weather stations to direct consultation by experienced on-staff meteorologists.
Aeronautical Meteorology
DTN’s weather observation systems are used in hundreds of airports around the world to efficiently collect, manage and disseminate local environmental information. Our MetConsole software connects with many types of sensors and allows a high degree of configurability to efficiently manage aviation weather insights.