Weather condition monitoring alerts for upcoming flights

Purpose

1.1. Proactively monitor weather data and issue automated, real-time alerts to flight operations teams, pilots, and passengers for upcoming air taxi flights, mitigating risks from weather disruptions, optimizing routing decisions, supporting regulatory compliance, minimizing delays, enhancing safety, and improving customer satisfaction.
1.2. Aggregate and interpret multiple weather sources, cross-reference flight schedules and locations, filter by severity or type (e.g., thunderstorms, fog, wind shear), and push timely notifications via preferred communication channels.
1.3. Centralize actionable intelligence for operations decision-making, resource reallocation, and passenger notification, enabling rapid response and contingency planning.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. New adverse weather report (e.g., METAR/SIGMET/TAF) issued for area(s) relevant to scheduled air taxi departures, arrivals, or enroute waypoints.
2.2. Update in forecast data increasing risk above set operational thresholds (e.g., wind speed exceeding 25 knots at airport).
2.3. Change in flight plan, aircraft repositioning, or slot allocation requiring fresh weather assessment.
2.4. Prescheduled pre-flight weather check interval (e.g., 12h/3h/1h before departure).
2.5. Manual trigger by operations staff requesting on-demand weather status.

Platform variants

3.1. OpenWeatherMap
- Feature: "One Call API"
- Setting: Configure location and set up webhook for severe weather alerts specific to airport ICAOs.

3.2. Tomorrow.io
- Feature: "Weather Data API – Alerts"
- Setting: Predefine event rules for wind, lightning, visibility; push alert webhooks to operations endpoints.

3.3. National Weather Service (NWS)
- Feature: "Alerts API (json/atom feed)"
- Setting: Set geofencing for all operating bases; subscribe to alert streams, parse for aviation-related hazards.

3.4. Meteomatics
- Feature: "Weather API with aviation plugin"
- Setting: Request custom route-based forecasts; initiate callback to operations dashboard upon hazard detection.

3.5. Amadeus
- Feature: "Airport On-time Performance & Weather API"
- Setting: Map scheduled flight records to weather updates using airport IATA codes; activate status alert.

3.6. AccuWeather
- Feature: "Severe Weather Alerts API"
- Setting: Configure automated notifications for specific airport locations; deliver warnings to flight duty groups.

3.7. Visual Crossing
- Feature: "Weather Alerts API"
- Setting: Integrate high-precision local alert streams per scheduled airfields; push to scheduling software endpoint.

3.8. FlightAware
- Feature: "Weather Layers (Firehose)"
- Setting: Overlay live flight tracking with real-time weather; trigger notifications on convergence.

3.9. AerisWeather
- Feature: "Alerts & Aviation Weather API"
- Setting: Set flight route checks; return METAR, TAF, SIGMET triggers to custom webhook.

3.10. AeroAPI
- Feature: "Aviation Weather Data Service"
- Setting: Poll for active hazards near scheduled coordinates every interval; forward if above limits.

3.11. Windy.com
- Feature: "API forecast endpoint"
- Setting: Retrieve wind and storm forecast layers at airfield; send digest to ops channel if anomalies present.

3.12. SMS/Voice: Twilio
- Feature: "Programmable Messaging API"
- Setting: Receive weather trigger, broadcast SMS/voice alert to pilots and staff.

3.13. Email: SendGrid
- Feature: "Mail Send API"
- Setting: Send templated alert emails to designated flight team distribution lists.

3.14. Slack
- Feature: "Incoming Webhooks"
- Setting: Post structured weather alerts to operational Slack channels based on flight or airport tag.

3.15. Microsoft Teams
- Feature: "Incoming Webhook Connector"
- Setting: Dispatch card-based urgent notifications to designated Teams channels for dispatchers.

3.16. PagerDuty
- Feature: "Events API"
- Setting: Generate high-severity incident in response to weather alert, auto-assign on-call responders.

3.17. Google Chat
- Feature: "Webhook for Room"
- Setting: Route weather warnings into group chat space for operations management review.

3.18. Zapier
- Feature: "Webhooks & Filter"
- Setting: Receive weather data via webhook, apply rule filters, and distribute to downstream tools.

3.19. AWS SNS
- Feature: "Simple Notification Service Topic"
- Setting: Publish to topic for operations/flight safety teams when weather exceeds action threshold.

3.20. ServiceNow
- Feature: "Incident Integration"
- Setting: Create automated incident ticket for operations when severe airport weather alert is received.

Benefits

4.1. Rapid, consistent distribution of time-sensitive weather threat information to all stakeholders.
4.2. Reduced manual monitoring burden and swifter decision cycles during operational disruptions.
4.3. Transparent communications to crews and customers, boosting trust and operational reputation.
4.4. Lower regulatory compliance risk with automated documentation of weather alert flows.
4.5. Improved flight safety, reduced cancellations or diversion costs, and resilient service continuity.