Airline briefing service

Pre-flight weather service, direct from the aviation weather experts.

Capitalising on huge improvements in weather forecasting and IT capability over recent years, the Met Office’s airline briefing service is a powerful new and affordable choice to optimise your route planning and operational efficiency.

• Improve flight operations
• Make safety-critical decisions
• Online and easy to use

Our unique and groundbreaking graphical forecasts within the Gold package cannot be found elsewhere, and include dynamic:

• current weather — satellite, radar and lightning;
• significant weather —volcanic ash and tropical cyclones;
• model forecasts — upper winds and temperatures plus forecast Clear Air Turbulence (CAT);
• airport warnings customised to operator-defined landing criteria.

Why choose the Met Office?

We are internationally renowned for meticulous standards of global forecasting, a UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) designated provider and a World Area Forecast Centre for flights over 24,000 feet.

For more information about our aviation services, please email us or contact our Customer Centre.