OpenRunway™

This service is due to retire in Spring 2026 and from Autumn 2025 will transition to the Met Office Aeronautical Visualisation Service (MAVIS^®). For service updates, please contact your Account Manager. 

It provides real-time weather information as well as forecasts on multiple timeframes. This enables decisions to be made around the treatment of runways, opening runways during marginal weather and de-icing operations, minimising disruption to passengers and save costs.

Key features include: 

• Map visualisation of forthcoming weather with satellite and weather radar overlays.
• Colour-coded hour-by-hour summary for the next 24 hours detailing current weather and forecast specific to airports. 
• Options to integrate runway surface temperature.
• Ability to set bespoke thresholds.
• Map visualisation of aerodrome warnings in the UK.
• Responsive design - accessible from mobile and tablet devices.
• Multiple airport locations can be added.
• 24/7 meterological and technical support. 

OpenRunway™ additional services: 

Aircraft De-icing Service

A proven and unique service offering forecasts of aircraft icing conditions for airports worldwide.

Ground de-icing of aircraft is commonly performed in both commercial and general aviation. An instruction to de-ice aircraft can reduce delays and cut de-icing costs. This also reduces environmental impact by cutting the usage and wastage of de-icing fluid.

The de-icing forecast service provides forecast parameters of temperature, dewpoint, snow and weather type, delivered via web interface, along with an email and SMS instruction to carry out de-icing of fleet on the day when icing conditions are expected.

Aviation Outlook Planners (2-5 day)

Available as an OpenRunway™ add on, or as a standalone product.

Table of days 2-5 forecast of varying parameters with customisable RAG thresholds for your location.

• Day 2 and 3 at 3 hourly timesteps.
• Day 4 and 5 at 6 hourly timesteps.

 Aviation 5 Day Forecast (forecaster produced)

A detailed PDF forecast written by a meteorologist, comprising of varying weather parameters with customisable RAG thresholds for your location.

The 1–5 day forecast is produced in a PDF format by the forecast team and provides a description to complement the OpenRunway™ portal. To achieve continuity between Airport TAF and warnings, the 1-5-day forecast can be amended if there is a significant change in the forecast of snow, ice and ground temperatures. The Operational Meteorologist will provide a clear outline of the changes made on the amended product.

For more information on OpenRunway™, or to arrange a demonstration, please email: [email protected].