The national aeronautical meteorological service providers and MET ANSPs[1] from Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and Switzerland are members of the MET Alliance group.
The civil Austrian air traffic control organisation Austro Control GmbH is not only responsible for air traffic control but also includes the agendas of the aviation authority and the aeronautical meteorological department. All meteorological services for the six international Austrian airports (Vienna, Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Graz and Klagenfurt) and the Wien FIR are centralised in the MET centre Vienna, with only the Austrian military being looked after separately in Linz. Austro Control also acts as one of the three international data centres that supply the world with OPMET information.
skeyes is an autonomous public company. It is in charge of the safety of air navigation in the civil airspace that falls under the responsibility of the Belgian State and provides all the essential services to manage and control the air traffic safely. skeyes is active at Brussels Airport and at the airports of Antwerp, Charleroi, Kortrijk, Liège and Ostend, and manages the flight movements above Belgium and in parts of Luxembourg up to an altitude of 7,500 metres. The company has its own in-house meteorological service, present at Brussels Airport and at each of the regional airports except Kortrijk. The Brussels Met Office produces weather forecasts and warnings and also acts as Meteorological Watch Office (MWO), ensuring the meteorological watch for the Flight Information Region of Belgium and Luxembourg. Furthermore, the Brussels office also operates one of the three European OPMET Databanks serving aeronautical users.
Croatia Control Ltd. (CCL) is a company owned by the Republic of Croatia and provides air navigation services. We are certified for the provision of the following services and functions: Air Traffic Services (ATS); Communication, Navigation and Surveillance Services (CNS); Aeronautical Information Services (AIS); Aeronautical Meteorological Services (MET); Flight Procedure Design Services (FPD); Airspace Management (ASM); Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM). The company is headquartered in Velika Gorica and has six regional ATC units: Zagreb/Lučko, Istra/Kvarner, Zadar, Split/Brač, Dubrovnik and Osijek. CCL is the designated MET Service provider for FIR Zagreb. The Meteorological Watch Office (MWO) Zagreb issues forecasts and warnings and provides briefings.
Météo France is a public administration placed under the authority of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forestry, Sea and Fisheries. Its Aviation Forecast Division in Toulouse is in charge of the production of the national Significant Weather Charts (SIGWx) and hosts the Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Center. The Meteorological Watch Office is responsible for the SIGMET Watch over the five French Flight Information Regions. The Météo France facilities in Toulouse also operate one of the three Regional OPMET Centres for the ICAO EUR, with a particular gateway role regarding the AFI OPMET data. Aerodrome observation and forecast products are delivered for more than 70 airports across the European French territory, with services specifically tailored for the major platforms, e.g. Paris-Charles De Gaulle and Orly. Météo France also operates overseas in the French “Départements” and Territories. Within the Aviation Forecast Division, a dedicated R&D unit provides forecasters with state-of-the-art nowcasting and forecasting tools for hazards relevant for aviation. In the observation domain, Météo France was a pioneer in implementing fully automated observation at airports complying with ICAO standards, and now develops the techniques for merging observations from various sources.
The German Meteorological Service, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), is a federal authority under the Federal Ministry of Transport. As a statutory task laid out in the Law on Aviation and the Law on Deutscher Wetterdienst, the DWD's Department of Aviation Meteorology is responsible for providing meteorological support to the civil aviation sector in Germany. To fulfil this task, DWD operates five regional advisory centres for IFR and VFR traffic. The Frankfurt office also acts as Meteorological Watch Office (MWO). The Department of Aviation Meteorology also provides special meteorological services for summer and winter field operations at the German hub airports and for ATC.
Servicing aviation needs under ICAO regulations for Ireland is one of the most important tasks of Met Éireann. It comprises the Central Aviation Office at Shannon Airport together with the meteorological offices at Dublin, Cork, Knock and Casement airports. It issues forecasts (TAFs and Local Area Forecasts) for the various airports and smaller airfields in the country as well as local warnings, SIGMETs for the Shannon Flight Information Region (FIR), en-route documentation and briefings. Meteorological Services for the Defence Forces and meteorological training are provided at Casement Aerodrome.
Service MeteoLux is part of the Administration de la navigation aérienne (ANA), the national air navigation service provider, under the authority of the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructures, Department of Transport. It is located at Luxembourg International Airport and provides TAFs and METARs for the airport as well as destination and en route weather information and briefings for departing aircraft. Beside METARs, the Observation department issues synoptic messages for the WMO, whereas the Forecast department delivers to the general public and business daily outlooks on the weather situation as well as oral briefings and warnings. MeteoLux is also responsible for climatology in Luxembourg.
The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) is an agency of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. KNMI is certified and designated as Air Navigation Service Provider for Meteorology (MET ANSP) in the Dutch Airspace (Amsterdam FIR), including the Dutch Continental Shelf (North Sea). The meteorological service provision consists of meteorological observations, forecasts, warnings, consultation and advice for the international and regional airports and for aviation stakeholders. The service is provided by the central forecasting unit of KNMI, that performs the task of Meteorological Watch Office (MWO) and is located in De Bilt. A meteorological advisor is deployed at the operational room of Air Traffic Control The Netherlands (LVNL) at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol if meteorological conditions are expected to have an impact on capacity.
MeteoSwiss is the national weather service in Switzerland. As such, it fulfils its meteorological tasks for the use of the public, businesses and public institutions. The MET service units are located at the international airports in Zurich and Geneva. MeteoSwiss issues forecasts for these international airports and all the regional airports. Furthermore, it provides en-route documentations and briefings and is also responsible for warnings at the aerodromes as well as for the FIR Switzerland.
- Meteorological Air Navigation Service Providers