Ionosphere Monitoring and Prediction Center

Space weather impact on aviation – First Results from the Space Weather and Aviation Impact Assessment Survey

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The IMPC has published the first results of its recent survey on how space weather events affect aviation operations. The findings, based on feedback from aviation professionals, provide new insights into operational impacts and needs within the sector. The results are available as a paper and will guide the development of improved and more targeted space weather services for aviation.

Most importantly, the findings of the survey reveal a lack of communication between space weather service providers and aviation stakeholders, a lack of space weather risk awareness, insufficient space weather training and protocols, insufficient use of space weather services and a lack of specialized services. For that reason, the survey report recommends more effective outreach activities, development of aviation specific services, development of training material/courses, providing platforms for continuous feedback and application-oriented scientific studies.

We thank all survey participants and those who shared the survey within their scientific and professional networks. Their efforts enable us to advance our research and service development to better meet end user expectations.

We encourage continued feedback and welcome further sharing of the survey to help us gather ongoing insights and refine our work over time.

> Link to the survey

> Link to the article

Figure 1: A snapshot of North America showing ionospheric gradients (magenta shading) and air traffic (orange dots) during a space weather event. The diagrams preview results of the survey.