Keep passengers and crew safe and fuel costs down
Turbulence is on the rise, and current tracking tools fall short due to imprecise location, subjectivity and time lag. To protect passengers and crew, pilots often keep seatbelt signs on and change altitude, which can cause discomfort and fuel inefficiency. Accurate, real-time turbulence data is essential for better decision-making and smoother flights.
Turbulence poses serious safety risks, injuring passengers who are not wearing seatbelts. Cabin crew are particularly at risk. It can even force flight diversions, adding cost and inconvenience. Without precise data, pilots may take overly cautious routes, increasing fuel use. Real-time sharing of turbulence events would empower pilots to act confidently and efficiently.
Airlines Involved
Turbulence Aware serves aviation
A global, industry-wide, data exchange platform, Turbulence Aware receives the existing airline data from ground servers, performs quality control, deidentifies data, and provides the data back to airlines via a ground-to-ground system-to-system connection.
- Turbulence Aware viewer via Wi-Fi – Mapped real-time turbulence reports inform your operational decision-making
- Integration with in-house or third-party flight planning or in-flight weather tools – To speed up decision-making
- EDR-based – Energy/eddy-dissipation rate (EDR) is a calculated estimate of the atmosphere’s turbulent state. It is NOT a measure of the response of an individual aircraft. It is the official ICAO & WMO metric for measuring turbulence intensity
- Detailed report available for each data point – Including time, altitude, aircraft position, mean and peak EDR values as well as wind and temperature data, to increase situational awareness
- Anonymized data – To protect airlines’ identity and privacy
- Technical assistance – IATA provides assistance to airlines looking to implement open source EDR reporting software developed by the National Center of Atmospheric Research (NCAR)