Federal Aviation Administration Services Update

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) works closely with the National Weather Service to meet aviation weather requirements and transition successful research capabilities into operations, as well as with national labs, industry, academia, and other government agencies to conduct aviation weather research and develop weather standards for aviation operations. The FAA is also the United States (U.S.) Meteorological Authority for Aviation to the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). As such, the FAA establishes policy, procedures, and requirements for aviation weather information within the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS), and represents the U.S. and promotes U.S. aviation weather interests at ICAO meetings and symposiums. This presentation will feature the ongoing efforts and accomplishments over the last year from those organizations within the FAA that research, produce, or consume weather information in support of maintaining a safe and efficient NAS, as well as provide an overview of the new FAA Weather Strategy that will guide weather research and operations over the next 15 years under the FAA’s NAS modernization concept. The presentation will also highlight weather studies and requests mandated in the 2024 FAA Reauthorization Act.