Meteorological Information Access and Decision-Making for UAS Flight Planning

Nowadays, there are concepts and programs aimed to provide participants of air traffic with real-time and relevant (on-demand) meteorological information to avoid weather-related hazards and eliminate risks connected with them. At the same time, despite the fact of the rising number of flights and tasks for Unmanned Aircraft Systems there is rather a lack of programs for UAS meteorological support that considers the integration of weather information into operational decision-making processes. In this paper, a mobile application has been developed that gives selected users access to current spatial meteorological data within the area of UAS flights with ability to help to take the right decision when performing particular flight mission in planned area of flight. The UASs are considered not only as final customer of weather information, but also as elements of observing system that help to obtain operative meteorological data. The recommendations on decision making are based on risk-oriented approach.