Weather Impact on Aviation
A Special Issue of Aerospace (ISSN 2226-4310) belonging to the section "Air Traffic and Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 598
Editors
Interests: air traffic management; weather impacts on aviation; urban air mobility
Interests: air transportation; data-driven and model-based environments; predictive analysis; integrated airspace and airport management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Weather is a fundamental external factor influencing the safety, efficiency, and resilience of the aviation system across all operational domains, including commercial air transport, on-demand operations, and general aviation. Atmospheric phenomena such as wind, turbulence, convection, icing, fog, reduced visibility, and extreme temperatures affect aircraft performance, airport capacity, air traffic management, and operational decision making at all stages of flight. While modern aviation systems are designed to operate safely under a wide range of meteorological conditions, adverse and rapidly changing weather remains a dominant contributor to delays, disruptions, and safety critical events.
Multiple studies have shown that weather is a leading cause of air traffic delays and cancelations worldwide and that it plays a significant role in both accident and incident statistics, particularly in general aviation and regional operations. Weather-related hazards rarely act in isolation. Instead, their impact emerges from complex interactions between atmospheric conditions, aircraft capabilities, operational procedures, infrastructure limitations, and human decision-making. Inadequate weather awareness, uncertainty in forecasts, misinterpretation of meteorological information, and limited integration of weather data into operational planning and real-time decision support systems have repeatedly been identified as contributing factors in weather-affected aviation events.
Recent advances in meteorological sensing, numerical weather prediction, data driven modeling, and digital decision support offer new opportunities to better anticipate, mitigate, and manage weather impacts on aviation operations. At the same time, increasing traffic demand, tighter operational margins, and the expected effects of climate change are likely to amplify the sensitivity of the aviation system to weather-related disturbances.
This Special Issue on Weather Impact on Aviation invites high quality contributions addressing the observation, modeling, prediction, and operational management of weather effects across the aviation system. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: weather-related safety risks, operational disruptions, airport and airspace capacity impacts, weather integration in air traffic management, pilot and controller decision making under adverse weather, and the use of advanced analytics, machine learning, and digital twins to support weather-resilient aviation operations.
Dr. Gabriele Enea
Prof. Dr. Michael Schultz
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- weather-related safety risks
- operational disruptions
- airport and airspace capacity impacts
- weather integration in air traffic management
- pilot and controller decision making under adverse weather
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