Aviation Weather Center

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The Aviation Weather Center is a U.S. government facility that provides specialized weather forecasts and warnings to support the safety and efficiency of aviation operations domestically and worldwide.


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instanceOf United States government agency
meteorological organization
abbreviation AWC
collaboratesWith Federal Aviation Administration
International Civil Aviation Organization
World Area Forecast Centers
country United States
dataUser global aviation community
focusesOn flight safety
operational efficiency in aviation
hasMission to enhance aviation safety and efficiency
to provide aviation warnings and forecasts of hazardous flight conditions
hasWebsite https://aviationweather.gov
headquartersLocation Kansas City, Missouri
United States
industry aviation meteorology
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
operatedBy National Weather Service
operationalStatus 24-hour operation
ownedBy United States federal government
parentOrganization National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
partOf National Centers for Environmental Prediction
primaryLanguage English
providesService AIRMET issuance
SIGMET issuance
aviation weather advisories
aviation weather forecasts
aviation weather warnings
graphical aviation weather products
icing forecasts
international aviation weather guidance
significant weather outlooks for aviation
thunderstorm forecasts for aviation
turbulence forecasts
sector public sector
serviceArea domestic United States airspace
global aviation operations
targetAudience air traffic controllers
airlines
aviation dispatchers
aviation regulators
pilots
usesMedium numerical weather prediction models
radar data
satellite data
web-based weather products

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
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