At present, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport serves over 10 million PHOTO COURTESY BY FINNAIR BY COURTESY PHOTO passengers every year, and has er Reporter AW11 Systems man- been rated as one of the best ufactured by Vaisala on the basis airports in the word in the past of the special qualities, perform- four years. ance and functionalities provid- ed for meteorological support necessary for the training and op- erations of the Air Force. The Air New runway for larger capacity Force also appreciated the system concept and technology, being also compliant with the NATO Vaisala Equips Helsinki-Vantaa requirements. The fully automat- ic Vaisala Aviation Reporter AW11 is a stand-alone weather Airport with Automated observation and reporting system which measures all standard avia- Weather Observing System tion weather parameters and gen- erates accurate real-time weather reports. Standard measurements Vaisala has signed a contract with the Civil handle weather data from run- include sky condition (cloud lay- Aviation Administration of Finland to deliver ways 1 and 2. Vaisala is the er height and coverage), visibility, a MIDAS IV Automated Weather Observing prime contractor supplying the air pressure, temperature, dew- aviation weather system to point, and wind speed and direc- System (AWOS) to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. Helsinki-Vantaa Airport’s Run- tion. Precipitation occurrence Under the terms of the contract, Vaisala will way 3 project. and intensity measurements are deliver an Automated Weather Observing also available. Leading the way System and associated meteorological This deal marks a significant first sensors to the new runway of the airport. for Vaisala. The Vaisala MIDAS The system will be installed in summer 2002, IV AWOS, which will totally re- TACMET Systems and the new runway is scheduled to open in place Helsinki-Vantaa’s current, at National Day self-designed AWOS, will be in- Parade November 2002. stalled in summer 2002 in prepa- ration for the new runway’s in- he Romanian Air Force he Vaisala MIDAS IV auguration, and will gather and T units participated in Airport Weather Observ- integrate meteorological data the annual parade organ- T ing System (AWOS) will from all 3 runways. Further- ized in Bucharest in cele- gather meteorological data from more, Vaisala will act as the bration of Romanian Na- sensors installed along Helsinki- main weather observation con- tional Day on December 1, Vantaa Airport’s existing two tractor, incorporating an 2001. Among other demon- runways, as well as from the ATIS/VOLMET system provid- strations, a formation of six Vaisala meteorological sensors ed by Terma A/S, a leading Dan- “IAR Socat” - type helicop- that are included in the deal to ish contractor, and control tower ters executed a formation be delivered for the new third displays provided by FRE- flight. runway. QUENTIS Nachrichtentechnik The Romanian Air GmbH of Austria, headquar- Force chose Vaisala’s Tacti- Meteorological sensors tered in Vienna. cal Meteorological (TAC- for the new third MET) Observation System runway New runway increases to support this popular Vaisala sensors for measuring capacity at Helsinki- event because of the ease meteorological parameters, Run- Vantaa Airport of deployment, reliable way Visual Range and cloud Construction of the new runway performance and versatile height will be installed along the (runway 3) at Helsinki-Vantaa measurements. The en- new runway. For ice warnings Airport is one of the major re- hanced configuration of- and predictions, Vaisala will also cent airport developments in fered accurate measure- deliver three ROSA Runway Europe. Scheduled for inaugura- ments of weather parame- Weather Stations, maintenance tion in November 2002, runway ters, such as cloud base, vi- information from which will be 3 will be used as the main run- sibility and wind, which shown on displays incorporated way for takeoffs, allowing some were crucial to support the in the MIDAS IV AWOS. An 40% increase in operations ca- helicopters participating in integrated management system pacity over the current two-run- the parade. is included in the deal that will way system.

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