What is a METAR code and how do you read it?
METAR is the name for the report that communicates meteorological information and the weather forecast, which are key elements for air traffic management.
Maintenance of inactive aircraft
An aeroplane may remain inactive for a long time due to many reasons. The aircraft will then require a series of maintenance tasks to ensure all its elements are conserved and to make sure…
The evolution of personal aerial vehicles
The development of personal aerial vehicles has been a constant theme in the minds of aviation innovators for over a century now…
Interview with Porfirio González, OMA
Porfirio González, General Manager of the Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, OMA, in México: «The results achieved to date demonstrate the company’s ability to turn ideas and needs…
Implementation of the new Airport Information System at Lima Airport
Lima Airport Partners (LAP), the operator of Jorge Chávez International Airport, has awarded AERTEC Solutions the supervision, coordination and validation of the new Airport Information System’s (AIS) implementation. The AIS forms part of the CORE ICT systems, which will provide the airport with…
Inteview with Cesare Angeloni, OCEM Airfield Tech.
Cesare Angeloni, Business Unit Manager at OCEM Airfield Technology, a division of Energy Technology Srl.: «Operational excellence is what makes airports safer and more environmentally friendly.»
Infographic / Horizontal airport runway markings
Runways are the distinctive fundamental element of any airport. Aircraft take-off and landing manoeuvres are carried out on them and they have the capacity to receive one kind of aircraft or another depending on their characteristics.
What do we breathe inside an aircraft?
Although cabin pressurisation has other structural connotations for the aircraft, it is an essential element to enable a living being to travel in an aircraft at a certain altitude…
Airports and drones
Drones are tools that allow for a large number of applications which were unthinkable until very recently. They, however, also constitute a safety threat in some sensitive environments like airports…
The changing face of the global airport market
The rise of the mega-hubs in the east seems to be changing the rules of the game…
