THE IMPACTS OF

EXTREME WEATHER AND

CLIMATE EVENTS ON
AVIATION

Putri Wulandari
Nur Annisa Mulyawati

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Introduction

Although
many
are
seeking
a
more
sustainable aviation system through the
development of many ingenious devices,
improvement in aircraft design, power plants,
radio aids and navigation techniques but less
attention has been given to the potential
impacts of climate change on air safety.
So that, this study focuses on the implications
of climate change/extreme episodic events
(wind
shear,
lightning,
thunderstorm,
snowstorm,
and
sandstorm)
on
flight
operations.

Table 1: Causes of Fatal Accidents by Decades (Percentage)

Source:
Abbas et al. The Impact of Extreme Weather and
Climate Events
On Aviations, Environment, Ecology &
Management, 1, No. 1, 12- 20, 2012

Figure 1: Fatal accidents pilot error-weather related 19502009.

Source:
Abbas et al. The Impact of Extreme Weather
and
Climate Events
On Aviations, Environment,
Ecology
& Management, 1, No. 1, 12-20, 2012

Figure 2: Fatal accidents due to weather error.

Source:
Abbas et al. The Impact of Extreme Weather and
Climate Events
On Aviations, Environment, Ecology
& Management, 1, No. 1, 12-20, 2012

Figure 3: Percentage of accidents/fatalities at different Phases

of flight.
Source:
Abbas et al. The Impact of Extreme Weather and
Climate Events
On Aviations, Environment, Ecology
& Management, 1, No. 1, 12-20, 2012

Weather Impacts on Aviation

Source :
Kulesa, How Does Weather Affect the Safety and
Operations of
Airports and Aviation, and How Does FAA
Work to Manage Weather-related Effects?

Figure 4. Delay hours in the National Airspace System for

January 2001 to July 2002. Delay hours peaked at 50,000 hours
per month in August 2001, declined to less than 15,000 per
month for the months following September 11, but exceeded
30,000 per month in the summer of 2002. Weather delays
comprise the majority of delays in all seasons.
Source :
Kulesa, How Does Weather Affect the Safety and
Operations of
Airports and Aviation, and How Does FAA
Work to Manage Weather-related Effects?

Type Of Weather Hazard

Thunderstrom and Other Convective

Weather
In-flight Icing
Turbulence
Ceiling and Visibility
Ground De-Icing
Volcanic Ash

Figure 5. Photo of structural icing on an aircrafts

wing
Source :
Kulesa, How Does Weather Affect the Safety and
Operations of
Airports and Aviation, and How Does FAA
Work to Manage Weather-related Effects?

Figure 7. Photo of an aircraft missing an engine which had been torn

off by turbulence.
Source :
Kulesa, How Does Weather Affect the Safety and
Operations of
Airports and Aviation, and How Does FAA
Work to Manage Weather-related Effects?

Figure 8. Photo from an aircraft on approach to San Francisco

International Airport. Two parallel runways can be seen. Pilots of
aircraft on parallel approaches must be able to see each other.
Source :
Kulesa, How Does Weather Affect the Safety and
Operations of
Airports and Aviation, and How Does FAA
Work to Manage Weather-related Effects?

Figure 9. Photo of an aircraft being de-iced on the

ground.
Source
:
Kulesa, How Does Weather Affect the Safety and
Operations of
Airports and Aviation, and How Does FAA
Work to Manage Weather-related Effects?

Figure 10: Effect of lightning on Flight operations.

Source:
Abbas et al. The Impact of Extreme Weather and
Climate Events
On Aviations, Environment, Ecology &
Management, 1, No. 1, 12-20, 2012

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