MET.OR.240 Information for use by operator or flight crew

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR PROVIDERS OF METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES · Regulation (EU) 2017/373 · EAR revision 12 Mar 2025

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MET.OR.240Information for use by operator or flight crew

An aerodrome meteorological office shall provide operators and flight crew members with the latest available:

(a)forecasts, originating from the WAFS, of the elements listed in points (1) and (2) of point MET.OR.275(a);

(b)METAR or SPECI, including TREND, TAF or amended TAF for the aerodromes of departure and intended landing, and for take-off, en-route and destination alternate aerodromes;

(c)aerodrome forecasts for take-off;

(d)SIGMET and special air-reports relevant to the whole route;

(e)volcanic ash, tropical cyclone and space weather advisory information relevant to the whole route;

(f)area forecasts for low-level flights prepared in combination with the issuance of AIRMET, and AIRMET relevant to the whole route;

(g)aerodrome warnings for the local aerodrome;

(h)meteorological satellite images;

(i)ground-based weather radar information.

IR · MET.OR.240 — Regulation (EU) 2017/373 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1338 · ATM/ANS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 12 Mar 2025

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GM1 MET.OR.240(a)Information for use by operator or flight crew

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GENERAL Forecasts of upper-air humidity and geopotential altitude of flight levels are used only in automatic flight planning and do not need to be displayed.

GM · GM1 MET.OR.240(a) — Regulation (EU) 2017/373 · ED Decision 2022/004/R · ATM/ANS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 12 Mar 2025

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GM1 MET.OR.240(b)Information for use by operator or flight crew

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GENERAL For aerodromes not serving scheduled international commercial air transport operations within European Union:

(a)an aeronautical meteorological station may disseminate METAR on an hourly basis, as well as SPECI, as necessary; and

(b)such information should be made available and may include TREND.

GM · GM1 MET.OR.240(b) — Regulation (EU) 2017/373 · ED Decision 2022/004/R · ATM/ANS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 12 Mar 2025

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GM1 MET.OR.240(d)Information for use by operator or flight crew

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SIGMET Special air-reports supplied to operators and flight crew members will be those not already used in the preparation of SIGMET.

GM · GM1 MET.OR.240(d) — Regulation (EU) 2017/373 · ED Decision 2022/004/R · ATM/ANS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 12 Mar 2025

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GM1 MET.OR.240(e)Information for use by operator or flight crew

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SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY Space weather advisory information is received from space weather centres (SWXCs) in accordance with ICAO Annex 3 ‘Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation’ and ICAO Doc 10100 ‘Manual on Space Weather Information in Support of International Air Navigation’.

GM · GM1 MET.OR.240(e) — Regulation (EU) 2017/373 · ED Decision 2022/004/R · ATM/ANS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 12 Mar 2025

All rules in SUBPART A — ADDITIONAL ORGANISATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PROVIDERS OF METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES (MET.OR)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 12 Mar 2025, extracted 17 Aug 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.

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