The Vaisala AviMet® Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) is an integrated airport weather observing system for regional, national and international airports. The AviMet® AWOS conforms to all relevant ICAO and WMO recommendations and regulations regarding measurements. Thus it calculates aviation meteorological data such as pressure values (QFE, QNH), Runway Visual Range, and generates METAR, SPECI and SYNOP reports. The system can be configured to suit the requirements of the aviation site in question: ICAO categories up to CAT III are covered.

The Vaisala AviMet® AWOS is part of the Vaisala AviMet® total aviation weather management solution that bridges the gap between weather and aviation operations. Vaisala AviMet® comprises of the technology platform, services, and a growing set of end-user applications ranging from ATC to de-icing applications.