Met Office Aeronautical Visualisation Service (MAVIS)

Assisting the UK aviation sector is a key remit of the Met Office. We are a designated provider of meteorological services to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and support the industry with information designed to help pilots, airlines and airports improve their services and safety. 

The Met Office Aviation Visualiation Service^® (MAVIS^®) will bring together 4 products: Aviation Briefing Service, Network Weather Resilience, Helibrief^® and Open Runway™ into 1 user-friendly service, enabling access to meteorological information such as METARS (Meteorological Aerodrome Report), TAFs (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast) and charts, as well as weather map layers.  This will ensure consistency in the information accessed.

Whether a glider pilot, balloonist, helicopter pilot, airline or airport, all required weather information will be accessible in one place.

The image shown above shows early prototypes

Benefits of MAVIS^®

Development of the service will enable:

• A more user focussed product  - customer research is directly feeding into the development of the service, making for a more user-friendly intuitive product
• Simplification of services, enabling adaptation to future user need
• Consistent messaging – the current services were built in isolation, resulting in inconsistent experiences.

Additional Resources

MAVIS Resources  Visit our MAVIS resources page, where we have created a number of additional resources for you to learn how to use MAVIS, including an explainer video and a user guide.

MAVIS FAQs We have compiled a list of frequently asked questions on our FAQ page. 

MAVIS Updates Visit this page to see the latest updates on MAVIS.

To discuss your weather aviation needs, please email [email protected] or fill out the contact form on this webpage.