Aeronautical meteorological services
Finnish Meteorological Institute is exclusively designated to provide aeronautical meteorological services for civil and military users in Finland (Helsinki FIR)
Forecast offices are located in Helsinki, Kuopio and Rovaniemi. The forecast offices in Helsinki and Rovaniemi provide a 24/7/365 service to users with our Helsinki office as the official Meteorological Watch Office (MWO).
Ilmailusaa.fi - the official source of aeronautical meteorological information
The MET self-briefing portal for our users can be found from www.ilmailusaa.fi where you can find
Worldwide weather information needed for flight planning
Satellite, radar and lightning observations from Northern Europe
Supplementary and unregulated forecast and observation data from Finland and neighboring areas
AWS METAR observations (METARs derived to Automatic Weather Station locations, not aerodromes)
Mast observations
Various forecast animations
Several user guides and other background information to support the use of the aviation weather service