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title: "MET.OR.242 Information to be provided to air traffic services units — SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR PROVIDERS OF METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES, ATM/ANS · Avioverse"
description: "An aerodrome meteorological office shall provide, as necessary, its associate aerodrome control tower and AFIS unit with:"
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/part-met/subpart-a/met-or-242"
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# MET.OR.242 Information to be provided to air traffic services units

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

IR Implementing rule

## MET.OR.242 Information to be provided to air traffic services units

(a) An aerodrome meteorological office shall provide, as necessary, its associate aerodrome control tower and AFIS unit with:

(1) local routine report, local special report, METAR, SPECI, TAF and TREND and amendments thereto;

(2) SIGMET, AIRMET, wind shear warnings and alerts and aerodrome warnings;

(3) any additional meteorological information agreed upon locally, such as forecasts of surface wind for the determination of possible runway changes;

(4) information received on volcanic ash cloud, for which a SIGMET has not already been issued, as agreed between the aerodrome meteorological office and the aerodrome control tower or the AFIS unit concerned;

(5) information received on pre-eruption volcanic activity and/or a volcanic eruption as agreed between the aerodrome meteorological office and the aerodrome control tower or the AFIS unit concerned.

(b) An aerodrome meteorological office shall provide its associate approach control unit with:

(1) local routine report, local special report, METAR, SPECI, TAF and TREND and amendments thereto;

(2) SIGMET, AIRMET, wind shear warnings and alerts, appropriate special air-reports and aerodrome warnings;

(3) any additional meteorological information agreed upon locally;

(4) information received on volcanic ash cloud, for which a SIGMET has not already been issued, as agreed between the aerodrome meteorological office and the approach control unit concerned;

(5) information received on pre-eruption volcanic activity and/or a volcanic eruption as agreed between the aerodrome meteorological office and the approach control unit concerned.

IR · MET.OR.242 — Regulation (EU) 2017/373 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1338 · 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)](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/part-met/subpart-a)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 12 Mar 2025, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.