HKO News Bulletin for the Aviation Community

Fifteenth Meeting of the ICAO Asia/Pacific Meteorological Information Exchange (MET/IE) Working Group (Bangkok, Thailand, 20-22 March 2017)

• IP/09 - The Joint Test on IWXXM Exchange over Extended AMHS among Hong Kong China, Thailand and Singapore, by Hong Kong China, Thailand and Singapore
• IP/10 - Proposed WMO VCP / ICAO APAC Workshop on the Implementation of IWXXM for the Exchange of OPMET data to be held in Hong Kong China, by Hong Kong China

Seventh Meeting of the ICAO Asia/Pacific Meteorological Services (MET/S) Working Group (Bangkok, Thailand, 22-24 March 2017)

• WP/06 - The Asia/Pacific Regional Guidance on the Issuance of SIGMET for Radioactive Cloud, by P.W. Chan as Chairman of MET/S WG

• IP/06 - A Web-based Tool to Support the WMO SIGMET Coordination Pilot Project, by Hong Kong China
• IP/08 - Development of a Web-based Tool to Indicate Real-time Aircraft Positions against Significant Weather and an Electronic Flight Bag Meteorological Application for Paperless Cockpit, by Hong Kong China

Wrap-up meeting of the WMO SIGMET Coordination pilot project (17-29 March 2017, Singapore)

• HKO Experience and Recommendations, by Sharon Lau

The First Meeting of ICAO Asia/Pacific System Wide Information Management Task Force (Bangkok, Thailand, 10-12 May 2017)

• IP/06 - SWIM Concept Applied in the New Meteorological Interfaces to Airlines' Flight Planning Systems in Hong Kong, by Hong Kong China
• IP/07 - WMO VCP/ICAO APAC Workshop on the Implementation of IWXXM for the Exchange of OPMET Data to be held in Hong Kong China, by Hong Kong China

Sixth Meeting of the ICAO Asia/Pacific Meteorological Requirements Working Group and Meteorology/Air Traffic Management (MET/ATM) Seminar 2017 (Fukuoka, Japan, 15-19 May 2017)

• IP/11 - Last Minute Update of Meteorological Information to Pilots Prior to Departure, by Hong Kong China

• SP/02 - Meteorological Services for the Terminal Area (MSTA) , by Hong Kong China

WMO Expert Team on Aircraft-Based Observing Systems Third Session

• Regional and National Reports, Regional II, by Yiu-fai Lee, Hong Kong China

Twenty-first meeting of the ICAO Asia/Pacific Meteorology Sub-Group of APANPIRG (Bangkok, Thailand, 29 May to 1 June 2017)

• WP/11 - Review Outcomes from MET/S WG/7, by P.W. Chan as Chairman of MET/S WG

• IP/12 - WMO VCP / ICAO APAC Workshop on the Implementation of IWXXM for the exchange of OPMET Data to be held in Hong Kong China, by Hong Kong China