Meteorological equipment to support flight operations of vertical takeoff and landing aircraft

A method of supporting flight operations of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle, the method comprising:

• accessing first observed weather data obtained by at least one sensor located at a vertiport which describes weather in an environment of the vertiport;
• accessing second observed weather data obtained by at least one sensor of the VTOL vehicle which describes weather in an environment of the VTOL vehicle;
• integrating the first observed weather data and the second observed weather data to produce a collection of weather data;
• and
• producing a weather map based on the collection of weather data, the weather map illustrating one or more meteorological features of the weather in at least one of the environment of the vertiport or the environment of the VTOL vehicle, the weather map produced for use in supporting the flight operations of the VTOL vehicle.

A computer-readable storage medium for supporting flight operations of a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, the computer-readable storage medium being non-transitory and having computer-readable program code stored therein that, in response to execution by processing circuitry, causes an apparatus to at least:

• access first observed weather data obtained by sensors located at a vertiport which describe weather in an environment of the vertiport;
• access second observed weather data obtained by sensors of the VTOL aircraft which describe weather in an environment of the VTOL aircraft;
• integrate the first observed weather data and the second observed weather data to produce a collection of weather data that is indicative of the weather in the environment of the vertiport and the environment of the VTOL aircraft;
• and
• produce a weather map based on the collection of weather data, the weather map illustrating one or more meteorological features of the weather in at least one of the environment of the vertiport or the environment of the VTOL aircraft, the weather map produced for use in supporting the flight operations of the VTOL aircraft.