Systems and methods for determining weather conditions within an airspace

A method for a system comprising

• a control unit configured to:
• determine a position of an aircraft within an airspace from tracking information received from a tracking sub-system, and
• associate weather conditions with the position within the airspace, wherein the weather conditions are detected by one or more sensors of the aircraft,
• the method comprising:
• determining, by the control unit, the position of the aircraft within the airspace from the tracking information received from the tracking sub-system;
• and
• associating, by the control unit, the weather conditions at the position within the airspace, wherein the weather conditions are detected by the one or more sensors of the aircraft.

A system comprising:

• a tracking sub-system configured to track positions of a plurality of aircraft within an airspace;
• an aircraft comprising one or more sensors configured to detect weather conditions at a position of the aircraft;
• and
• a control unit configured to:
• determine the position of the aircraft within the airspace from tracking information received from the tracking sub-system,
• associate the weather conditions, as detected by the one or more sensors of the aircraft, with the position within the airspace, and
• output the weather conditions at the position of the aircraft to other aircraft at other positions within the airspace.