Case Study: O'Hare International Airport safeguards passengers and keeps flights operating during record February severe weather with AccuWeather For Business SkyGuard warnings

Chicago O’Hare International Airport Trusts AccuWeather SkyGuard® Warnings During Record February Severe Weather Outbreak

O'Hare International Airport faced a record February severe weather outbreak in 2017 with intense thunderstorms, lightning and tornado threats while the National Weather Service radar serving Chicago was inoperative. To protect passengers, ramp crews and flight operations during rapidly changing conditions, O'Hare relied on AccuWeather For Business and its SkyGuard® warnings and SmartWarn®-enabled forecasting services.

AccuWeather For Business provided continuous meteorologist support, FAA radar feeds and patented lightning forecasting through SkyGuard®, delivering tailored warnings and timely "all-clear" notifications. As a result, ORD avoided activating its tornado plan, flights (including United 683) landed safely, and airport operations continued with reduced disruption—an outcome airport operations chief Bill Lonergan publicly thanked AccuWeather For Business for.

O'Hare International Airport

Bill Lonergan

Chief of Operations