Case Study: Metro Aviation achieves 24/7 real‑time weather monitoring and proactive route alerts for safer helicopter operations with DTN

Metro Aviation - Customer Case Study

Metro Aviation, Inc., a leading helicopter emergency medical services provider with more than 130 aircraft, needed accurate, real‑time weather and flight hazard information to keep urgent scene calls and interhospital transfers safe in rapidly changing conditions. Metro Aviation turned to DTN, implementing its aviation-focused solutions including RotorWatch®, 4‑D Flight Route Alerting, and AviationSentry Online® to provide continuous, flight‑specific weather intelligence.

DTN’s 4‑D Flight Route Alerting evaluates proposed routes via Metro Aviation’s API while RotorWatch delivers real‑time monitoring and integrated displays for 40–50 concurrent airborne operations, sending proactive alerts so pilots can reroute to avoid hazards. As a result, Metro Aviation’s operational control center uses DTN solutions to review and monitor every flight in real time 24/7, streamline weather decision support, and automatically modify routes to prevent delays and exposure to hazards (for example, detecting low visibility from North Carolina wildfires and rerouting flights).

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