Additional flight delays and magnetospheric-ionospheric disturbances during solar storms.

ABSTRACT: Although the sun is really far away from us, some solar activities could still influence the performance and reliability of space-borne and ground-based technological systems on Earth. Those time-varying conditions in space caused by the sun are also called solar storm or space weather. It is known that aviation activities can be affected during solar storms, but the exact effects of space weather on aviation are still unclear. Especially how the flight delays, the top topic concerned by most people, will be affected by space weather has never been thoroughly researched. By analyzing huge amount of flight data (~ 4 × 10⁶ records), for the first time, we quantitatively investigate the flight delays during space weather events. It is found that compared to the quiet periods, the a

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9951832 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature