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title: "Airport | Nexus Observatory"
description: "A weather station by the runway, a lidar for wind shear and a ground station beside the cargo apron. Airport. Nexus Observatory designs…"
url: https://observatory.global/environments/airport-field/
publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc.
updated: 2026-10-29
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Airport. A weather station by the runway, a lidar for wind shear and a ground station beside the cargo apron.

A weather station by the runway, a lidar for wind shear and a ground station beside the cargo apron.

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Field environments

# Airport

A weather station by the runway, a lidar for wind shear and a ground station beside the cargo apron.

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## Tour transcript

1. A weather station by the runway, a lidar for wind shear and a ground station beside the cargo apron.
2. Wind, visibility and pressure for the tower and the airport report.
3. Wind shear on the approach paths.

## In this scene

**Runway weather station**: Wind, visibility and pressure for the tower and the airport report. (ICAO Annex 3, WMO-No. 8)
**Wind lidar**: Wind shear on the approach paths. (ICAO Doc 9817)

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