FAA Office of Aerospace Medicine
Civil Aerospace Medical Institute

Report No: DOT/FAA/AM-21/30

Title and Subtitle: Pilot Reports (PIREPs) Research Roadmap

Report Date: November 2021

Authors: Kratchounova D, Dressel J, King T

Abstract: This Research Roadmap documents key research questions informed by the National Transportation Safety Board SIR (2017), the CAMI PIREP Summit (2020), a technical report describing the feedback from a sample representing the PIREP end-user populations (pilots and controllers) during the focus groups activities (Kratchounova, 2020), and the PIREP system problem space developed by the Weather Community of Interest (COI) PIREP Special Weather Action Team (SWAT).

Key Words: Pilot Reports (PIREPs); pilot reports of actual weather conditions encountered while in flight; pilot observations of hazardous weather phenomena; automated routine reports generated by aircraft on-board avionics (AIREPs); solicitation, submission, entry, and dissemination of PIREPs

No. of Pages: 15