Meandair

What Meandair does

Meandair BV is a Netherlands-based deep-tech company founded in 2018 that operates the Meandair Nowcasting Weather Engine, a platform that fuses satellite imagery, ground-based and airborne sensor data, and numerical weather prediction with proprietary AI and algorithms to produce high-resolution, near-real-time atmospheric forecasts. Its core technical offering delivers 1x1 km spatial resolution, 10-minute temporal resolution, vertical coverage across 10 flight levels up to 18,000+ meters, 5-hour look-ahead nowcasting (with a 48-hour forecast blend), 10–15-minute global refresh, and sub-7-minute sensor-to-product latency, including AW-METAR and AW-TAF equivalents for 78,000+ airports — including the 94% that lack official weather stations.

The company monetizes through a hybrid B2B API licensing model and a small consumer/subscription track. Enterprise revenue comes from API delivery of raw numerical datasets, map tiles, and text predictions integrated into aviation and energy trading customers' systems; the company also runs AirportWeather.com, a freemium-to-paid web/mobile service for pilots and airport subscribers with monthly billing, and the legacy Radair4D general-aviation app. Distribution combines direct enterprise licensing with deep channel-partner integration into aviation platforms — SkyDemon (60,000+ pilots), Airmate (250,000 users), SmartSky's Skytelligence, Golze Engineering (ADL in-flight), 1200.aero WX+, Flash Weather AI, and TruWeather's V360° — alongside an enterprise sales motion to energy trading firms (MWH Energy, Vandebron, NieuweStroom) and, as of May 2025, a license agreement with SITA for air transport IT distribution.

Meandair was co-founded by Dr. Peter Novák and Dr. Antonín Komenda, both AI researchers whose prior work was funded by U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force programs; the company is an alumnus of the ESA Business Incubation Centre Noordwijk, with collaborative R&D ties to KNMI and Science [&] Technology. It is privately held, headquartered in Den Haag, with additional sites at NL Space Campus (Noordwijk) and historically in Delft, and operates with a 1–10 person team. Aviation and renewable energy are its two stated end-market verticals, and recent commercial momentum — SITA (2025), TruWeather for UAS/eVTOL/AAM (2025), energy-trading customers (2025), and high-resolution expansions across Africa, Asia, and Oceania in 2025 — is consistent with active scale-up of the platform.

Name

Meandair

Legal name

Meandair BV

Website

https://meandair.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Meandair, founded in 2018 in the Netherlands, operates an AI-driven weather nowcasting engine that delivers sub-7-minute-latency, 1x1 km atmospheric forecasts via APIs to aviation software platforms, energy trading firms, and UAS/AAM operators, complemented by the AirportWeather.com service for pilots and airports.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aviation Weather Data and Nowcasting

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

akta.pro primary industry

Early Warning, Event Monitoring & Forecasting (Extreme Weather Alerts, Nowcasting) (EUABALAJ)

Keywords

• Weather nowcasting services
• Aviation weather data
• Renewable energy forecasting
• Weather data API
• Meteorological data products

Headquarters

HQ city

Delft

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Weather Data API Licensing: Meandair supplies weather data products in numerical data, map tiles, or text-predictions in various formats via industry standard APIs. B2B customers license access to raw high-resolution numerical datasets for integration into their applications and trading algorithms.
2. AirportWeather.com Subscription: Consumer and airport subscription service providing weather reports and forecasts. Free tier for pilots with limited access; subscribed airports receive unlimited access to weather reports and forecasts, kiosk mode, and promotional capabilities.
3. Enterprise Data Licensing: License agreements with enterprise customers including SITA and major aviation data providers for access to high-resolution nowcasting weather data products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Meandair develops and sells a proprietary AI-driven weather nowcasting engine that delivers near real-time, localized weather forecasts covering the next minutes to 48 hours. Its outputs are exposed via industry-standard APIs (numerical datasets, map tiles, text predictions) and packaged as consumer/professional applications such as AirportWeather.com and Radair4D. Core customers are aviation operators, flight-planning software providers, FBOs/airports, and renewable-energy/energy-trading companies that integrate Meandair data into their platforms and trading systems.

Product overview

Meandair is a deep-tech weather nowcasting company providing a platform-plus-products architecture centered on the Meandair Nowcasting Weather Engine. The core engine combines satellite imagery, ground/airborne sensor data, and numerical weather predictions with AI and machine learning to deliver near-real-time weather forecasts. Primary products include the Weather Data API (for system integration), AirportWeather.com (for general aviation and airports), and Radair4D (for pilot flight planning). Specialized data products include AW-METAR/AW-TAF reports, 3D Turbulence Nowcasting, and Renewable Energy Data Products for solar/wind power and energy trading. The company serves aviation and renewable energy markets with data updated every 10-15 minutes globally, offering 5-hour to 48-hour forecast horizons at up to 1x1 km resolution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AirportWeather.com: A service providing actual weather and near-term forecasts for every airport in the world, including AW-METAR and AW-TAF reports, powered by the Meandair Nowcasting Weather Engine.
• Radair4D

Products and services

• Meandair Nowcasting Weather Engine Proprietary platform that combines satellite imagery, ground and airborne sensor data, and numerical weather prediction with AI/ML to deliver near real-time, localized weather forecasts for the coming minutes and hours. Outputs include cloud structure, precipitation, thunderstorms, turbulence, wind, icing, AW-METAR/AW-TAF and 4D datasets, sold to enterprise aviation and energy customers.
• Weather Data API Industry-standard API delivering Meandair's nowcasting data as numerical datasets, map tiles, or text predictions, updated every 10 minutes globally with 5-hour or 48-hour forecast horizons for integration into customers' applications and enterprise software.
• AirportWeather.com Web and mobile (iOS/Android) weather service providing actual weather (AW-METAR) and near-term forecasts (AW-TAF) for every airport and heliport worldwide, including the 94% without official METAR/TAF stations. Offers a free tier for pilots and a paid subscription for airports with unlimited access, kiosk mode, and ad-revenue capability.
• Radair4D Mobile app providing synthetic 4D weather nowcasting for general aviation pilots, including storm warnings and thunderstorm visualization derived from satellite data, usable preflight and in-flight with offline access.
• AW-METAR / AW-TAF Data Products Airport Weather METAR and TAF equivalent reports generated by the Nowcasting Weather Engine for every airport or heliport worldwide, including those without official METAR/TAF stations, with 5-hour look-ahead and 5-minute refresh rates.
• 3D Turbulence Nowcasting Three-dimensional turbulence nowcasting data product based on IATA Turbulence Aware platform observations, providing localized recent and near-term turbulence conditions at different altitudes for business aviation and other operators.
• Renewable Energy Data Products High-accuracy data products for renewable energy covering solar irradiance (Global Horizontal Irradiance), turbine icing, wind speeds at-turbine-level, and wind gusts at-turbine-level, supporting solar and wind power generation forecasting and intra-day energy market trading.

Quantifiable outcome

• Meandair's predictions found on par with human forecasters according to independent preliminary scientific research
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers28 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability7 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered strategic, core and minor.

• TruWeather Solutions Inc.strategicTechnology or Integration · 1 July 2025Micro weather data and analytics company focused on UAS and eVTOL vehicles. Meandair delivers nowcasting data streams for integration into TruWeather's V360 software product, web application workbook and API data access for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) sector.
• Brunel Solar TeamstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 June 2025Solar racing team competing in Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 2025. Meandair provided nowcasting weather streams for race strategy optimization, including cloud tracking, wind monitoring, and arrival time calculations. Nuna 13 won the race.
• SITAstrategicTechnology or Integration · 26 May 2025SITA, world's leading specialist in air transport communications and information technology, entered a license agreement to trial and evaluate Meandair's high-resolution nowcasting products. Exploring new product developments in provisioning weather data to SITA's aviation customers.
• Ubotica TechnologiesstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 April 2025Collaborative research presented at IWPSS 2025 on AI-based cloud nowcasting for spacecraft observation planning. High-resolution forecasts improve optical satellite task planning and dynamic satellite operations.
• AirmatecoreTechnology or Integration · 19 April 2024Largest free flight planning and preparation app with 250,000 users worldwide. Partnership provides global AW-METAR and AW-TAF to Airmate users, giving better situational awareness and accurate weather reports for all airports.
• Golze EngineeringcoreTechnology or Integration · 16 April 2024Leading supplier of worldwide in-flight satellite weather products. Provides Meandair's AW-METAR and AW-TAF to ADL users in-flight via satellite technology, delivering better situational awareness for general aviation.
• Flash Weather AIstrategicTechnology or Integration · 15 April 2024Weather analytics company providing cutting-edge forecasting dashboard for aviation, construction, golf, marine, municipalities, recreation, schools, and sports industries. Meandair's nowcasting technology reduces latency and improves accuracy for Flash Weather AI users.
• SmartSky NetworksstrategicTechnology or Integration · 19 October 2022Premier provider of high-speed in-flight Internet access to business aviation. Meandair provides weather nowcasting for SmartSky's Predictive Weather Data Suite delivered via Skytelligence data exchange. Partnership enables US aviation access to Meandair's global capabilities.
• SkyDemoncoreTechnology or Integration · 1 February 2021Leading VFR flight navigation provider in Europe. Meandair became supplier providing weather nowcasting data for SkyDemon's Flyable Conditions feature. Extended relationship in 2022 for multi-year collaboration serving 60,000+ pilots.
• European Space Agency (ESA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerESA supported development of the Meandair Nowcasting Weather Engine through ESA Space Solutions and ARTES (Integrated Applications Programme). Meandair is alumnus of ESA Business Incubation Centre Noordwijk. ESA continues to be a key development partner providing funding and technical collaboration.
• KNMI (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative development with KNMI R&D Satellite Observations department. KNMI provides meteorological expertise and satellite observation data for the nowcasting engine development.
• Science [&] Technology (STCorp)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing collaboration in algorithms and AI technology. Science [&] Technology contributed expertise in computational algorithms developed from robotics and autonomous aircraft collision avoidance research.
• 1200.aerocoreTechnology or IntegrationWeb-based FBO and airport operations software. Meandair developed WX+ add-on with 1200.aero, AvMet, and Flash AI providing vital weather situational awareness for ground and air operations. Covers North American continent with weather layers updated every 15 minutes.
• ESA Business Incubation Centre NoordwijkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMeandair is alumnus of ESA Business Incubation Centre Noordwijk, The Netherlands. The incubation program supported early company development.
• Netherlands Space OfficeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting organization for Meandair's development, particularly related to satellite observation applications.
• EASA (European Union Aviation Safety Agency)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean Union Aviation Safety Agency listed as partner organization.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Tomorrow.io: Tomorrow.io (formerly ClimaCell) provides micro-weather forecasting using satellite, radar, IoT sensors, and AI. It is the closest direct competitor to Meandair, serving both aviation and renewable energy with hyperlocal, low-latency nowcasting APIs.
• Meteomatics: Meteomatics delivers high-resolution global weather data via API and is used across aviation, energy, and renewables. Its emphasis on sub-kilometer resolution and enterprise APIs directly competes with Meandair's positioning.
• Baron Weather: Baron Weather specializes in aviation, broadcast, and public safety weather products, including radar mosaics and nowcasting tools. Its aviation-focused weather situational awareness offerings overlap directly with Meandair's pilot and FBO use cases.
• TruWeather Solutions: TruWeather Solutions provides micro-weather data and analytics for UAS, eVTOL, and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) operators. It is both a Meandair channel partner (per customer data) and a competing micro-weather provider in the same aviation-nowcasting niche.
• Vaisala: Vaisala is a global leader in aviation weather observation systems and forecasting. While stronger on hardware sensors, its aviation weather data services overlap with Meandair's METAR/TAF-equivalent and nowcasting products.

Broad incumbents

• The Weather Company (IBM): IBM's The Weather Company offers aviation, energy, and media weather data at global scale. As a broad incumbent, it competes across multiple verticals where Meandair also operates, but it is not specialized in nowcasting.
• DTN: DTN provides weather and environmental data for aviation, agriculture, and energy markets. It is a broad incumbent offering overlapping aviation and energy forecast products but at lower temporal/spatial specificity than Meandair.
• AccuWeather: AccuWeather supplies aviation and enterprise weather forecasts globally, with broad data and media reach. It competes as a broad incumbent rather than a specialist in ultra-low-latency nowcasting.

Emerging players

• Spire Global: Spire Global operates its own satellite constellation for atmospheric data and offers weather forecasts via API. It is an emerging player providing proprietary sensing infrastructure with partial overlap to Meandair's satellite-derived nowcasting.
• Whiffle: Whiffle is a Dutch high-resolution weather modeling company serving renewable energy and other sectors. Listed as a Meandair customer but also an emerging player applying GPU-based modeling to similar aviation/energy use cases.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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