For Aviation Authorities
Your airports shouldn’t be reporting into a void.
Across Europe, aviation authorities make critical decisions based on fragmented reports, delayed data, and manual cross-checks. Dataero gives you the complete national picture — in real time, from every airport, on one platform.
The reality today
A phone call, a spreadsheet, and a three-day lag.
Ask any national aviation regulator how they find out what happened at a regional airport last Tuesday, and the answer will involve emails, phone calls, and a report that lands on their desk days after the fact. This is not a data problem. It is a systems problem — and it has been accepted as normal for too long.
The problem runs deeper than major hubs. Across Europe, hundreds of small aerodromes and regional airfields operate below the radar of national oversight entirely. A charter flight, a helicopter transfer, a training school running fifty circuits a day — none of it appears in centralised flight data systems, because none of it files a flight plan. It happens, lands, and leaves without a trace at the national level.
We cannot see what is happening across the network until it is already history — and at smaller airports, we may not see it at all.
The consequences are real: oversight that reacts rather than anticipates, regulatory reporting built on approximations, and a national aviation picture with systematic blind spots wherever commercial IFR traffic gives way to general aviation, light aircraft, or uncontrolled airspace.
The Dataero approach
What if the national picture just… existed?
Dataero is a cloud platform built specifically for the operational realities of aviation administration. It connects to each airport’s existing data sources and aggregates them into a unified, live view of national aviation activity — covering everything from wide-body movements at international hubs to light aircraft at small regional airfields.
The key is how Dataero captures data. Alongside traditional interfaces that pull from flight plan systems and ATC infrastructure, Dataero operates its own network of ADS-B receivers. ADS-B is the position-reporting technology broadcast by virtually all modern aircraft — including the vast majority that never file a flight plan. A helicopter hop, a VFR training flight, a business jet operating under general aviation rules: if the aircraft has a transponder, Dataero sees it.
This means the national dashboard is genuinely complete. Not a view of commercial scheduled traffic with gaps filled by guesswork, but a real-time record of all aviation activity across the entire national territory — down to the smallest aerodrome.
Dataero is deployment-ready across all EU member states today. Whether you are overseeing two international airports or a network of fifty mixed-use aerodromes, the platform adapts to the scale and structure of your national aviation landscape.
Integration
Built to connect with what already exists — even when very little exists.
The hardest part of any national data infrastructure project is usually not the technology — it is the integration. Major airports run legacy systems, bespoke databases, and operational tools that were never designed to talk to each other. Smaller airfields may have nothing more than a paper logbook and a handheld radio.
Dataero handles both. For airports with established IT infrastructure, our platform speaks the standards European aviation already uses: standard aviation data formats, regulatory reporting interfaces, and the messaging protocols that ground handlers and operations teams rely on every day. For smaller aerodromes with minimal digital infrastructure, a Dataero ADS-B receiver provides complete local traffic coverage with no IT project required — just a device installed on-site and a data connection.
For the administration, this means no airport is too small to be part of the national picture. Every aerodrome, regardless of size or technical maturity, can contribute to the consolidated view. The national picture is only as complete as its least-connected member — Dataero removes that constraint.
How a connection works
Week 1–2 — Assessment
We map the airport’s existing data sources and confirm compatibility. In most cases, standard connectors cover everything.
Week 3–4 — Configuration
Data pipelines are configured and tested. The airport’s operations team validates that what arrives in the dashboard matches what they see on the ground.
Week 5+ — Live
The airport joins the national network. Data flows in real time. The administration gains one more window into the complete picture.
The journey
Start small. Prove the value. Scale with confidence.
We believe the right way to build national infrastructure is to earn trust incrementally. That is why Dataero’s deployment model is built around a pilot-first approach — a short, low-risk engagement at a single airport that generates tangible evidence before any long-term commitment is made.
In the first three to six months, the administration and Dataero work together on a single airport. The goals, the data quality benchmarks, and the reporting outputs are agreed upfront. At the end of the pilot, there is a clear record of what was delivered — not a vendor’s slide deck, but live data and real dashboards.
From there, expansion follows naturally. Each additional airport strengthens the national picture and reduces the unit cost of oversight. Most of our partners reach full network coverage within two years, unlocking capabilities — cross-border benchmarking, predictive anomaly detection, automated EU regulatory submissions — that were simply out of reach before.
Getting started
We made the procurement path as simple as the technology.
Public procurement does not have to mean an eighteen-month tender process before anything gets built. For a scoped pilot, authorities across the EU can engage Dataero through existing below-threshold procurement routes — which means live data can be flowing before the end of next quarter.
For longer-term engagements, we support Innovation Partnership procedures and framework agreements aligned with EU public procurement directives. At every stage, full audit trails and open documentation ensure the administration retains complete visibility and control over what is being built and what it costs.
Three ways to engage
Below-Threshold Pilot
Direct award under applicable EU thresholds. Scoped deliverables, fast-track start. No lengthy tender required.
Innovation Partnership
Co-develop capabilities tailored to your country’s regulatory requirements, with shared IP and defined milestones.
Framework Agreement
Long-term access to the platform, support, and ongoing development. Transparent pricing, full audit trail.
Let’s talk
The national picture is within reach.
If you are responsible for aviation oversight in any EU member state and wondering whether there is a better way to see what is happening across your network, we would welcome the conversation.