Dissecting lightning strike hazard impact patterns to National Airspace System facilities in the contiguous United States

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Yiyi He, Xiangyu Yue, Sarah Lindbergh, Jianxi Gao, Chuck Graves, Jasenka Rakas

Published: 2022, Last Modified: 14 May 2025Comput. Environ. Urban Syst. 2022EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: Highlights•Aviation facilities and equipment are prone to lightning-induced outages.•New lightning strike hazard impact patterns identified for airports in the United States.•Lightning strikes beyond current spatiotemporal warning thresholds could still induce outages.•Airports with atypical impact profiles should be prioritized for lightning hazard protection.