Wind is the trajectory. Plan around it.
For drift balloons - hot air, research, weather - the wind field at altitude IS the flight path. AirVeto shows Open-Meteo wind at the exact altitude, time, and location so you can verify a drift path before launch or explain a recovery point after.
Recent cross-border balloon and aircraft incidents.
Recent reported incidents - the event location, the wind at the time where reconstructed, and links to primary sources. Each entry is its own page, with a deep link to the event location on the live map.
Four airspace entries off Sulina, Romania, 14-15 Oct 2026
Romania's defence ministry logged four entries into national airspace off Sulina between the morning of October 14 and 01:34 on October 15, 2026; Ukrainian air defence shot down two targets.
Two drones at Adutiškis and Šiulgiai, October 9-11, 2026
VSAT border guards took control of two cigarette-carrying drones from Belarus on the nights of October 9 and 10, 2026, and say they have landed 63 drones this year.
Lithuania balloon cargos, Oct 8 - nine, 55,490 packs
Border guards and police intercepted nine balloon-borne cigarette cargoes from Belarus in four Lithuanian districts overnight and on the morning of October 8, 2026.Hot air balloon operators.
Pre-flight wind checks are typically done at surface level. AirVeto shows wind speed and direction at the altitude band you will actually fly - 300 m, 600 m, 1,200 m, or higher. A surface reading of 5 km/h and a 300 m reading of 35 km/h are fundamentally different flight conditions. AirVeto maps the full vertical wind profile so pre-flight planning reflects reality at operating altitude.
After a flight, AirVeto reconstructs the historical wind at the time and altitude you flew. If a balloon drifted further or landed unexpectedly, the wind reconstruction explains why - and provides documentation for incident or insurance purposes.
Research and weather balloon teams.
Research balloons ascend through multiple atmospheric layers, each with different wind speeds and directions. AirVeto resolves the wind profile from surface to 10 km+ using Open-Meteo data (ICON-EU model), updated hourly. Before a launch, that profile predicts the drift path and recovery zone. After, it reconstructs where the payload went if telemetry was lost.
Teams running regular balloon programmes use AirVeto to compare planned vs actual drift across launches - building a picture of how model wind translates to observed flight paths at their site.
Defence and border balloon programmes.
When a balloon crosses a national border, the wind at the time and altitude of the crossing reconstructs where it was released. AirVeto applies this to documented airspace incursions - the Poland-Belarus border, the Suwałki Gap, and the full incident archive - but the same methodology applies to any documented crossing: known crossing point + altitude + timestamp → probable release zone.
Border monitoring teams can use the incident archive to compare conditions across multiple events: same release zone, same wind window, same method. See AirVeto for border monitoring for the full capability description.
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- Altitude layers from surface to 10 km+
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- Open-Meteo wind data update cadence
- 50+
- Balloon incursion incidents archived
Team accounts for balloon operations.
The Companies plan provides a shared organisation account for multiple pilots, researchers, or analysts. Team members log in under one account - useful for balloon programmes with more than one operator checking conditions or a launch crew spread across sites. Contact hello@airveto.com for pricing.
Companies plan users can also connect their own data to the map - balloon GPS telemetry, recovery crew positions, launch sensors - via the custom data API. Invoice billing is available for institutional and public-sector procurement. Contact hello@airveto.com to discuss a deployment.
Tell it what you need. It plans the map
Europe's AI airspace analyst reads the wind at 8 heights, aircraft, drone zones and every reconstructed incursion. It places your sensors and interceptor sites on the map and briefs you; you decide.
See where the wind carries it.
Free signup, no card required. Pro and Companies plans for extended forecast and team access.