AiRMAPS 2026
When: 2026
Where: Texas and South Central U.S.
Platforms: NOAA WP-3D, NOAA Twin Otter
OAR will deploy a comprehensive and detailed chemical payload on a NOAA WP-3D aircraft to survey greenhouse gases and co-emitted pollutants from the largest U.S. oil and gas basins (e.g., the Permian) and major urban areas (e.g., Houston, TX). Flights to the Bakken shale basin in North Dakota may be considered. A NOAA Twin Otter will survey a series of oil and gas basins in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana as well as major cites (e.g., Dallas, TX).