Its customers include owners and operators of business jets for corporate and personal air travel.

[1][2] The company offers products and services including international flight planning and scheduling, weather briefings, aircraft ground handling, and aviation security.

[3] Universal Weather was founded in Dallas, Texas in 1959 by Tom Evans, a former United States Air Force officer and meteorologist.

[12][13] Universal Weather's services assisted in preparing Irving before his trip as the youngest person to fly solo around the world, and also monitored his travels during the expedition, tracking his location and storms, and coordinating with foreign airports for permission to land.

[12] Universal Weather acquired Air Chef Holdings, an American in-flight catering and concierge firm, in 2011.

The program also involves scheduled informational stops to Universal Weather's ground support locations.