Red is the actual runway.Ī key responsibility of any airport controller is to ensure sufficient separation of aircraft, not just on the ground but in proximity of the airport. Green strip pointing up is the glide path of an approaching aircraft. In addition to the video, on the smaller support screens, 2D visual displays are augmented with 3D positional and tracking information that provide a real-world view of aircraft position at and near an airport. A panoramic view is recreated on the window-sized screens.
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– Neil Bowles, head of air traffic management at Searidge Technologiesīowles explains Searidge uses its software called Enhanced Airport Vision Display (EAVD) to stitch together video from up to 50 high definition cameras positioned around an airport’s runways. “Looking out the window is the last analog element of air traffic control.” Says Neil Bowles, head of air traffic management, “Looking out the window is the last analog element of air traffic control.” Yes, screen time is taking over even in the control tower as the iconic windows are replaced by data-enriched video screens.Ĭanadian company Searidge Technologies is working with some of the world’s larger airports – Dubai International (one of the world’s busiest), Malpensa Airport in Milan and Budapest International – to deploy the new “digital towers”.
That image of the air traffic controller looking out the window with binoculars may soon go the way of smoking in the cabin – a relic of the past. Architecture, Engineering & ConstructionĬourtesy: HungaroControl (at Budapest International Airport).
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