Airport Traffic Monitoring System — ADS-B Based

An Airport Traffic Monitoring System provides real-time surveillance and operational awareness of aircraft and authorized ground vehicles across the airport movement area and surrounding airspace.

Using ADS-B surveillance technology, the system receives and processes position, identification, velocity, altitude, and status information from equipped traffic and presents it on an operational traffic display.

Proposed Product Description

The ADS-B-Based Airport Traffic Monitoring System is a scalable surveillance solution designed to improve situational awareness, operational safety, and traffic visibility at airports and airbases.

The system combines a network of ADS-B ground receivers with centralized data processing, visualization, recording, and system monitoring. It can monitor both aircraft and ADS-B-equipped airport vehicles, providing operators with a common real-time traffic picture.

Typical applications include airport operations centres, ATC support environments, apron and airside operations, airport security, emergency services, and military airbases.

Core System Components

• ADS-B Ground Receivers — receive 1090 MHz ADS-B / Mode-S surveillance data from aircraft and compatible ground vehicles.
• Airport Vehicle ADS-B Transmitters — provide real-time identification and position of operational vehicles.
• Central Processing System / Data Fusion — collects, validates, processes and distributes surveillance information.
• Traffic Situation Display — browser-based or workstation-based visualization of aircraft and vehicle movements over an airport map.
• ADS-B Dashboard — provides operational status, traffic statistics, receiver status and surveillance-system health information.
• Recording & Replay — stores surveillance data for incident investigation, operational analysis and training.
• Configuration & Monitoring System — manages receivers, users, maps, system parameters and equipment status.
• External System Interfaces — allow surveillance information to be exchanged with other airport and ATM systems.

Key Functions

The system can provide real-time aircraft tracking, airport vehicle tracking, identification and callsign display, configurable airport maps and operational areas, movement history/trails, traffic recording and replay, receiver health monitoring, and operational alarms.

Depending on the project configuration, additional functions can include geofencing, runway-incursion or restricted-area alerts, configurable safety nets, encrypted/special vehicle tracking modes, mobile monitoring, and multi-sensor data fusion.

Open Integration

Surveillance information can be distributed using standard interfaces such as ASTERIX CAT021 and integrated with:

Air Traffic Management systems
Airport Operational Database
Building Management System
Airport Operations Centres
Security and Emergency Operations Centres

Product Positioning

Airport Traffic Monitoring System
ADS-B-based surveillance for aircraft and airport vehicles — from detection to operational awareness.

This fits well as a fifth product family alongside your four new airport-monitoring products:

1. Airport Weather & Environmental Monitoring System
2. Airport Surface Condition & Ice Detection System
3. Airport Infrastructure & Structural Health Monitoring System
4. Airport Roof Snow Load & Structural Monitoring System
5. Airport Traffic Monitoring System (ADS-B Based)