Model, Visualize, and Analyze Airport Ground Vehicle Operations
Ground support equipment (GSE) vehicles are fundamental to the functioning and performance of an airport. With AirTOP’s Airside Vehicle you can simulate the movements of GSE vehicles to compare safety and performance of alternate airport layouts, understand delays, evaluate GSE vehicle fleet size, or to demonstrate the effect of ground support on capacity.
Extend airside studies by modeling the movements and handling procedures of support equipment vehicles.
Platform Compatibility
Platform Requirements
Java 17 64-bits
System Requirements
Full support for 64-bit operating systems
Windows® 8 or later
MacOS® X 10 or later
Linux kernel 2.6 or later (e.g. Ubuntu, Fedora, RHEL)
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What Makes AirTOP Airside Vehicle Unique
Model airside operations
Supports modeling of individual ground service equipment (GSE), service roads network/flows with taxiways and taxi lane interactions, service roads closure management and more.
Improve performance
Simulate the movements of GSE vehicles to compare safety and performance of alternate airport layouts, understand delays, evaluate GSE vehicle fleet size, or demonstrate the effect of ground support on capacity.
Simulate scenarios
Vehicles’ individual driving behaviors, such as speed & acceleration, and traffic rules, e.g. crossing priority, can be accurately simulated.
Seamless integration
AirTOP Aircraft Vehicle seamlessly integrates with Airside Aircraft to allow users to take flight schedules and aircraft movements into account. For coupling effects with airspace it also integrates with the TMA/TRACON and En Route modules.
Features
Analyze Airport Ground Vehicle Operations
Airside Vehicle features customizable vehicle performances (speeds, fuel consumption, emissions, service duration, etc.), and can be used to determine:
- Service equipment allocation to aircraft
- Optimal service road networks, including intersections with taxiways or taxi lanes
- Service road closure management
- Allocation of vehicle parking positions (temporary or long-term)
- Pick-up or drop-off locations for passengers, baggage, or catering
- Dynamic placement of refueling stations
Explore Features
Efficient Graphical Editing of Airport Models
Import and graphical editing tools allow for fast and precise modeling of airport ground layouts. The supported import of various file formats in addition to satellite imagery allows users to visualize airport layout designs as a background of the map view, facilitating rapid and efficient model creation and editing of typical elements such as service roads, parking areas, gas stations, passenger and baggage pick up or drop off locations, and more.
Vehicle Movement Modeling
The high-fidelity road traffic model implemented in AirTOP Airside Vehicle simulates vehicle movements on service roads. The driving behavior of every vehicles depends on its performance parameters, traffic rules, and interactions with aircraft moving on taxiways. This enables the user to evaluate congestion, assess the impact on flight delays, or measure operation efficiency.
Rule-based Vehicle Allocation
AirTOP Airside Vehicle allocates the right number of vehicles required to provide service to an aircraft according to rules defined by the user. Timing and frequency of service intervals can be configured. It is possible to create vehicle fleets for servicing specific aircraft groups to model, for instance, the association of ground handling service companies with specific airlines. If needed, it is also possible to statically define the service parameters for specific flights.
Heatmaps Highlighting Bottlenecks in Service Road Usage
AirTOP Airside Vehicle comes with the built-in capability to produce heatmaps for KPIs related to service journeys visualizing potential bottlenecks. The number of vehicle movements, occupation time, and incurred delays can be visualized separately for every taxiway segment or parts of the airfield. The heatmap is highly customizable and can be set to reflect running time-averages or the total over a full simulation day.
Comprehensive Ground Support Service Model
In AirTOP Airside Vehicle every phase of a vehicle on its journey through the airport is simulated. Pushback tugs connect to and disconnect from aircraft for pushback or towing. Busses drive to the gate for passengers to board and drive to the aircraft for passengers to disembark. In between refueling can take place at a gas station. Service durations depend on demand, such as the number of passengers, on specifications of the vehicle types, and on service rules.
Configurable Service Statistics
AirTOP Airside Vehicle provides statistics for the different service vehicle types to assess activity and efficiency. Pre-configured statistics include rolling-hour average service and journey duration and distance, connecting / detaching duration, service delay, service road closure duration, and more. In addition to the pre-configured statistics, the user can define customized statistics to be recorded.
Seamless Integration with Other AirTOP Modules
AirTOP is a modular platform, offering the flexibility to license more modules and extended functionality when required. AirTOP Aircraft Vehicle seamlessly integrates with Airside Aircraft to allow users to take flight schedule and aircraft movements into account. For coupling effects with airspace it also integrates with the TMA/TRACON and En Route modules.
Licensing Options
Transoft offers a range of licensing options to help small, sole proprietorships right on up to the largest multinational organizations meet their transportation design and analysis needs.
Network License
A Network license allows everyone within an office location to access the software from the company server with one person concurrently using at a time. Network licenses are not tied to a particular workstation or user. Multiple Network license seats can be purchased, and a license server keeps track of how many licenses are in use at one time. When Transoft’s software on a Network license starts, it first checks to see if a Network license is available to use. If so, a license is then checked out from the pool of licenses. When a user exits the application, the license gets checked back into the pool making it available to other users.
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Transoft offers a range of licensing options to help small, sole proprietorships right on up to the largest multinational organizations meet their transportation design and analysis needs.
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