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Surface Management

Surface management comprises a range of mission-critical activities from ground to air and back. Each activity is composed of a number of processes – each process an opportunity for inefficiency to contribute delays and costs that airlines don’t need. For that reason, airlines increasingly are demanding that airports take over responsibility for surface management.

Whether or not they end up being operators or contractors of surface management solutions, airports have to become experts in them – fast. PASSUR offers airports a comprehensive surface management solution that enables decision support, predictive analytics, collaborative processes, and overall business process improvement.

Developed in partnership with Mosaic ATM, the recognized expert in software solutions for surface management requirements, the PASSUR Surface Management System (SMS) includes monitoring, predicting, and analyzing the movement of aircraft on movement and non-movement areas.

Some of the key business objectives addressed by PASSUR SMS are:

  • Reduced fuel burn through departure metering tools
  • Fewer extended tarmac delays through tarmac delay alerts and management tools
  • Efficient gate management through predictive conflict alerting
  • Efficient sequencing of arrivals and departures to minimize delays, maximize throughput, and allow airlines to prioritize high-value flights
  • Maximum use of available capacity, especially scarce resources such as runways and deicing facilities
  • Continuous improvement of operations through the ability to analyze bottlenecks

Key capabilities and features of the PASSUR SMS:

  • A single visual platform for integrated flight tracking, enabling seamless gate-to-gate tracking, including surface, terminal airspace, and en route tracking. PASSUR integrates ASDE-X and ADS-B into the PASSUR radar tracking system.
  • Surface management predictive analytics, enhancing efficient queue management, sequencing, allocation, and surface conflict resolution through the PASSUR Surface Management Predictive Engine.
  • A full suite of live and post-operational surface performance analysis tools to identify opportunities for optimization and efficiencies.
  • Integration of airline data feeds to enhance predictive analytics and flight status on the surface.
  • Increased automation in departure metering, including automated slot swap, automated substitution modeling, and automated flight “ready state” information.

The PASSUR SMS is web-hosted, subscription-based, and available for purchase by either airlines or airports. As part of the PASSUR Integrated Traffic Management platform, it is fully compatible with all other PASSUR web modules.

For information on PASSUR's surface management solutions for airlines, click here.

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