After more than 30 years in airport management, I’ve seen how often airport decisions are influenced by incomplete information, anecdotal observations, or simply the way things have always been done. That’s particularly true when it comes to understanding aircraft activity around an airport.
Airport managers should be able to answer basic questions:
- Where are aircraft actually flying?
- When is activity occurring?
- What types of operations are taking place?
- Are patterns changing over time?
- Where are activity concentrations developing?
- Are recommended operating procedures being followed?
- Are we missing out on revenue based on incomplete reporting?
Without the data, these questions can be difficult to answer with confidence.
With accurate flight-tracking and operational data, airports can begin to see the bigger picture, and more importantly, identify trends that might otherwise go unnoticed. This isn’t about collecting data just for the sake of having more data. It’s about turning data into information that airport managers can use.
Information that can support better decisions about:
- Airport operations
- Noise management
- Pilot outreach
- Community engagement
- Voluntary noise-abatement programs
- Operational planning
- Revenue management
That’s one of the reasons I believe tools like Airport Monitoring Systems (AMS) can be so valuable to airports.
You can’t manage what you can’t measure.
And when you can measure it, you can begin to understand it, manage it, and improve it.
Airport Monitoring Systems brings together best-in-class airport operations data & analytics and combines it with tools to help airports manage aircraft noise issues. We have tools for receiving, processing, and analyzing noise complaints and decades of experience working with airports to help solve these issues, bridging the gap between the airport and it’s neighbors. And of course, aircraft noise is only the beginning. What challenges are you facing at your airport? Let us know and let’s see if we can help.
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