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Vancouver International Airport (YVR) uses FME to deliver real-time data to streamline asset management and meet growing passenger demands.
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Airports and Aviation use cases.
Discover how airports and aviation simplify complex infrastructure management, boost passenger experience, and find success with FME.
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Indoor Mapping
Improve passenger wayfinding and accessibility for smoother travel.
Easily convert data types (CAD, BIM, GIS, Sensor Data) into indoor map formats (IMDF, ArcGIS Indoors and more) to prepare building layout data for indoor maps.
Automate workflows to detect and process infrastructure updates (renovations, terminal layout changes, security changes), maintaining up-to-date navigation.
Leverage spatial data to enable better wayfinding and navigation by building custom routes for passengers (accessible, emergency, staff-only routes).
Victoria International Airport powers indoor mapping with FME
Data Standards
Simplify data conversions and implement standards for effective operations and planning.
Easily convert construction data and floorplans (AutoCAD, Revit, IFC) into GIS-ready formats, enabling automatic updates, accurate georeferencing, and streamlined use across operations.
Automate the ETL process between GIS, CAD, BIM, SCADA and asset management systems, reducing manual processing time.
Validate data and address inconsistencies to ensure critical systems and maintenance logs remain accurate and up to date, minimizing risk.
Integrate various data such as CAD, GIS, weather feeds, and flight-tracking into a consistent schema.
Centralize data to ensure clear communication between departments and reduce data silos.
YVR Airport boosts passenger experience with automation
Passenger Crowd Management (IOT Sensors)
Better understand and manage passenger flow with smart sensor data.
Prevent bottlenecks and improve crowd flow by leveraging IoT sensors (LiDAR, video analytics, infrared, and more) to monitor real-time passenger movement, identify congested areas, and trigger automated alerts.
Integrate occupancy data with queue management systems to adjust staffing as needed based on real-time demand, reducing average wait times.
Leverage historical data and identify patterns such as peak congestion times to optimize terminal layouts, queue infrastructure, and staffing requirements.
Integrate sensor data with security systems to detect passenger movement, identify patterns, and automatically flag anomalies.
Analyze historical movement patterns from IoT sensors to simulate emergency scenarios and better plan evacuation routes.
Victoria International Airport powers indoor mapping with FME
Airspace Management
Maintain safe and effective airspace planning and operations.
Minimize safety hazards by automating critical safety checks to flag obstructions to flight paths.
Dynamically adjust flight routes and airspace usage based on real-time insights of current airspace conditions (live weather data).
Ensure regulatory compliance with ICAO, FAA, and EASA by automatically transforming data into required AIXM formats and validating it before submission to maintain data integrity and accuracy.
FME helps NAV CANADA optimize aeronautical data management
Digital Twins
Operate smarter with real-time insights, predictive analysis, and seamless collaboration.
Visualize current infrastructure such as terminals, hangars and runways based on 3D modeling and BIM data to better plan upgrades and maintenance.
Simulate “what-if’ scenarios based on actionable data to test operational improvements and visualize changes.
Synchronize digital twins with real-time data from automated workflows like baggage tracking, aircraft turnaround and facility management to optimize resource deployment and support informed decision-making.
Utilize data from air quality sensors, noise monitors from runways, and energy meters to better track environmental impact and minimize disruptions.
Facilitate cross-departmental collaboration by ensuring data is in standardized formats and enable role-specific views.
Vancouver International Airport (YVR) leverages FME to create a digital twin for next-gen airport operations
Infrastructure and Asset Management
Complex and critical infrastructure management, made simple.
Reduce manual intervention and ensure data accuracy for multiple assets (runway lighting, jet bridges, HVAC systems, baggage handling and more) by eliminating outdated records, duplications, standardizing formats, and automatically validating against rules.
View asset status’ in real-time and overlay data from IoT sensors/maintenance logs to prioritize repairs, replacement and maintenance, avoiding unnecessary downtime.
Meet strict safety and compliance requirements by automating report creation, ensuring asset records are up to date for inspections, and documenting work orders for audits.
Prevent costly errors due to manual entry by validating inputs (inspection reports, asset ID) against rules, ensuring data integrity.
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol uses data integration to build the foundation for a digital twin
Dashboard Analytics
Make data-driven decisions to improve passenger experience and operational efficiency.
Consolidate real-time data like flight schedules, gate assignments and weather for a comprehensive view, reduced delays, and improved response times.
Improve passenger experience by providing timely and accurate occupancy data for security lines, terminals and updated flight/gate information.
Merge real-time data streams and historical data into unified dashboards for faster and confident decision-making during emergencies, high traffic periods or during infrastructure projects.
Maintenance and Service Requests
Reduce delays and keep critical infrastructure running.
Reduce manual collection of work order requests by automating inputs from tools like Survey 123 into asset management systems (Cityworks), speeding up response times.
Enable predictive maintenance alerts by analyzing sensor data trends to identify assets requiring service before a failure occurs.
Bridge communication gaps between teams by syncing data between field crews and mobile reporting tools, creating unified dashboards for management and automating alerts.
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