Solutions for Airports

Providing a comprehensive suite of micro-location tracking solutions tailored for airports, addressing both operational efficiency and construction safety.

Solutions for Airports

Volan provides a comprehensive suite of micro-location tracking solutions tailored for airports, addressing both operational efficiency and construction safety. Both solutions leverage Volan’s cutting-edge, accurate technology to create safer, more efficient airport environments

Our asset tracking technology system improves aircraft on-time performance by enabling real-time visibility of ground resources like tugs, baggage handlers, and fuel trucks. This system proactively prevents delays, optimizes resource allocation, enhances safety, and increases accountability while integrating with existing Airport Operational Database (AODB) and Resource Management Systems (RMS).
Our construction barrier technology system offers geofenced tracking for airport construction sites, providing instant alerts if workers enter restricted areas, along with precise location data and a live map view. This solution helps airports meet regulatory requirements without the high costs and inefficiencies associated with human escorts. By reducing the need for full-time security personnel and offering automatic site rostering to track worker entry and exit, airports can significantly lower costs.

Asset Tracking System

Volan’s cutting-edge micro-location tracking technology delivers a transformative solution for airlines seeking to enhance on-time performance and streamline operational efficiency. Our system employs wearable devices for personnel and USB-connected trackers for ground vehicles, offering real-time, highly accurate visibility into all resources required for aircraft turnarounds—such as fuel trucks, tugs, baggage handlers, and cleaning crews. This instant, precise tracking ensures that every piece of equipment and staff is in the right place at the right time, allowing airlines to identify potential issues before they lead to costly delays.

By integrating with Airport Operational Database (AODB) systems and Resource Management Systems (RMS), Volan’s solution provides a seamless flow of data across multiple airports, enabling airlines to monitor operations remotely and make data-driven decisions to optimize resource allocation. This results in more efficient use of ground crew and equipment, reduced turnaround times, and a substantial improvement in overall operational performance.

In addition, safety is elevated with geofencing alerts that warn staff if vehicles or personnel move into restricted areas, preventing accidents and ensuring compliance with safety protocols. The system also provides a level of accountability that reduces disputes over delay causes, offering transparency across the entire turnaround process.

For airlines, the benefits extend beyond immediate efficiency gains—Volan’s solution also lowers operational costs by reducing inefficiencies, improving resource utilization, and minimizing delays that can lead to financial penalties. By empowering ground staff with enhanced visibility and control, Volan’s technology not only drives improved on-time performance but also strengthens operational resilience, allowing airlines to meet growing passenger demands with agility and precision.

Construction Barrier System

Our construction barrier technology provides geofenced barriers for airport construction sites to keep workers out of restricted areas and reduces the costs for worker escorts. Airport construction projects are never-ending, have many workers, and regulations require full-time monitoring of worker location. Volan’s technology can provide alerts within 2-3 seconds if a worker moves into a restricted space, along with the precise location of the worker and a live map view.

The current method of using human escorts at airports is expensive and error-prone. Airports can save overhead costs by reducing the number of security guards and worker escorts that are needed. $1,000,000 is the estimated cost of escort labor for a single project at a major US airport.
Conventional construction projects can’t use traditional portable tracking technology because it is fundamentally flawed. GPS positioning has too much latency and inaccuracy, while consumer smartphones and wristwatch wearables are too expensive.
Additionally, Volan can offer automatic site rostering data for recording when workers arrive and depart the work site.

How It Works

Volan sets up detection beacons to establish a work site zone perimeter and gives keycards to all workers.
Zone sensors detect wearers (construction workers) that are approaching and exiting the authorized zone, pinpointing their location along the barrier.
Airport supervisors are warned when the wearer approaches the barrier and are alerted of a breach when the wearer passes the barrier
Our solution is solar-powered and we are FAA/TSA compliant.

HOW DOES THE VOLAN AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION BARRIER SOLUTION WORK?

Zone Model

“Yellow Zone” shields send out a signal to capture wearable sensors that approach.
“Red Zone” shields send out a signal that reinforces yellow shields and registers a wearable sensor passing through the barrier.
Real-time view and alerts of breaches in the barrier with pinpoint location accuracy.

Barrier System Bird’s-Eye View

Barrier is easily identified on the live map.
Every few seconds, wearable sensors produce packets of data that include the precise three-dimensional location.

Barrier Installation

Devices are inside cases and installed onto fixed objects, such as construction barriers.
Battery banks placed inside to power devices.
Cases are both waterproof and FOD proof.
Plug and play setup enables easy install and modifications.

Capturing ROI with our Airport Construction Barrier Solution

→ A cost-effective solution for airports to conduct worker tracking to ensure safety and security.
→ Manual monitoring via worker escorts is expensive and not scalable across projects.
→ Our solution is a fraction of the cost and enables amortization.

WHY VOLAN?

Intelligent Network

Patented technology automatically forms and reforms its own dynamic wireless mesh network.
Self-healing network – if one network sensor fails, another sensor mends the connection, and data is never lost.
Automated digital geofencing allows for easy installation and integration.

Intelligent Insights

Private By Design

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Trust AND Verify: Using Technology to Track Airport Construction Labor

Airports, Construction

Imagine airport CFOs having a digital window offering complete transparency into contractor work hours on construction projects, eliminating reliance on self-reported time cards. Micro-location systems, like the Volan Positioning System, ensure precise tracking of contractor presence and movements, mitigating financial risk from potential overpayments. This technology aligns digital records with construction invoices, providing CFOs irrefutable proof of labor accuracy before payments, enabling airport leaders to optimize resource allocation and better anticipate labor demands.

Innovative Technology Enhances Lone Worker Safety at Airports

Airports, Construction

Airports increasingly recognize lone workers' unique safety challenges within their expansive facilities, prompting a proactive approach to enhancing safety through innovative technology. Drawing inspiration from safety solutions deployed in hazardous construction sites, airports are now adopting wearable sensors and private mesh networks to swiftly detect incidents, pinpoint worker locations, and transmit critical information for a rapid response. By leveraging these cutting-edge technologies, airports aim to create a safer environment, demonstrating a steadfast commitment to worker well-being while ensuring that no worker is truly alone in case of emergencies.

How One Airport Plans to Cut FAA-Mandated Escort Costs by 82%

Airports

In a bid to enhance safety, ensure FAA compliance, and reduce costs, one major U.S. airport is pioneering a groundbreaking solution utilizing smart badges and advanced geofence-based positioning systems. By equipping construction workers with these badges, one person can effectively monitor the location of 40 workers using just a laptop, eliminating the need for the traditional 1:5 escort-to-worker ratio. This innovative approach slashes projected escort costs by a staggering 82%, as illustrated by a detailed cost analysis.

Airports Soar with New Technology for Safety and Operational Excellence

Airports

US airports face the challenge of complying with the FAA's Safety Management System rule, necessitating better incident detection and reporting, particularly in outdoor areas like runways and taxiways. Traditional methods of supervision prove cumbersome and error-prone, prompting airports to adopt affordable micro-location technology, such as IoT sensors and wearable locators, for real-time asset tracking. A major Midwest airport has implemented Volan's geofencing solution, which exemplifies this approach, offering instant breach alerts and detailed data for investigations.

Meeting New FAA Safety Requirements? Modern Technology Provides the Answer

Airports

Airports are taking a hard look at modern technology solutions to help meet the FAA's new extensive Safety Management System requirements. This 60-page ruling mandates that airports significantly improve their detection, analysis, data capture and reporting of safety incidents to maintain compliance. Volan has the answer.

Navigating the New FAA Regulations: The Rise of Data-Driven Airport Operations

Airports

One of the major challenges in airport operations post-April 2023 is ensuring compliance with increased FAA regulations mandating comprehensive reporting and data collection for all incidents. Volan positioning system can provide automatic data collection capabilities, seamlessly meeting these regulations.

Solutions for Airports