Aircraft Parking

Aircraft Parking

GeoExPT gives users the ability to automatically create parking plans based on established aircraft parking standards and AFI guidelines. These parking plans are created in accordance with military and DoD standards, and these automated aircraft parking plans are made on designated surfaces with flexible options and multiple solutions. GeoExPT uses flexible options and multiple solutions with aircraft parking plans.

Parking Overview

With GeoExPT, you can

• Create parking plans based on military guidelines and restrictions
• Automatically create all marking lines, including turning radius lines
• Take into account wing tip clearances, munitions standoffs, and jet blast during aircraft parking
• Allow both automatic placement and manual placement modes for aircraft parking
• Analyzing and ensuring that options for aircraft parking direction, separation and standoff distances, aircraft turning radii, peripheral lines, taxi lines, peripheral clearance, and peripheral taxi lanes are properly implemented
• Preview parking layouts and visualization of taxilane clearances
• Define routes from parking areas to runways

GeoExPT uses the appropriate military and DoD standards to create automated aircraft parking plans on designated surfaces with flexible options and multiple solutions. Whether you are trying to determine if there is enough ramp space for several C-17s or multiple F-22 squadrons, GeoExPT provides multiple plans illustrating the aircraft, including their standoff distances, marking lines, peripheral taxi lines, etc. GeoExPT considers the unique turning radii, wing tip clearances, munition standoffs(i.e. Quantity Distance), jet blast, and other factors to automatically establish optimal plans for selection.

Aircraft parking begins with defining a parking surface. When peripheral or taxi lines are required, GeoExPT takes into account all of these settings established for the above mentioned parking factors. When manually parking aircraft, GeoExPT then displays feedback to the user that estimates standoff, marking lines, and taxilines. Users are also able to rely on GeoExPT’s automated parking algorithm’s to develop parking plans that can park all types of aircraft in a single instance. These layouts can be previewed prior to placement to select the optimal solution.

GeoExPT’s aircraft parking algorithms and tools provide operators with a quick and efficient decision support and planning tool. The task of placing aircraft assets becomes more complicated when airfields are host to a variety of allied military, nongovernmental organizations, and commercial air activities. GeoExPT provides an aircraft management tool for ensuring all requirements and constraints are considered as part of the airfield assessment.