SPEA SMART Stand Allocation System (SMART SAS) is an easy to use, intelligent and cost-effective Airport management tool to plan and control the utilization of Airport ramps/aprons real-time according to flight schedules and a set of user-defined rules.

• Daily planning, real-time monitoring and re-allocation of stands.
• Determine actual Block On/Off times.
• Display allocation of stands to Air Traffic Control (ATC).
• Long-term planning of ramp/apron requirements.

• Automated aircraft stand management.
• Optimized utilization of parking stands.
• Improved services to Airlines/Agents.
• Effective strategic/tactical/operational stand planning.
• Greater operational flexibility.
• Reduction in operational costs.
• Accurate utilization statistics for billing.
• Can be used as a fully integrated or standalone solution.

The SPEA SMART Airport Stand Allocation System (SMART SAS) is an easy to use, intelligent and cost-effective Airport management tool to plan and control the utilization of Airport ramps/aprons. It enables the Airport to plan and monitor (in real-time) the movement of aircraft on the ground. The SMART SAS provides an aerial graphical view of the ramp and operators can see the available and allocated stands at any time. The system displays the allocation of stands to the air traffic controller to direct the aircraft to the correct stand/gate.

SMART SAS can run in either the operating or scheduling mode. In the scheduling mode it is used for stand planning and for ‘what-if’ analysis to evaluate the effect different operational scenarios have on projected operations. This is extremely useful for strategic and tactical capacity and resource planning.

In the operational mode it displays the actual stand allocation based on real-time flight information from the Airport Operational Database System (SMART SAS). Real-time updates of actual operations are displayed and Airport operators are alerted to status changes and potential and actual conflicts. The operator has expert support from SMART STAND to re-allocate stand positions and have the option to do automated reallocation.

A user-friendly GUI allows the Airport to load the layout of the stand and capture stand operating rules. These rules include:

• Stand limitations and characteristics.
• Aircraft type.
• Minimum distance between aircraft.
• Aircraft adjacency consideration.
• Airport/Airline preferences.
• Turnaround time constraints.
• And more.

The automated rule based stand planning is done by using sophisticated allocation algorithms and user-defined rules. A history of the utilization (aircraft and occupancy time) of stands is maintained within the system and the system also allows for the recording of first and last-bag times for statistical analysis and resource planning.

SMART STAND integrates Airport Operational DataBase System (SMART AODB) and changes or updates in flight information are immediately available to re-allocate stands if required.

• Printable aerial operational and flow views.
• Operator warning on alerts, alarms, past-due and close upcoming events.
• Scheduling of stand maintenance and construction.
• Supports multiple plans for different operational scenarios.
• Use simple drag-and-drop and zoom in/out actions.
• Manual updating feature for flight information.
• User-friendly and highly configurable Windows browser based GUI.
• Full seamless integration with all SMART Systems.
• Robust, reliable and scalable system.
• Web clients are used as necessary.
• Comply with International Air Transport Association (IATA) standards.
• Supports concurrent users and is accessible from any authorized workstation.