Let's pretend you're driving down the freeway in your new corvette at 120mph. Since it's the middle of winter, wouldn't it be nice to know if there are icy spots up ahead?
At the airport, pilots are faced with this situation each time they land a plane.
To solve this problem, CWS developed an "Airport Field Conditions Reporting System" which is now in use at the Rochester International Airport. Control towers all over the country have access to real-time statistics about the conditions of the runways at our airport. They can relay this information to pilots as they prepare for landing, or re-route air traffic if necessary.
During severe weather conditions, the website may be updated several times each hour as airport crews continue to plow runways and apply chemicals. Ground staff at the airport has access to update the live data quickly, with each update logged and available immediately.
Tags: airport, applications, programming, rochester
re: control towers all over the country- is there a standard site that aggregate all this? Or does every control tower bookmark every airports' custom made reporting site?
re: control towers all over the country- is there a standard site that aggregate all this? Or does every control tower bookmark every airports' custom made reporting site?
One would assume that the FAA would have some sort of website that would organize this type of data and provide data standards. We found this wasn't the case and each airport is left to develop a system and let area controllers know what their "system" is for getting updated information. Surprisingly, many airports still track this information on paper and a phone call is made to get an update.
Maybe with a little luck we can sell our reporting system to a few more airports and get them upgraded to the 21st century.
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One would assume that the FAA would have some sort of website that would organize this type of data and provide data standards. We found this wasn't the case and each airport is left to develop a system and let area controllers know what their "system" is for getting updated information. Surprisingly, many airports still track this information on paper and a phone call is made to get an update.
Maybe with a little luck we can sell our reporting system to a few more airports and get them upgraded to the 21st century.
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That seems CRAZY to me.
You should push big time to get that setup at other sites.
If I was you, I would setup a single URL that hosts all the airports. Charge them to "standardize" with your system.
That seems CRAZY to me.
You should push big time to get that setup at other sites.
If I was you, I would setup a single URL that hosts all the airports. Charge them to "standardize" with your system.