Metron Harmony for Airports

Maximizing Efficiency, Throughput and Predictability on the Airport Surface

Providing CDM Capabilities and Advanced Decision Support for Airports

Metron Harmony for Airports is an Integrated Air Traffic Flow Management (I-ATFM) solution that provides airports with advanced decision support and predictive capabilities to increase efficiency of airport operations. Metron Harmony for Airports is a web-based, decision support solution and surface situational display that delivers real-time reporting and analysis.

Airport authorities will benefit from Metron Harmony for Airports because it offers a link between all airport partners through a single consistent view of airport operations. Benefits include increased efficiency leading directly to greater capacity, efficient recovery from disruptive events, and optimized gate/stand management.

For the airport operator, benefits include optimized shared situational awareness of airport surface conditions between airport operators, flight operators, terminal operators, flight plan services providers and the Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP). Additionally, there will be immediate improvement in demand and capacity predictions, thereby maximizing available airport and airspace capacity, while minimizing adverse effects on the users, passengers, and the environment.

Passengers will benefit from an overall reduction in delays, more efficient queues for check-ins, security and customs, faster baggage retrieval and fewer missed connections. When schedule disruptions occur, operational recovery will be faster. Environmental benefits include reduced emissions (exhaust and noise) due to accurate pushback start times and more efficient taxi times, due to efficient bay allocation.

Metron Harmony for Airports is a web-based, decision support solution and surface situational display that delivers real-time reporting and analysis with predictive capabilities.

Predictive Capabilities for Enhanced Efficiency

Metron Harmony for Airports provides predictive capabilities enabling proactive operational decisions that reduce taxi times, eliminate surface gridlock and increase departure capacity. Predictive functionalities fuse multiple data sources including current and forecasted ANSP information, airline schedule adjustments, capacity, weather restrictions and additional available data to provide accurate predictive information for airport and airspace traffic conditions.

Metron Harmony for Airports allows airport authorities to actively manage surface and gate congestion before gridlock conditions arise. The solution includes a flow rate manager that allows airports to implement an airport flow rate program that is tailored to the anticipated surface constraint. Using these specified parameters, the system assigns recommended aircraft arrival and departure times to balance the distribution.

Operational Functionalities for Surface Operations

Metron Harmony for Airports provides strategic, pre-tactical and tactical capabilities for increased efficiency in all phases of operations. On-demand analysis and reporting capabilities support the performance assessment of airport operators and stakeholders by enabling them to measure their effectiveness at managing operations, both real-time and post-event. The solution allows users to generate historical reports that highlight performance issues, pinpoint unnecessary delays, optimize maintenance scheduling, and continuously improve operations. On-demand analysis and reporting capabilities provide improved safety, efficiency and predictability of surface and surrounding airspace operations.