Designing for airside operations in Munich Airport
During my time at Netcompany I helped design AIRSIDE 2.0, a modernization of an interactive map-based solution for airport orchestration in Munich Airport. Through the AIRHART platform, this solution represents airside operations in real-time. Everything from emergencies, routine inspections, wildlife reporting or construction sites. This creates a centralized single-source-of-truth of activities on the runway for stakeholders across Munich Airport.
Airside operations
Munich Airport, one of Europe's leading aviation hubs, is on an ambitious digital and strategic transformation. With nearly 50 million passengers passing through annually, the airport chose AIRHART, one of Netcompany flagship technologies, as its total airport management platform. This strategic decision is intended to future-proof Munich Airport's digital ecosystem.
The purpose of AIRSIDE 2.0 is to represent data from many different sources across airside- and airport operations in an interactive map widget. This allows users, like airside operations staff, to report events, map emergencies, react to changes and collaborate in real-time.
Intuitive control of data complexity
The heart of Airside is the layer panel, allowing for easy and intuitive management of complex data from different sources. These are represented as layers, whose visibility, interactivity and specific settings are easily accessible to the user.
Map-based activities
Throughout the project we worked tightly with Munich Airport's IT team and airside staff allowing for close understanding of complexities and workflows. Together, the ambition was not only to create the next version of Airside 1.0 but also to improve the user experience. This could only be done by building on their established technical knowledge and domain expertise.
