Airports are complex, dynamic environments that operate around the clock, handling millions of passengers, vehicles, and operations seamlessly. Unlike other commercial facilities, airport projects demand extraordinary precision and tailored solutions to meet stringent safety, security, and operational standards. From managing vast terminal spaces to integrating advanced technology for real-time monitoring, airport facility management systems are designed to address unique challenges while ensuring efficiency, compliance, and passenger satisfaction.
With extensive experience in delivering cutting-edge automation systems for airport projects, Ontrol has established itself as a trusted partner in this specialized field. Our solutions are crafted to address the intricate demands of airports, including integration of HVAC control systems, advanced lighting automation, and comprehensive energy monitoring. We understand the importance of efficiency and precision in these high-stakes environments and ensure that every system operates in harmony to meet the unique requirements of airport facilities.
Case Study: Istanbul New Airport
Turkey is situated at the center of four critical regions—Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe—making its largest city one of the world’s most convenient aviation hubs. The Istanbul New Airport is now the largest airport in the world, with capacity to serve up to 200 million passengers annually and to connect over 300 destinations. Built on an area of 76.5 million m², this was a mega-project with ambitious sustainability and efficiency goals. The architectural and systems engineering teams were challenged to integrate diverse systems—each vast in its own scope—to meet these goals.
Ontrol's expertise and efforts were a contributing factor in eventually establishing the terminal as the world’s largest “LEED Gold” Certified Building.
The Challenge
The huge number of data points and enormous area already ensured a complicated systems installation; but, beyond ‘standard’ building systems integration, the requirements called for some higher level custom developed interfaces, especially concerning Airport Operational and Terminal Management Systems.
The lighting control systems alone consisted of 1,400 DALI routers, 6,000 sensors, 1,000 user interfaces, 150,000 DALI drivers and an emergency kit. The whole system needed to be interconnected and supplemented with a graphical user interface based on floor plans. The design called for the lighting control system to pull data from the Airport Operational Database and optimize lighting levels automatically based on continuously-updated current and forecasted usage.
The Solution
Ontrol configured a comprehensive integration platform based on the Niagara network which monitors and controls 110,000 points. More than 1100 pages with floor plans were configured into the user interface. There is one main and one redundant server, with an additional 13 supervisors for communication to lighting fixtures through Helvar routers.
A custom interface was developed to the Airport Operational Database to receive continuous information about scheduled flights, gates, estimated arrival and departure times etc. Environmental conditions, such as light levels, in waiting areas, gates and boarding bridges are automatically and dynamically adjusted and adopted based on this live data.
The largest airport in the world has capacity to serve up to 200 million passengers annually and to connect over 300 destinations. The installed Niagara system monitors and controls 110,000 points.
A custom interface developed by Ontrol receives continuous info from the Airport Operational Database to dynamically adopt environmental conditions to scheduled flights, gates, estimated arrival and departure times etc.
Built to replace existing airport facilities to respond to rapidly growing domestic and international passenger traffic, this project was extensive in scope. Ontrol provided state-of-the-art controls and integration for all its buildings, each customized to for the building's unique function and requirements.
The airport was designed, installed and commissioned in record time.
Ontrol boasts a long and strong presence in Turkmenistan, being the dominant building automation systems supplier in the developing country. As part of the modernization program of transport facilities, Ontrol was awarded the building automation and facility management systems for Turkmenabat Airport project, having delivered previously successfully in Ashgabat and Turkmenbasi International Airports.
The facilities management network serves 30 buildings across 37.000 square meters.