Dubai International Airport has successfully commissioned and put in operation three WindTracer systems that will improve operating efficien...
WindTracer is a LIDAR (light detection and ranging) system that measures the strength and behavior of wake vortices caused by arriving aircraft.
WindTracer wake measurements will be used to reduce aircraft separations during arrivals, increase airport capacity while maintaining the highest standards of air traffic safety.
WindTracer has been used for similar wake mitigation efforts in the U.S. and Europe, increasing aircraft throughput at many airports by up to 30 percent.
The boost in efficiency not only enables more aircraft arrivals and departures, it also eliminates the need to build additional runways to accommodate heavy traffic volume.
Dubai Air Navigation Services (DANS) is analyzing wake data from WindTracers.
Bayanat Airports Engineering & Supplies LLC, the leading airport solutions provider in the Middle East, completed the project in collaboration with Lockheed Martin.
Dubai International is ranked the busiest airport in the world in terms of international passengers, is connected to over 260 destinations across six continents through more than 140 scheduled airlines. Work is in progress on a number of projects at Dubai International as part of the US $7.8b 2020 strategic plan, which seeks to expand the airport’s capacity to 100 million by 2020.
These projects include Concourse A – the world’s first facility purpose built for the A380 that opened in 2013, and a new concourse – Concourse D – scheduled for opening later this year, among others.
