Louisville Working with Rannoch on New ADS-B/Multilateration Applications

Louisville's Regional Airport Authority will use an aircraft flight tracking system, developed by Rannoch Corporation, to monitor operational and environmental parameters, as well as airport billing at both Louisville International  (SDF) and Bowman Field (LOU).

Rannoch says it has worked with the Authority to find new ways to bring value to an airport by integrating its tracking technology with other airport management software to create new applications.

For example, at Louisville, Rannoch integrated its AirScene ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) and multilateration techniques, with the airport's D-ATIS (digital automated terminal information service), which allows airport managers to automatically produce contra-flow reports directly from the AirScene system into the airport management database.

And because AirScene's ADS-B/multilateration technology has the ability to track aircraft down to the airport surface, Rannoch believes it has some distinct advantages for smaller airports that don't have radar - such as Bowman - on site.

Louisville International, of course, is home to UPS Airlines, and is one of the world's busiest cargo airports.  02-22-2006.

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