San Diego Launches New Collaborative Version of Passur for Airport Communities

Megadata Corporation says San Diego International Airport (SDIA) has become the first customer to launch the new collaborative version of its PASSUR Web-based software designed to serve as an education tool for airport communities.

PASSUR's AirportMonitor provides an interactive display of air traffic and flight information in and around the airport to give nearby residents a view of traffic in "near-live" and replay mode, along with an assortment of user-friendly online tools designed to answer questions about specific flight behavior.  The idea is to promote openness and trust between nearby residents and the airport.

AirportMonitor's newest patented version includes:

• Airport messaging that allows airport managers to instantly notify residents about airspace conditions which might be affecting noise. (These messages are transmitted via PASSUR's online password access messaging tools, developed for Portal and OPSnet.)  
• The ability for residents to pinpoint their home on AirportMonitor's background map by entering their address.

Dan Frazee, SDIA's deputy director for airport noise mitigation, said, the airport wanted "to reach out to our noise-impacted community in an innovative, proactive way," and the enhanced version of PASSUR's AirportMonitor "allows us to communicate the 'whys' and 'what's' of noise events immediately, online, and within a compelling visual display of the airspace."  03-11-2007.

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