The Budapest project delivered a high-performance solution that enables aircraft to be guided safely and reliably through approach, landing and departure while taking advantage of satellite-based arrival and departure procedures. All of this is managed from a separate control room – the Remote Tower. The new facility introduced modern, more efficient workstations designed to improve workflows while meeting stringent requirements for redundancy, safety, productivity and ease of maintenance. At the heart of the setup is a 32-monitor video wall that brings together the feeds from thermal cameras installed throughout the airport, providing round-the-clock visual monitoring of airport operations. For the sophisticated KVM infrastructure, HungaroControl selected systems from G&D.
Hungary’s Remote Tower concept is based on the bidirectional integration of the existing Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS) with a camera network installed at multiple locations across the airport. State-of-the-art thermal cameras transmit video feeds around the clock to four video wall servers. The ControlCenter-Digital KVM matrix routes these feeds to the video wall in the control room. This provides continuous visual coverage of the airport apron and runways. The 32-screen video wall gives ATCOs comprehensive visual information and a clear overview of the entire airport. A mirrored, redundant video wall server system can be brought online at the touch of a button via the KVM matrix. This ensures uninterrupted monitoring of the airport apron even in the event of a system failure.
