Airport SCADA Solutions
Airservices Australia is a government-owned corporation serving the needs of the aviation industry within the Australian Flight Information Region (FIR). Their responsibilities include air traffic control, airway navigation, communication facilities, publishing aeronautical data, airport rescue, and fire-fighting services.
As part of their comprehensive monitoring and control strategy, Airservices Australia operates a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System, based on VTScada by Trihedral. In addition to gathering data from site- based Remote Telemetry Units (RTUs), monitoring subsystems and high-level interfaces, the system manages over 16,000 alarm points across 200 facilities.
It monitors the status of critical air navigation, surveillance, communications, and infrastructure equipment, including navigation aids, radios, communication links, generators, fuel levels, power supplies, and electrical systems. Additionally, VTScada is responsible for critical building services such as air-conditioners, temperature and intruder alarms, and radar data processing servers.
VTScada is proud to play a crucial role in assisting Airservices Australia’s Air Traffic Controllers to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation all aircraft operating in 11% of the world’s airspace.