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Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017

New Wind Information System Debuts at Japanese Airports

In April 2017, the Airport Low-level Wind Information (ALWIN) system, jointly developed by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), started operations at Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) and Narita International Airport. ALWIN...

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Lockheed Martin WindTracer Selected for Thailand International Airport Wind Shear Alerting System

The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) will install a Lockheed Martin WindTracer® Doppler lidar system at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport as part of its Integrated Windshear Alerting System. Suvarnabhumi is the sixth busiest airport in Asia,...

Sunday, August 21st, 2011

Boeing Helps Russian Airports Prepare for Traffic

Boeing will partner with Basel Aero Company, which operates Sochi International Airport, and Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography in this initiative. Under the guidance of the Boeing Flight Services Air Traffic Management (ATM) group and...

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

GIS Supports Airports Around the Globe

terry_bills_and_ian_koeppelAirports are changing around the globe. New technologies and economic pressures are causing them to evaluate their operations and to become more responsive and efficient. Geographic...

Sunday, December 5th, 2010

Land Disputes Hit Indian Infrastructure Schemes

Years of wrangling over land, compensation and environmental impact have become a regular feature of many projects aimed at developing modern India. High-profile disputes include plans for a second airport on protected wetlands to service India's financial...