Supplier
ADELTE Airport Technologies
Airport Passenger Boarding Bridges (Apron Drive)
Custom-built enclosed apron-drive bridges from terminal gate to aircraft door.
Pricing
Request a quote for current pricing, lead time and delivery to your airport.ADELTE's airport passenger boarding bridges are enclosed, elevated mobile walkways extending from a terminal gate to the aircraft door, built to order with two or three bodies and glass or steel tunnels. Variants include the standard Apron Drive bridge, a high-reach A380 Apron Drive bridge, Nose Loader, T-Bridge and Commuter models, serving everything from the A380 down to smaller commercial jets. Bridges use hydraulic or electromechanical elevation with redundant alignment, proximity sensors and ultrasound aircraft detection.
Specs at a glance
Technical specifications.
| Height range | standard up to 5 m; A380 variant up to 8 m |
| Average weight ~25 tons (varies by tunnel count, length and components) | |
| Two or three telescopic tunnels | |
| Rotunda rotation +/-90 degrees; cabin +90/-35 degrees | |
| Rooftop cooling system 30.5 kW | |
| Two heavy-duty traction motors | |
| Hydraulic (dual cylinder) or electromechanical synchronized elevation | |
| Category C5-M paint for harsh-environment corrosion protection; 20+ year design life | |
Best for
Use cases.
- ›Wide-body aircraft including Airbus A380 (A380 variant)
- ›Standard commercial jet operations at contact gates
- ›Restricted/limited parking areas (Nose Loader variant)
- ›Commuter aircraft operations (Commuter variant)
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