ApronVision Advanced Visual Docking Guidance System (A-VDGS)
Laser A-VDGS guiding pilots to the stop position with 100% accurate aircraft identification.
ApronVision is TK Airport Solutions' advanced visual docking guidance system (A-VDGS), guiding pilots precisely and safely to the aircraft stop position and enabling automated boarding-bridge operations. It builds a high-resolution point cloud of up to 2.6 million data points per second across a 360-degree scan and uses patented transponder-receiver technology (introduced 2013) for 100% accurate aircraft identification, on a laser foundation pioneered in 1992. TK states more than 2,500 A-VDGS units are installed at over 100 airports and airlines.
Technical specifications.
| 360-degree horizontal scanning angle for multi-aircraft guidance | |
| Up to 2.6 million data points per second (high-resolution point cloud) | |
| Patented transponder-receiver tech for 100% accurate aircraft identification | |
| Predictive stop technology with dynamic speed control | |
| Partial-profile tracking when the aircraft front is obscured | |
| Complies with ICAO Annex 14 §5.3.25 and §5.3.26 and EASA CD ADR-DSN.M.760 | |
| Integrated Ramp Information Display System (RIDS) and weather/alert system | |
| 2,500+ units installed at 100+ airports and airlines |
Use cases.
- ›Automated, accurate pilot docking guidance at the gate
- ›Collaborative turnaround management across airport stakeholders
- ›Feeding automated boarding-bridge docking (MAX Automate)
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