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Every turn, seen.
Every event, logged.
Every minute, shared.

Apron, stand, and gate monitoring. 15+ turnaround events per flight captured at the edge — chocks, aerobridge, fuelling, catering, baggage, cleaning, pushback — plus real-time apron FOD, GSE positioning, ramp safety. Events stream into ATOMS; airport, airline, handler reconcile from the same record. Production-tested. Deploy in weeks.

Outcome
On-time turn
Capture
15+ events per turn
Coverage
Per-stand · apron FOD
Stream
Events into ATOMS

The apron today
is a wall of clipboards.

◆ WHY AEROGROUND
ONE TURN · MANY LOGS · NONE RECONCILE

Handler logs what they see, airline notes what their crew did, airport tracks SLA from radio chatter. Three records, three time-bases, no shared evidence. When TOBT slips and the slot is gone, next morning's meeting has three different stories.

◆ TODAY · THE CLIPBOARDS
Three logs. One slot lost.
  • 70+ events per turn, tracked manually or not at all.
  • Three companies, three records — no neutral clock.
  • Apron FOD at shift change — every-six-hours visibility on a hazard.
  • Reconciliation is a meeting — argumentative, usually inconclusive.
◆ WITH AEROGROUND · ONE RECORD
One stand. One record.
  • Every event detected from camera + sensor at the edge; one platform clock.
  • One shared record across airport, airline, handler — reconciliation by construction.
  • Apron FOD continuous; GSE positioning automatic; ramp safety surfaced.
  • Events stream into ATOMS — TOBT variance predicted before the milestone slips.

Four layers.
One stand watched.

◆ HOW AEROGROUND WORKS
CAMERAS · SENSORS · EDGE · EVENTS

Cameras see what's visible. Sensors confirm what's happening. Edge AI fuses both into events. Platform writes them to the shared record. Each layer reuses what's already installed where possible.

LAYER 01

Cameras.

What's visible on the stand

A narrow-body stand carries 6–8 cameras — overview, aerobridge, cargo, fuel zone, catering, pushback. Existing CCTV reused where adequate; NorthSky fills gaps.

Existing apron CCTV first NorthSky cameras fill gaps 4K · day/night/monsoon-rated
LAYER 02

Sensors.

What the camera can't tell

Confirm what vision alone can't. Weight-on-wheels, aerobridge state, fuel flow, cargo door contact. Sensor confirms, camera shows.

Weight-on-wheels · aerobridge state Fuel flow · door contact Existing systems read · no new BMS
LAYER 03

Edge AI.

Inference at the stand

Edge box per stand or pier. Sub-second detection. Tower outage doesn't blind the stand; bandwidth back to platform stays light (events, not raw streams).

Edge box per stand / pier < 1 s detection latency Tower-outage-tolerant
LAYER 04

Structured events.

Onto the ATOMS bus

Each detection becomes a structured event — timestamp, tail / stand / class, confidence, evidence clip, audit hash. ATOMS consumes; airline + handler + regulator subscribe.

ATOMS bus · platform clock Tail / stand / event / confidence Evidence + audit by construction

Three companies.
One record.

◆ THE APRON IS A SHARED EVENT
A SHARED RECORD · UNTIL NOW

Today airport, airline, and handler reconcile from three systems after the fact. AeroGround gives all three the same operational record, in real time, with the same evidence behind every event.

PARTY 01
Airport operations
Turnaround compliance across every stand, airline, handler. Allocates, releases, manages exceptions.
Sees: per-stand SLA · network view · exception queue
PARTY 02
Airline operations
Their flight's turnaround in real time. Acts from ops centre, not after the schedule breaks.
Sees: per-flight timeline · TOBT variance · delay attribution
PARTY 03
Ground handler
Team performance against the procedure book. Defends performance with evidence, not anecdote.
Sees: per-team performance · per-event evidence · audit trail
"The chock didn't go on at 14:32 because the handler was late" stops being an argument. It's a frame.

Three roles.
One record, three views.

◆ WHO USES AEROGROUND
SAME DATA · DIFFERENT SCOPE
ROLE 01

Airport ops.

Tactical · live shift · SLA-facing

Live exception queue across every stand. Allocates, releases, manages exceptions against the operating record.

Sees: per-stand SLA · network view · exception queue
ROLE 02

Ground handler.

Per-stand · per-crew · performance-facing

Per-crew performance against the procedure book. Defends performance with evidence, not anecdote.

Sees: per-team performance · per-event evidence · SLA
ROLE 03

Ramp safety.

Continuous · safety-register-facing

Continuous safety record — apron FOD, GSE restricted-zone violations, ramp PPE non-compliance, vehicle-aircraft conflicts. Audit-ready format.

Sees: safety register · per-handler trend · audit log

Zoom in. Fifteen events,
every turnaround.

◆ THE EVENT CATALOG
EVIDENCE + CONFIDENCE PER EVENT · A-CDM ALIGNED
EVENT 01ARRIVAL
Flight at gate
Aircraft on stand, engines spooling down. Anchors the start of the turn.
EVENT 02SAFETY
Chocks on / off
Wheel chocks placed and removed. Critical safety and timing event.
EVENT 03PASSENGER
Aerobridge connect / disconnect
Passenger bridge engaged with the door and released.
EVENT 04CARGO
Belly door open / close
Cargo and baggage hold doors opened and closed.
EVENT 05BAGGAGE
Baggage unloading
Inbound baggage offload — start and end.
EVENT 06BAGGAGE
Baggage loading
Outbound baggage onload — start and end.
EVENT 07FUEL
Fuel vehicle arrival / depart
Bowser or hydrant truck on stand. Anchors the fuelling window.
EVENT 08CATERING
Catering vehicle arrival
Galley truck on stand and at the aircraft door.
EVENT 09PUSHBACK
Pushback tug arrival
Tug positioned at the nose gear, ready for pushback.
EVENT 10CLEANING
Cabin cleaning on / off
Cleaning crew entry and exit through the service door.
EVENT 11STAFF
Crew & staff identification
Handler, fuelling, catering, security presence — for compliance logs.
EVENT 12WATER
Water & lavatory service
Service vehicle on stand and connection time at the aircraft.
EVENT 13EXCEPTION
GSE in restricted zone
Equipment crossing into a no-go area. Alert with evidence.
EVENT 14DEPARTURE
Pushback commence
Tug applies push. Anchors the off-block time.
EVENT 15SAFETY
Apron FOD & fuel spill
Foreign objects on the apron in real time. Alert + evidence + coordinates. Detail below.

Built to the operating standards.

◆ COMPLIANCE POSTURE
APRON SAFETY · A-CDM · REGULATOR
◆ ICAO
Annex 14 aligned
Informs apron-safety event reporting, evidence retention, FOD-detection posture.
◆ IATA
AHM aligned
15-event taxonomy maps to AHM milestone definitions.
◆ EUROCONTROL
A-CDM aware
Emits TOBT and TSAT-relevant events back to the A-CDM platform you already run.
◆ DGCA · INDIA
Aerodrome safety
Timestamped record matching DGCA airfield-inspector format.

Common questions.

◆ FOR OPERATIONS & SAFETY
WRITTEN FOR PROCUREMENT

Do I have to take ATOMS to run AeroGround?

No. AeroGround is standalone — 15-event capture, per-stand SLA, apron FOD, three-way operating record. Add ATOMS when you want events on the AOCC bus alongside taxi and runway. Add AeroResolve for closed-loop safety.

Does this include runway and taxiway FOD?

No. AeroGround covers apron FOD on each stand. Airfield-wide FOD (runway / taxi / apron) is the standalone product AeroFOD with dedicated hardware in three modes. Customers running both see one dispatcher console.

What hardware per stand?

Existing CCTV is primary where adequate; NorthSky fills gaps. Edge box per stand or pier. Typical: 6–8 cameras per stand, edge box per pier of 8–12 stands.

How long does a deployment take?

Configuration template ships. A single pier (8–12 stands) goes live in roughly 6 weeks from civil-works clear. First stand slowest; subsequent stands replicate quickly.

Start with one pier, scale to the network.

Templates production-tested. One pier live in ~6 weeks from civil-works clear.

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Bring AeroGround
to your apron.

A 30-minute walkthrough on your stand layout, CCTV coverage, and top turnaround frustrations.