{"id":1005562,"date":"2023-09-15T10:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T10:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cias.it\/2023\/09\/15\/portuguese-airportsuse-ermo-482x3pro-air\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T15:22:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:22:48","slug":"portuguese-airportsuse-ermo-482x3pro-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cias.it\/en\/news-en\/portuguese-airportsuse-ermo-482x3pro-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Portuguese airports,use ERMO 482X3PRO-AIR"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Case study: in Portuguese airports, ground traffic control
\nis supported by ERMO 482X3PRO-AIR<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

To prevent the occurrence of aircraft collision and ensure optimal safety for aircraft and passengers using its infrastructure, all main airports in Portugal rely on ERMO 482X3PRO-AIR barriers,<\/strong> installed in its taxiways to avoid runway incursions.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The requirement<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the professionalism of the personnel in charge of air ground traffic management, many accidents have occurred worldwide, essentially linked to poor visibility conditions <\/strong>that did not allow the control tower to have a complete view on the planes and therefore to confirm their position.<\/p>\n

Since then, airports have been looking for detection solutions <\/strong>to confirm the position of aircraft on the ground, the compliance with minimum distances between aircraft on taxiways and the crossing of Runway Holding Point by aircraft.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The challenges<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The airport environment is very restrictive<\/strong> a due to:<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 high radio frequency interference with heavy load of electromagnetic signals<\/strong> related to ground radars and navigation radars on board<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 impact of all possible climatic conditions<\/strong>: fog, snow, wind, heavy rain, etc.<\/p>\n

.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 prohibition of prominent elements <\/strong>(high poles) near runways which could crash into aircraft wings and engines.<\/p>\n

The solution<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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ERMO 482X3PRO-AIR<\/a><\/strong> is a microwave barrier that improves safety<\/strong> during airplane taxiing on the runways. Regardless the weather conditions and immune to radiofrequency disturbance, the system detects aircraft<\/strong> crossing at stop bar locations, or entering the wrong direction on a runway and ultimately prevents collisions<\/strong> between aircraft in transit on the same runway. The system communicates when aircraft cross the Stop Bar and provides direction control at No Entry points on the runway<\/p>\n

The benefits are significant to Air Traffic Ground Controllers<\/strong> who may be monitoring one area of the runway and enable a heads up of a potential hazardous situation before it occurs.<\/strong><\/p>\n