Safedock Upgrade and Expansion
Project - C800779
Commission
February 13, 2018
Item No. ____8d_supp_____
Meeting Date: February 13, 2017
What is Safedock?
• Visual docking guidance and ramp information display.
• Guides pilot to nose stop saving fuel & reducing congestion.
• Scans ramp area for obstacles to aircraft docking.
• Docks planes following adjacency rules and can dock
without personnel (unavailable ground crew, bad
weather…).
Aircraft Safety and Guidance Units
2
What is Safedock?
What it Looks Like
3
Display, video camera and
lasers.
Mounted
on/near
stairwells, on buildings,
on posts, or on jet
-
bridges.
Connected to power and
network.
Why Is It Needed?
Near Miss
4
Jet Engine Damaged by Truck
Actual Collision
5
Safedock History at SEA
First Airport in US to install Safedock
• 2005-2007 Delta Airlines realignment on Concourse A
• 2007 Alaska Airlines trial on D1-D4
• 2012 American Airlines realignment on D7-D9
• 2015 Alaska Airlines safety measure for tight gate space
• 2016 Plan to upgrade old and expand to more gates
• 2017 NSTAR includes Safedock at all gates at NSAT
How We Got Here
6
Safedock Initiatives
at North American Airports
• Miami 18 expansion
• Atlanta (Delta gates) 155 new
• Toronto 152 expansion
• LaGuardia 41 new
• San Francisco 41+ new
• Chicago 10+ expansion
• Los Angeles 28+ expansion
We Are Part of a Trend
7
Recommended Plan
• Airport-Wide advanced Safedock units
• Larger Pilot/Ground Crew Ramp Information Display
• Video Cameras
• Obstacle Scanning & Alerts
• Leverage IAF project by procuring units they install
• Complete the installation of Safedock units airport-wide for
operational consistency
• Gate Operating System
• Leverage data for operations and gate usage analysis
• Link to other systems
Plan: Airport-Wide Units and Gate Operating System
8
Why Airport-Wide?
• Airlines Support:
– Delta’s General Manager, Corporate Real Estate request
– International Carriers request
• Icelandair, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, Lufthansa, ANA and
Emirates.
– American Airlines support their gates
• North Satellite is installing units on all gates
– Standardizes Safedock units at all Alaska gates
• Airport-wide deployment creates consistency in operations
Installation Justification
9
Cost and Schedule
• Cost
Advanced units with cameras & scanning + GOS + interfaces +
infrastructure + installation
= $29,200,000
• Schedule
• Commission Authorization for Design, GOS, IAF units Q1 2018
• Commission Authorization for Construction Q1 2019
• Substantial Construction Completion Q1 2020
How Much / How Long
10
