Airport Stand / Gate Management
PDC RMS
PDC RMS is a Stand and Gate Management system that supports the planning, allocation, and monitoring of fixed airport resources. This ensures that flights, passengers, and baggage move through the airport smoothly and efficiently. The resources include:
- Gates, including swing gates
- Stands, aprons, and remote parking positions
- Check-in counters and kiosks
- Baggage belts and reclaim areas
As airports often handle hundreds of flights per day, managing these resources efficiently is mission-critical for maintaining on-time performance and ensuring passenger satisfaction.
Moreover, PDC RMS does more than simply notify users of scheduling conflicts. Instead, a combination of business rules and intelligent decision-making functions enables operators to identify, evaluate, and resolve assignment issues quickly and efficiently. As a result, airport resources can be optimised while minimising operational disruptions.
Why Select PDC's Airport Stand/Gate Management?
PDC RMS is a decision support system primarily used for planning the assignment of stands and gates. In particular, it supports planners throughout the entire gate and stand allocation process. From the long-term specification of apron characteristics and operational requirements to last-minute revisions on the day of operation, a wide range of features guides users through each stage of planning. As a result, PDC RMS helps ensure both efficient resource allocation and greater flexibility in responding to operational changes.
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How to simulate airport operations with PDC RMS?
With PDC RMS we have made it easy to simulate and create “what-if” scenarios in order for you to analyse and optimise airport operations. You will be able to test:
- What if traffic increases by 15% next summer?
- What if a major airline switches from narrow-body to wide-body aircraft?
This allows long-term planning without over-investing in new infrastructure.
Can I automatically allocate gates, counters, and baggage belts?
Yes, PDC RMS uses business rules, priorities, and airline preferences to allocate gates, counters, and belts automatically.
- Example: If an airline prefers certain counters or a wide-body aircraft needs a larger gate, the system will automatically assign the correct resources.
This reduces conflicts and ensures the airport makes optimal use of limited infrastructure.
How to manage airport constraints in PDC RMS?
PDC RMS considers hundreds of interrelated constraints, including arrival patterns, airline regulations, service preferences, and handler-specific rules. Furthermore, you retain complete control over all rules, with the flexibility to adjust or update them whenever needed.
As a result, constraints can be modified or new ones created within minutes to support changes in your assignment strategy. For example, you can establish hard rules that the planner must never violate—such as preventing two specific aircraft types from being parked at adjacent stands—as well as soft rules that guide gate planners in making assignment decisions.
Consequently, you can rely on PDC RMS to consistently deliver assignment solutions that are both feasible and cost-effective.
Is airport operations management connected to slot coordination?
PDC RMS can be closely integrated with PDC SCORE during the slot coordination process whenever detailed parking capacity assessments are required. In particular, this integration is valuable at airports with highly constrained parking resources, where operators need a more operational and detailed overview than the one available through SCORE’s advanced parking module.
Cloud-based vs On Premises
PDC RMS can be delivered as a fully managed hosted SaaS solution, Alternatively, it can be installed and operated on premises.
Airport User Group Meetings
Customers of the PDC AirportSuite are automatically part of the PDC Airport Community, which includes yearly user group meetings.
How it Works
The PDC RMS can work as a standalone solution integrating to all your other airport systems or you can combine it with any of our airport solutions.
Accelerated ”Go-Live”
We estimate 2-3 months to deployment, contingent on your internal resources.