Istanbul Airport: One of the Biggest of the World
Istanbul Airport has an area of 76.5 million square meters to the north of Istanbul, 35 km away from the city center. At the moment, it has 100 million passenger capacity for the first phase and it is planned to serve more than 300 destinations with an annual capacity of 200 million passengers once it is fully completed. It served 37 millon passengers in 2021 which made it busiest airport in Europe and 14th in the world.
PROBLEM: Why is AgPM Needed in Istanbul Airport?
Unlike other airports in Turkey, Istanbul Airport Management Company (IGA) oversees all indoor and outdoor operations. This comprehensive responsibility necessitates a highly intelligent monitoring system for critical infrastructure to ensure superior service quality, streamlined operational management, and enhanced efficiency with a lean, agile team. Furthermore, the airport's dynamic operational environment, stringent regulatory demands, and intense industry competition drove the need for an industrial platform capable of simultaneously addressing diverse requirements without incurring additional costs for each new system integration.
This necessity called for a platform offering simultaneous value to both frontliners and managers, effortless scalability, seamless indoor and outdoor operation, robust analytics even with limited data, intuitive usability for non-technical personnel, and the versatility to support diverse applications on a unified infrastructure. Skysens AgPM perfectly answered this call with its user-friendly drag-and-drop interface, purpose-built wireless long-range network, extensive range of smart, battery-powered edge devices, managed OT data streams, no-code analytics, out-of-the-box integrations, and readily available applications and services.
SOLUTION: What is Skysens doing in Istanbul Airport and Why is it Important?
As the official wireless industrial IoT network provider for Istanbul Airport, Skysens currently operates its extensive network, making Istanbul Airport one of the pioneering airports globally to implement a long-range wireless I-IoT network with an Agile Predictive approach accessible to all technical and operational ground teams.
This capability enables the seamless monitoring of thousands of assets using plug-and-play edge devices, with predictive performance analysis tailored to specific application requirements, all done securely and without additional capital expenditure. This approach has empowered Istanbul Airport to establish more flexible operational workflows and foster improved interdepartmental collaboration, enhancing the airport's overall sustainability and efficiency. Furthermore, the low cost of integrating new physical data sources via Skysens AgPM has allowed management to significantly increase measurement points within existing budgets, dramatically improving data resolution and situational awareness for all stakeholders. Leveraging these Agile Monitoring capabilities, even the integration of AI for focused operational workflows, such as predictive maintenance scheduling for generators, has become 5-7 times faster and more cost-effective to implement.
Some of the IoT applications listed below are done by AgPM in an integrated manner;
The agile nature of Skysens AgPM enables these diverse applications to run on a single platform, catering to various user levels and integrating seamlessly with different OT and IT systems concurrently, all without incurring extra costs.
What is the difference between AgPM and legacy monitoring systems?
While existing SCADA and other legacy systems can address basic airport monitoring needs, achieving the same level of detail, comprehensiveness, data resolution, project efficiency (in terms of time and cost), and ease of integration as Skysens AgPM is simply not feasible. SCADA systems, though reliable and robust, are inherently limited in their scope due to their rigid architecture.
For instance, while airport maintenance teams might use SCADA to monitor high-voltage energy switches distributing power, the cost and complexity of monitoring individual equipment's real-time condition and performance, or of implementing smart, asset-based alerts for maintenance crews, become prohibitive. Moreover, such expensive deployments are typically confined to existing infrastructure and lack versatility for other monitoring applications.
In contrast, Skysens AgPM offers a straightforward solution. To monitor energy switches, users can easily deploy low-cost, wireless, battery-powered temperature and voltage sensors on the energy panel and integrate the data stream from the existing Skysens wireless network into the AgPM analytics engine. This allows for easy notification of relevant personnel or integration of insights into existing workflows.
This approach yields a remarkable 8-10X reduction in the cost of adding new assets to the analytics platform, significantly streamlining decision-making and enhancing scalability for technical teams. Recognizing these advantages early in the project, Istanbul Airport Management quickly understood the value of Skysens AgPM's agility in improving overall airport efficiency and sustainability, leading to a swift expansion of its implementation across the entire airport.
SOLUTION DETAIL: How Skysens AgPM Work
Skysens AgPM for Istanbul Airport comprises four key elements:
1-Versatile Smart Edge Devices: A portfolio of robust, battery-powered devices catering to diverse industrial needs and harsh environments, provided by Skysens and its partners based on the airport's specific on-the-ground requirements.
2-Reliable Industrial LoRaWAN Network: A dedicated network deployed across Istanbul Airport's indoor and outdoor areas, engineered by Skysens Integrated Services to ensure high capacity, security, and resilience against RF interference, while adhering to local and global regulations. Its proprietary technology, optimized for industrial performance and fully compatible with the global LoRaWAN standard, offers long-range communication, low power consumption, and future compatibility with a wide range of cost-effective devices.
3-Intuitive AgPM Analytics Platform: An easy-to-use industrial analytics platform featuring drag-and-drop dashboards, user-based customization, industrial data adapters, smart reporting, and comprehensive user and network management tools. It seamlessly integrates with the airport's existing industrial and non-industrial systems, empowering managers with a unified view for network and team management, asset administration, report generation, and efficient downlink and firmware updates.
4-Comprehensive Support and Services: Continuous 24/7 support and expert consultancy from Skysens to meet the airport's high availability demands, complemented by on-site physical support provided in collaboration with project partners.
A Necessity: IoT Applications for the Airports
The Istanbul Airport Wireless Industrial IoT Project serves as a compelling blueprint for how other airports and large-scale industrial facilities can leverage Agile Predictive Monitoring with IoT to achieve diverse objectives and generate significant added value.
For airports seeking to establish more profitable, efficient, and sustainable industrial operations, an Agile Predictive Monitoring platform offers a compelling solution. Contact us today to explore how Skysens AgPM can specifically drive value within your operations!
