THERA

ProDIGIQ's Flight Line Management System, THERA, is an end-to-end solution for flight line and aircraft parking apron management that optimizes high throughput traffic. THERA allows airfield management staff to upload flight plans, create assignment schedules, and develop aircraft parking plans for military aircraft operating at bases or civilian airfields. The system enables users to define prevailing operational requirements, including strict constraints, adjacency rules, and apron utilization preferences. THERA includes visual cues and alerts that allow users to proactively manage gate overlap and adjacency rule violations. With the ability to simulate assignment scenarios, airfield management staff can quickly determine the schedule that optimizes airfield operations.

Dynamic flight plans and varying criteria for aircraft parking make flight line management a complex process. It can be challenging for airfield management staff to keep track of all criteria and apply them effectively to develop proper aircraft parking plans. For example, they must apply FAA criteria to facilities such as runways and taxiways that are jointly used by civilian and military aircraft. For portions of facilities that are for military use only, such as aircraft parking aprons, they must apply DoD criteria. Based on the Service (Air Force, Navy/Marine Corps, Army), Airfield Management staff must also consider specific requirements, such as apron spacing for parking aircraft and apron clearance distance.

Flight management systems are a powerful tool to automate and streamline the development of aircraft parking plans. Artificial intelligence in software can automatically apply FAA, DoD, and Service-specific criteria to generate robust schedules and parking plans. Flight management systems are also scalable and configurable to accommodate the shifting demands of the organization.