Matthew Kemp Posted December 22, 2020 at 03:46 PM Posted December 22, 2020 at 03:46 PM Hi, Does anyone know how many ground vehicles a commercial airport has? It came up in conversation the other day and I am completely clueless. Thanks, Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Bartels Posted December 22, 2020 at 04:03 PM Posted December 22, 2020 at 04:03 PM Hundreds. Between tugs, ops vehicles, belt loaders, lav trucks, potable water carts, support cars, deicing trucks, so on and so on.. hard to put an exact number on it. You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Forever and always "Just the events guy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koen Meier Posted December 22, 2020 at 04:45 PM Posted December 22, 2020 at 04:45 PM 41 minutes ago, Matthew Bartels said: Hundreds. Between tugs, ops vehicles, belt loaders, lav trucks, potable water carts, support cars, deicing trucks, so on and so on.. hard to put an exact number on it. and even airport size dependant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Kemp Posted December 22, 2020 at 05:35 PM Author Posted December 22, 2020 at 05:35 PM I thought that would be the case 😅 Our example was at Heathrow. Do they have one pushback, bus, stairs, tug, food truck, etc. per aircraft stand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koen Meier Posted December 22, 2020 at 07:58 PM Posted December 22, 2020 at 07:58 PM 2 hours ago, Matthew Kemp said: I thought that would be the case 😅 Our example was at Heathrow. Do they have one pushback, bus, stairs, tug, food truck, etc. per aircraft stand? it also depends on the aircraft type. wide bodies tend to have more catering tucks compared to narrow bodies. also for fuel truck it is depending on if it is a tanker or a hydrant. stairs are also depending on the aircraft size. busses on passenger numbers. a lot of this equipement is used by the ground handling provider and owned. in some cases the airport owns the equipment. it is more common on short turn arounds to see fixed equipment on stands like stairs, ground power units. fuel, busses, catering vehicles and pushbacks trucks are driving around using a task system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charan Kumar Posted January 8, 2021 at 07:05 PM Posted January 8, 2021 at 07:05 PM Ground vehicles an article I found, from 2013, suggested there were at least 7500 of them in Heathrow. It should have gone up since.... didn’t they add a new terminal after 2013? Gives you an idea of how many you don’t notice When is your next Flight||VATSIM HitSquad Member, ZOA/ZAK/GANDER/P1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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