Apron Control: Touchway orchestrates your entire ramp
Apron control (ramp control) is no longer a pile of disconnected screens. Touchway orchestrates vehicles, equipment, aircraft, flights and people into a single command tower — giving the airport total real-time visibility over ground operations.
Too much data. Not enough visibility.
The apron is the most critical and busiest point of an airport operation. Yet information lives fragmented across systems that don't talk to each other — and every department only sees a slice of reality.
Information silos
GPS in one system, flights in another, access control in a third. No one has the full picture of the ramp.
Decisions in the dark
Without a unified view, coordinators react to problems instead of anticipating them, causing delays and risk.
Risk on the maneuvering area
Vehicles, equipment and aircraft share the same space. Without orchestration, every uncoordinated move is a safety risk.
Everything happening on the ramp, connected
Touchway brings together the data sources that already exist at your airport — and the ones only we deliver — into a single living data model of the ramp.
Vehicle GPS
Real-time position, speed and telemetry across the entire ground fleet (GSE), with CAN Bus integration.
Equipment RFID
Positioning of towable and non-motorized equipment via our mobile RFID antennas — where GPS can't reach.
Flights via ADS-B
Real-time flight data captured by our ADS-B antenna network, including surface movement.
Flights at gates and key points
Flight status at gates and across the airport via integrations with the industry's leading software.
Access control
Who and which vehicles enter and leave restricted areas — people and fleet authenticated via RFID.
Airport map
Complete airport mapping with all of its positions, gates, geofences and operational areas.
From isolated data to an orchestrated ramp
Connecting sources is just the start. Touchway's intelligence is in orchestrating that data: cross-referencing flight, vehicle, equipment and person on the same map, at the same instant, to turn raw data into decisions.
Unify
Every source converges into a single living map of the ramp — one source of truth for the whole operation.
Correlate
The platform connects each flight to its gate, equipment and crews, understanding the context of every move.
Give visibility
Coordinators see the entire ramp in real time, with automatic alerts when something goes off script.
Orchestrate action
From situational awareness to smart dispatch: Touchway helps coordinate the next right move.
This is the heart of Touchway's Apron Control: not shipping another feature, but orchestrating all of them to solve the airport's real problems.
One platform, many departments
Touchway's ramp orchestration serves and connects the key departments responsible for keeping the airport safe and flowing.
Operational safety
Incident prevention on the maneuvering area and the ramp.
- Real-time geofences and proximity alerts
- Runway incursion prevention with ADS-B
- Complete audit trails for compliance
Ground safety
Safe coordination of vehicles, equipment and crews.
- Speed control and infractions on the ramp
- Checklist status tied to vehicle access
- Equipment positioning via RFID and GPS
Security
Control of who and what enters and leaves the airport.
- People and vehicle access via RFID
- Restricted-area and credential validity management
- Complete log of passages and movements
Touchway solves problems, not just ships features
When the ramp is orchestrated, the airport operates with less friction, less risk and more predictability. That's what total visibility delivers.
Coordinators stop stitching screens together and operate from a single source of truth.
Coordinating flight, equipment and crew in one place speeds the cycle and cuts wasted time.
Real-time alerts and situational awareness reduce risk in the airport's most critical area.
Apron control and ramp orchestration
The most common questions about controlling and orchestrating the airport apron.
What is apron control?
Apron control (also called ramp control) is the coordinated management of all movements on an airport's apron/ramp — ground vehicles, equipment, aircraft and people. Related terms include smart apron and smart ramp. Touchway modernizes this concept by orchestrating every data source into a single real-time visibility platform.
What does ramp orchestration mean at Touchway?
Ramp orchestration is the process of unifying, correlating and giving visibility to all ground operation data on a single living map. Touchway orchestrates vehicle GPS, equipment RFID, flight ADS-B, gate integrations, access control and the airport map — turning isolated data into coordinated decisions.
Which data does Touchway's apron control platform connect?
Touchway connects six or more sources: GPS position and telemetry of ground vehicles, equipment positioning via mobile RFID antennas, real-time flight data via ADS-B, flight status at gates and airport points via market integrations, people and vehicle access control, and complete airport mapping with all of its positions.
What's the difference between apron control and ground operations?
Ground operations cover all aircraft servicing activities on the ground. Apron control is the coordination and visibility layer that orchestrates those operations on the ramp in real time. Touchway provides the apron control platform that gives the airport command and visibility over all its ground operations.
Which airport departments does Touchway serve?
Touchway serves and connects the key safety departments: operational safety with incident and runway incursion prevention, ground safety with vehicle and equipment coordination, and security with people and vehicle access control to the airport.
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