popularised knowledge: What are airport vehicles?

We can always see all kinds of different vehicles at the airport, they are special equipment for the airport, carrying out special operational functions. Different from the traditional sense of the "car", "car" is only a carrier, their real task is to ensure the normal operation of the airport, as well as aircraft flight and ground operation safety, safety and applicability has high requirements. There are many types of airport equipment vehicles with different functions, all of which contribute to the smooth operation of airports. Below, we will briefly introduce the common vehicles in the airport, take a look!

1.Passenger Stair

Similar to the literal meaning of the word, passenger lift trucks are specialised equipment for passengers to board and alight from aeroplanes. The body of the passenger lift truck is set up to automatically lift the boarding ladder, in the passenger lift truck travelling to the aircraft, through its own power unit will boarding ladder up, and docked with the aircraft cabin door, passengers can directly through the boarding ladder to and from the aircraft.

Of course, there are many kinds of passenger lift trucks, such as hand-push passenger lift trucks, electric passenger lift trucks, motorised passenger lift trucks, self-propelled passenger lift trucks, mobile escalator trucks and so on, and in some places, there are even passenger lifts and ferries in one car.

2.Barrier-free lift car

For passengers who can't take the airport lift car because of travelling inconvenience, the barrier-free lift car is the best choice for them.

Barrier-free lift car can be directly docked with the aircraft, the car is also thoughtfully placed for the fixed disabled wheelchair equipment, to prevent the wheelchair side slip. In addition, the barrier-free lift car also has a series of safety protection features and emergency functions: such as in case of emergency shutdown, shutdown, or the whole car without electricity, shutdown, barrier-free lift car has a manual emergency system and electric emergency system to complement each other and other functions, can effectively protect the personnel, equipment and the safety of the aircraft.

3.Baggage Conveyor belt loader

Each passenger travelling by air is allowed to bring a certain weight of baggage, but more than the part or large pieces of luggage, you need to handle baggage check-in. These luggage needs to be checked by the airport baggage conveyor to carry out loading and unloading.

4.Baggage Towing Tractor

Also known as baggage trailer, is used to transport baggage, cargo, mail, etc. to the parking space or baggage, cargo sorting area location of the vehicle. The baggage trailer is in towing mode and can tow up to 10 compartments.

5.Aircraft Tow Tractor

Aircraft towing vehicle, commonly used to tow the aircraft. It is divided into two kinds of tractor and rodless tractor. Rod tractor is connected to the aircraft by a connecting rod, launching the aircraft when the connecting rod force. When the aircraft cannot taxi out on its own, the tractor is needed to tow the aircraft out of the bridge position to the runway. At the same time, the aircraft towing vehicle can be applied at airport runways, aprons, hangars, assembly and repair shops. The rodless tractor, unlike the rodded tractor, does not require a connecting rod, but instead directly holds the front wheels of the aircraft. The degree of automation of the rodless tractor will be higher compared to the rod tractor.

6.Aircraft refuelling vehicle

Aircraft refuelling trucks can refill and replenish aviation fuel for aircraft, and can also implement pressure refuelling and gravity refuelling. And aircraft refuelling vehicle directly with the underground aviation fuel supply pipeline docking, aviation fuel into the aircraft fuel tanks, avoiding the refuelling vehicle to carry a large amount of fuel caused by insecurity, and reduce the weight of the vehicle, improve the efficiency of vehicle operation.

In short, there are many kinds of airport equipment, in addition to the vehicles mentioned above, there are also ferry vehicles, aircraft gas source vehicles, power supply vehicles and so on. They work together to greatly facilitate the travelling experience of passengers, allowing them to complete their journeys with greater peace of mind and ease.