The ultimate accessory for airport gate planning

PathPlanner A5’s Gate module is the ultimate tool for any professional involved with airport gate design and stand planning. This module extends PathPlanner A5’s library even further with over 1300 boarding bridge variants, and also includes a unique feature set optimized specifically to simplify the task of gate design.

Benefits include the ability to automatically calculate and optimize aircraft nose gear stop positions based on factors such as the slope of the passenger boarding bridge(s) or the distance to the fuel or power supply pit(s). Users can work with multiple bridges, aircraft, and pits simultaneously and produce an overview of findings in a matter of minutes. Quite simply, boarding bridge parking and docking has never been so simple!

The PathPlanner A5 Gate module includes all PathPlanner A5 Base module features, in addition to the following, amongst others:

Aircraft, vehicle and passenger boarding bridge libraries

• 1300+ passenger boarding(loading) bridge variants

• Aircraft top, front and side view drawings

• Aircraft service points and door data

• Vehicle service arrangement around aircraft

• Clearance box with FAA, ICAO or user defined clearances

Parking tools

• Place static aircraft (in side and front view) into a drawing to simulate parking

• Alternative between side and front view during insert

Simulation, animation & plotting

• Define gates with boarding bridge and lead-in lines

• Include multiple bridges and lead-in lines at the same gate

• Define fuel hydrant, 400Hz and PCA pits, locations and radius

• View the envelope of operation of boarding bridges and set limits to restrict movement

• Set apron slope and allowable bridge slope

• Define error margins to allow for aircraft misalignment

• Drag and place boarding bridges in the drawings

• Place multiple aircraft (max. 150) on a lead-in line and drag them to position

• Calculate bridge slope, length, cab rotation, etc. 

• View stop bars for aircraft nose gears

• Automatically optimize aircraft positioning

• Adjust aircraft positioning based on distance to fixed installations

• View animations of boarding bridge docking and retracting movements

• Generate reports in RTF format which are compatible with Word/PowerPoint

Languages & compatibility

Version 5.90

Languages

• Languages available: English

System Compatibility

• Personal/workstation: Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 (both 32 and 64 bit)

• Network Server: Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008

CAD Platform Compatibility

• Autodesk: AutoCAD versions from 2004 to 2012, including all verticals (both 32 and 64 bit)

• Bentley: MicroStation V8.1, V8 2004 (V8.5), V8 XM, V8i as well as PowerDraft XM and V8i, PowerCivil V8i and PowerInRoads V8i

• Bricsys: Bricscad 10.2 and later

• Gstarsoft: GstarCAD 2011 (Build 110919) and later