Aviation

Aviation
Name
Institutional affiliation
Date
Airport terminal systems assists the travellers to move efficiently through the terminal right from the check to the departure section and give the airport workers with influential tools, that will provide them the power to regulate, monitor and also report all the terminal associated activities and services (Odoni et al 1992) .some of the systems which are found at LaGuardia airport are;
Airports Operation Database (AODB),
Flight Information Display Systems (FIDS),
Public Address/Voice Alarm Systems (PAVA),
Passenger Check-In & Boarding Solutions (CUTE/CUSS),
Baggage Reconciliation Systems (BRS),
Resource Management System (RMS),
Gate Management System,
Master Clocks Systems,
People Flow Counting System,
Voice over IP (VoIP) /IP telephony,
Digital Signage and Video Wall Systems,IP/Television / SMATV Systems,
Total Security Solutions (CCTV/ACMS/IVA/DVMS),
Integrated Perimeter Security Solutions,
Airport Management Systems,
Visual Guidance Docking System – (VDGS),
Car Park Management Systems,
Structured Cabling Systems – Fiber Optics and Copper (SCS/SCN),
Computer Network Equipment- CNE,
Wireless Data Network and Distributed Antenna System – WDN/DAS.
At the LaGuardia airport there exist four Terminals with over seventy five gates. It is situated approximately eight miles right from Manhattan. The benefits several people, for instance, it connects millions of individuals with New Jersey and New York every single day, (Tošić et al 1992).

The airport also has shopping service options and over 150 dining facilities across all of its airport terminals. The same terminals are commonly connected by walkways and the buses. A few of the terminals at the LaGuardia airport are usually maintained and managed by airlines themselves. For instance, Terminal D and A and nearly entire section of terminal C are being maintained by Delta airlines, whereas terminal B is being managed by the port authority.
Terminal A was initially referred to as the marine air terminal. It was the initial airport terminal for all the international flight. The need to help the boats which are flying was the main aim of constructing waterside terminal .the terminals is the main stations for the American airlines such as pan American airways
Terminal B which is the Central Terminal building, serves majority of the LaGuardia’s airlines. It is made up of six blocks long, with about four-storey central section, four concourses which include ;A, B, C ,and three-storey wings .Terminal C is three hundred thousand square-foot. It is a structure constructed to handle traveller’s traffic at the airport, (Feron et al 1997).
Terminal D was actually an extension of the Terminal C and was aimed at handling more traffic mainly from Delta Airline and also the low cost Canadian flights. It was linked to Terminal C by a six hundred pedestrian walkway. Early 2013 marked the opening of the Terminal D .The terminal facilitated the construction of hub which is located at LaGuardia
The LaGuardia airport proved to be the largest port when the construction began. However, it becomes tentatively small as compared with other airports. Following the same, the management of airport has commenced charging other airlines that are operating right from LaGuardia airport. They are charged heavy fees during peak hours; this is aimed at arresting the situation, since the same drives away several ground operators to neighboring airports. The closure of nearby Flushing Airport follows the rise in traffic at LaGuardia and also the safety concerns. The closure was also aimed at combating overcrowding and congestion at LaGuardia airport, (Ashford et al 2013).
LaGuardia airport serves various domestic and international destinations
Airlines Non-stop Destinations Terminals
American Airlines Atlanta ,charlotte, B,C,D
American Airlines Shuttle Boston C
Delta Airlines Atlanta, Buffalo ,Miami ,Dallas C,D
Frontier Airline Atlanta, Miami B,A
Delta Connection Asheville, Charleston ,Bangor C,D
Delta Shuttle Boston A,C
Southwest Airlines Kansas City, Milwaukee ,Nashville, St. Louis B
Spirit Airlines Fort Lauderdale, Myrtle Beach B
United Express Cleveland B,C
Jet Blue Airways Boston, ,West Palm Beach B
This table Analyses LaGuardia Airports Traffic count for the last five years
YEAR PASSENGERS % change/Base Year
2015 28,437,668 5.5
2014 26,954,558 0.87
2013 26,722,183 3.9
2012 25,707,784 6.6
2011 24,122,478 0.6
From the above LaGuardia Airports analysis of its Terminal systems facilities and its comparison to its Traffic Data, it is evident that in the last five year analysis the airport has reported a trend of positive growth in its passenger numbers. From the latest data of 2015 the passengers shoot by a 5.5% hence in future the airport needs to make some changes in its main passenger terminals to accommodate the growing numbers. Also the airport management needs to increase its facilities so that passengers get a world class services as it readied to be the world class Airport of choice.
References
Ashford, N., Coutu, P., & Beasley, J. (2013). Airport operations.Tošić, V. (1992). A review of airport passenger terminal operations analysis and modelling. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 26(1), 3-26.
Odoni, A. R., & de Neufville, R. (1992). Passenger terminal design. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 26(1), 27-35.
Feron, E. R., Hansman, R. J., Odoni, A. R., Cots, R. B., Delcaire, B., Hall, W. D., … & Pujet, N. (1997). The departure planner: A conceptual discussion.