Tenerife Norte Airport

High-resolution coverage

With minimum number of installation points

Easy installation

With Mountera® mounting system

Bandwidth savings

Thanks to multicast capability

Major hub for domestic flights
Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (TFN) is located about 10 kilometres west of the capital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the municipality of San Cristóbal de La Laguna. It mainly handles domestic flights: connecting flights to the other Canary Islands, such as Gran Canaria or Lanzarote, as well as scheduled flights to the Spanish mainland. The main destination is Madrid-Barajas, with over one million passengers, followed by Barcelona, Seville and Bilbao.

Tender for detection, supervision and recording
In order to further increase safety at Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport and to improve airport operations, the entire movement area was to be covered. The tender documents specified the installation of a monitoring and control system to detect, supervise and record operations in that area in high resolution.

Installation sites as critical points
The total area to be monitored is huge, with the runway (with the focus at both ends), apron, taxiways and service roads adjacent to the apron. The main challenge was that it was not possible to place camera masts randomly on the movement area, so existing buildings had to be used as installation points.

“We wanted to minimise the number of installation points and camera systems to avoid the need for additional infrastructure such as masts, cabling, communication interfaces, etc., and to simplify subsequent maintenance processes”, says Carlos Jesús Delgado Gómez, Head of the Director’s Office at TFN. “And, of course, airports have strict regulations for any type of installation, especially in the movement area. That’s why there were very limited options when it came to selecting installation points. Nevertheless, the desired area had to be monitored at the highest resolution – and the recording always had to be at maximum resolution.”

High-resolution coverage of the large areas under these conditions – a minimum number of installation points and camera systems – could not be satisfactorily achieved with conventional single-sensor cameras. Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport therefore decided to use Dallmeier’s patented Panomera® multifocal sensor technology.

Maximum resolution at long distances
By combining multiple lenses and sensors with different focal lengths in a single optical unit, multifocal sensor technology offers high resolution across the entire object space. This means that even distant objects can be captured clearly, and significantly fewer systems are required overall than with conventional single-sensor cameras.

“We were able to install the Panomera® on existing building facades and roofs without any problems”, says Carlos Jesús Delgado Gómez. “No other camera system was able to cover such a large area with so few cameras and installation points at such a high resolution.”

Increasing operational safety and optimising processes
The installed video technology not only increases operational safety, but also allows processes to be optimised and disputes to be resolved quickly and clearly. One of the areas monitored is the aprons, where aircraft park and are prepared for the next flight. Since every minute spent parking is money for the airport company, there are always disputes about who is responsible for delays and the resulting additional parking fees. Was the fuel truck there on time? Did the catering arrive on time?

Damage management can now be carried out quickly and objectively thanks to clear video recordings. For example, did the damage occur while the aircraft was parked or docked, or was it already there?