Track all flights worldwide

secondtefan Schulte prefers to use the 80-kilometer baggage conveyor system at Frankfurt Airport for “sports riding”.Chief Executive Officer Frankfurt Airport Service Company Friday at the exhibition at the new visitor center in Hall C of Terminal 1. The highlight of this station in the center is that you can not only wear multimedia glasses and headphones during the simulated journey through the airport underworld, but you can also sit down in your seat. Who really understands all the actions of this “roller coaster”, these actions are played out through glasses.

According to Anke Giesen, Fraport’s board member responsible for retail and real estate, “The Globe” is unique in the world.Behind it is an approximately 25 square meter LCD wall, on which you can see the earth in 3D-including all the flight movements that took place when visiting Frankfurt airport It happens anywhere in the world. For example, through the control panel, you can go to any airport in the world and zoom in to see what is happening.

According to the news, Frankfurt Airport receives flight data from the American company FlightAware. The cooperation between Fraport Service Global and American companies is not limited to the attraction of the visitor center. According to Frankfurt Airport Services Global, these data can actually be used to better plan flight operations at the Frankfurt air traffic hub. Visitors to the center can also practice guiding the Airbus A320neo on the tarmac to the parking position as a “flight route marshaller.” Guests stand in front of an LCD wall with orange bars on the other side. This hides the technology of accurately transmitting the motion in front of the screen wall to the aircraft in the simulation. The huge model of the entire airport, including Terminal 3, which is currently under construction-using three fingers that have been firmly planned so far-is at the beginning of the tour.

Investment of 5.7 million euros

The exhibition area itself was ready as planned last fall. But here, the coronavirus pandemic also showed its deadly impact. According to information, the opening of this 5.7 million euro center had to be postponed many times.

The center also traced all the steps of the airport’s development to its current form as Germany’s largest air traffic hub through historical photos, including the controversy surrounding the construction of the western runway. But the point is to convey the charm of flight and airport operations. The visitor center is open from 11 am to 7 pm every day, and the entrance fee is 12 euros. Children under 4 years old do not need to pay any fees.