Orlando International Airport
recently deployed an advanced Wi-Fi network, Bluetooth beacons and a
mobile app to help business and leisure travelers navigate their way
around the airport.
With 36.1 million annual passengers, Orlando is the second busiest
airport in Florida and fourteenth busiest in the United States.The airport has also installed more than 1,000 Bluetooth beacons throughout the facility.
A new mobile app developed by
the Faith Group for the airport provides travelers the ability to locate
their ticket counter, terminal or gate, check their flight information,
find restaurants and shops, and locate the correct baggage claim upon
arrival.
The app indicates a traveler's
position and provides him or her with a path to a selected point of
interest in all terminals of the airport. You select a destination and
the app displays a path with a blue line from where you are currently
to that point.
More
than 14,000 devices connect to the Wi-Fi network daily, with peak levels
reaching 3,000 devices at one time.
The airport also has plans to
use data about passenger traffic and flow patterns to determine staffing
levels at security checkpoints.
"We have huge fluctuations in traffic because the second largest
cruise port in the U.S.
is located 40 miles away, and most European flights arrive within a
three-hour period," Newsome noted.
In addition, the airport is building a Wi-Fi-enabled parking lot for people to park, wait for
their party's flight to arrive, while still conducting business or enjoying entertainment via their mobile devices.
In addition to Wi-Fi, the parking lot will have electrical outlets and restrooms.
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