jyrki pulkkinen chief of airport maintenance helsinki
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Jyrki Pulkkinen
chief of Airport maintenance Helsinki
Helsinki Airport – maintenance perspective
Smooth and hasslefree travelling via Helsinki Airport
Mission is to guarantee sufficiently good conditions for safe operations in the airport area and offer good passenger experiences to single passengers at a well-kept airport.
Size: 18 sqkmManouvering Area 250 + 250 ha5 ILS AreasApron area: 105 haLandside: 100 haParking spots ~12000Vehicles to maintain: ~250Forest: 200 ha
Helsinki Airport – maintenance perspective
Airfield Maintenance
Total personnel 120Seasonal workers 40
Contractor personnel 35
5+402+14 3+37 1+8 1
6-22 24/7 6-22 6-22 8-16
Operations, average day
One runway (36)
Two runways (64)
Efficient Winter Performance
Operational capabilities
Whole year prosess
July - September
Sept
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November - April
April - May
May
- Ju
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Personnel vs. Operations (Flexible)
Helsinki Virtual Snow Desk
Airfield Maintenance Operation center
Apron management
ATC
Handling companies
Contractors
Airlines
Finnish Meterological Institute
Weather
Active Communication
Weather observation
• Actions with in 24 h • Actions with in 8 h • Actions with in 1 h• Actions during bad weather
WarningWarning and getting resourses (contractors)Get resourses (stand by personnel) and activities planningExecution, execution, execution
Runway conditions observation
Winter Maintenance – main idea
• Safety is paramount• Do as much as possible with same
amount of time• Concentrate power• Communication and co-operation• KIS
Winter Maintenance – use of patterns
• Analyse AOR• Plan (with a
clock)• Concentrate• Leadership• Co-operation• Interactively
Have a playbook for any situation
Winter Maintenance – main idea
• Analyse AOR• Use of contractors• Concentrate• Leadership• Co-operation• Interactively
Have a playbook for any situation
• Special equipment for Manoeuvring Area– Fastness and broadness are important.
• Special equipment for Apron Area– Easy access to narrow places is essential.
• Special equipment for Land side– Easy access to low and narrow spaces
(pavements, cycle paths, parking houses)
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Equipments
• PSB5500 sweepers• high power snow blowers• combispreaders• friction tester vehicles• ILS-area snow blowers• graders, wheel loaders• trucks, cars• Equipment for Apron Area and Land side are used when
applicable
Special equipment for Manoeuvring Area
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Special equipment for Apron Area
• sweepers for apron area• SB sweepers• wheel loaders, graders• spreaders for chemical, -
sand• front sweeper• suction sweepers• snow blowers
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Statistics 2009 - 2010
• Total amount of snow fall 188 cm• Largest amount of snow on ground ~70 cm• 10 cm snow on apron area = 105 000 m3 = 7000 truckloads• 10 cm snow on manoeuvring area = 250 000 m3
So 188 cm means...• On aprons = 2 milj m3 = 131 000 truckloads• On manoeuvring area = 4,7 milj m3
Helsinki Airport / Airfield MaintenanceJyrki Pulkkinen
• November – February snow aprox 180 cm
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Statistics 2010 - 2011
Snow depth Helsinki Airport
• November – February snow aprox 180 cm
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Statistics 2010 - 2011
Thank You
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