Tyndall Air Force Base: Flightline of the Future Case Study – Panama City, FL

An aircraft landing safety sensor on the far side of the Tyndall AFB flightline had lost connectivity and could not be utilized by base operations or landing aircraft. After over three years of searching for ways to reestablish connectivity no viable solution had been identified that was safe to flightline operations. Standard techniques to run cables underground were incompatible solutions, utility poles did not exist, and wireless was not approved for this area of the flightline. Some of the setbacks for installing underground included creating an inoperable flightline due to construction activities, detrimental impact to the underground utilities, and inordinate costs due to the length of the installation through approximately 6 foot deep concrete.