ACRP Insight Event: Enhancing Operational Efficiency Through Extended Reality Technologies

The airport industry faces increasing pressure to enhance operational efficiency due to growing passenger demands, heightened security measures, and airspace constraints. Traditional training methods and operational workflows often rely on outdated systems, leading to inefficiencies and increased costs. Building on ACRP Project 07-26, “Extended Reality Possibilities in the Airport Environment,” which identifies categories of extended reality (XR) technologies, their benefits, best-use applications, and airport “readiness” to implement them, further research is needed to explore how XR technologies can be applied to enhance operational efficiencies at airports. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this project is to conduct an in-person ACRP Insight Event for airport-industry practitioners, relevant stakeholders, and subject matter experts (SMEs) to discuss XR technologies to determine how these technologies can be integrated into the airport environment.

• Record URL:
  • http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5962
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Funding: $135,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 11-08 (26-02)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)

  Transportation Research Board, 500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Project Managers:

  Christensen, Jordan

• Start Date: 20260316
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport operations; Airports; Augmented reality; Training; Virtual reality
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Education and Training; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01963020
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 11-08 (26-02)
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Aug 12 2025 10:26AM