Hobart Airport is located in the Cambridge Region, 17 km northeast of Hobart and is a major passenger airport in Tasmania. The airport stretches across the width of the Seven Mile Beach Peninsula, an area which can experience periods of low cloud, rain and strong winds originating from the Southern Ocean. Image credit: Hobart Airport
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Pete Smith

Airline & Airport Operations Manager at ADB SAFEGATE

ADB SAFEGATE’ challenged the airport industry to see low current airfield lighting systems as key to unlocking operational value and performance, not just a power-saving technology at the recent Airfield Pavements and Lighting Forum in Sydney, Australia. ADB SAFEGATE’s Australian office was pleased to contribute to this event at one of the Australian Airport Association’s (AAA) annual forums.

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ADB SAFEGATE Reporter

Hobart International Airport is one of the top ten busiest airports in Australia, is curfew-free and has had considerable growth over the past ten years. In 2012, the airport undertook a major runway and taxiway resurfacing project which included the replacement of the entire airfield lighting system including a new control system and the construction of a new Airfield Lighting Equipment Room (ALER). ADB SAFEGATE provides intelligent LED airfield lighting solutions to realize the energy potential of LED technologies in the airfield environment.

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ADB SAFEGATE Reporter