NetJets is the world leader in private aviation, having pioneered the fractional ownership model. Today, NetJets operates the largest and most diverse fleet of private jets, and safety is their top priority.

To serve their owners effectively, NetJets fleet operates in over 3,000 airports to provide a responsive on-demand service. Balancing the capacity levels of each airport is therefore a constant challenge in the quest for a high level of service in the air and on the ground: if an airport starts to near capacity, they must relocate planes to other Fixed Base Operators (FBOs) or airports to accommodate incoming flights.

Currently, NetJets employees must calculate the available ground space of airports and determine the best distribution of their planes with very limited automation. Our Airport Capacity and Ground Management system provides a visual representation of the capacity levels at their busiest airports, as well as provide recommended actions to be taken for optimal fleet management.

The user can select an airport to view by either clicking on the pin for that airport on the map view page, or through text search. Once selected, a satellite view of the parking lot layouts and locations are displayed, as well as information such as traffic overview, incoming flights, and the status of FBOs, which provide parking and plane storage.

The recommendation engine of our system provides the best course of action for the distribution of the fleet currently located at a specific airport. It considers factors such as aircraft size, repairs needed, airport capacity and weather to give recommendations on where to park the planes at that airport, including if they should be moved to a different airport.

The front end of our system is built with React, while the back end utilizes Node.js. The website is hosted on AWS with our data stored using an Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS).