{"id":142090,"date":"2020-01-09T15:02:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T14:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/business\/projects\/airplane-control-drones-at-the-southampton-airport\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T15:59:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T14:59:40","slug":"airplane-control-drones-at-the-southampton-airport","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en-gb\/business\/projects\/airplane-control-drones-at-the-southampton-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Drones for bird hazard control at Southampton Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"    <m-hero type=\"detail\">\n            <c-breadcrumb label-text=\"Breadcrumb\" slot=\"breadcrumbs\" type='1' align='left left' wrap='wrapped wrapped' aria-label='You came from Projects'>\n                        <ol>\n\n                                                            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en-gb\/\" title=\"Ferrovial\">Ferrovial<\/a><\/li>\n                                                                        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en-gb\/business-lines\/\" title=\"Business Lines\">Business Lines<\/a><\/li>\n                                                                        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en-gb\/business-lines\/projects\/\" title=\"Projects\">Projects<\/a><\/li>\n                                    \n                <\/ol>\n\n                <\/c-breadcrumb>\n            \n        \n                    <picture slot=\"image\">\n                                    <source media=\"(max-width: 667px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/13131525\/robibird-600x800.jpg\">\n                                                    <source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/13131525\/robibird-1280x720.jpg\">\n                \n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/13131525\/robibird-1920x1080.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-position: center center;\">\n            <\/picture>\n                \n        <section slot=\"hero\">\n            <article bgtype='image' path='2'>\n                <h1>Drones for bird hazard control at Southampton Airport<\/h1>\n                            <\/article>\n        <\/section>\n    <\/m-hero>\n\n    \n\n    <m-project-detail pathfront=\"1\" pathback=\"2\" paginationseparator=\"of\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"dots\" slot=\"bg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/themes\/global\/front\/dist\/static\/img\/dots.svg\" alt=\"\">\n\n                        <c-icon slot=\"location\" icon=\"location\">\n                <\/c-icon>\n                <p slot=\"location\">\n                    Southampton, United Kingdom                <\/p>\n                                    <div slot=\"links\">\n                        <c-link external=\"true\" icon=\"arrow\" iconposition=\"right\" sr-only=\"Open new window\" >\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southamptonairport.com\/\" title=\"Airport's website\">Airport&#8217;s website<\/a>\n                        <\/c-link>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <ul slot=\"cypher\">\n                    \n                            <li>\n                                                                    <p>Tested in<\/p>\n                                                                <div><div>+<\/div><span >200<\/span><\/div>\n                                                                    <p>Flights<\/p>\n                                                            <\/li>\n                            \n                            <li>\n                                                                    <p><\/p>\n                                                                <div><span >74<\/span><div>%<\/div><\/div>\n                                                                    <p>Less Bird Strikes<\/p>\n                                                            <\/li>\n                                            <\/ul>\n                                <c-icon slot=\"carouselIcon\" icon=\"airports\">\n                <\/c-icon>\n                    <\/m-project-detail>\n    \n\n\n<m-wysiwig class=\"wp-block-components-wysiwyg\"><div slot=\"maincontent\">    <p class=\"intro\">For the first time in Europe we are using a bird-shaped drone named Robird\u00ae to reduce bird strikes at Southampton Airport<\/p>\n    \n\n\n<p>Bird strikes are a serious threat to airport operations.\nIn fact, in airports with close proximity to water reservoirs such us Heathrow\nor Southampton, there is at least one bird strike per week during the none\nmigration seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is why, in 2018, a trial was carried out in\ncollaboration with Clear Flight Solutions (CFS) to address this problem in an\ninnovative and more effective manner. It was the first time in Europe that a\ndrone with bird-like appearance was successfully tested in an airport\nenvironment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until now, governments, private companies and airport\noperators have used more or less manual wildlife management techniques to avoid\nany kind of disruption to airport activity. Whether active or passive, no\nauthority in the continent had previously tested the use of bird-like drones at\nan airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robird\u00ae, this innovative drone, has been thoroughly trialled at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en-gb\/business\/projects\/southampton-airport\/\"> Southampton Airport<\/a>, keeping all types of birds away, as they see the drone as a predator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These tests, coordinated with the Air Traffic Controller and following the regulations required by the CAA (Civil Aviation Authority), consisted of flying the Robird\u00ae during a time slot in which<strong> 200 flights<\/strong> operated. The test has achieved these results by flying the drone just an average of <strong>40 minutes a day<\/strong>. This technology has allowed reducing the number of impacts between airplanes and birds by <strong>74%<\/strong>, compared to previous years, thus demonstrating its effectiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The test has not only proved that Robird\u00ae could be an\neffective and efficient method for bird control, but also an improvement for\nairport operations, with a lower probability of interruptions and delays<\/p>\n<\/div><\/m-wysiwig>\n\n\n    <m-projects-distributor2 :translations='{\n        &quot;prev&quot;:&quot;Previous&quot;,\n        &quot;next&quot;:&quot;Next&quot;,\n        &quot;paginationseparator&quot;:&quot;of&quot;\n    }'>\n                        <h2 slot=\"title\">\n                Related projects                <\/h2>\n                        <a slot='button' title='see more projects' href='https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en-gb\/business\/projects\/airplane-control-drones-at-the-southampton-airport\/'>\n            see more projects        <\/a>\n\n            <\/m-projects-distributor2>\n\n    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":127125,"menu_order":0,"template":"","nivel-1":[],"nivel-2":[10713,9047,5855,9052,6056,7301,6619,5961,6019,12426,6483,12462],"nivel-3":[5845],"nivel-4":[7307],"nivel-5":[5846,6318],"class_list":["post-142090","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","nivel-2-aereo-en-gb","nivel-2-aeroplanes-en-gb","nivel-2-airport-infrastructure-en-gb","nivel-2-aviation-en-gb-2","nivel-2-control-en-gb","nivel-2-drones-en-gb","nivel-2-environment-en-gb","nivel-2-environmental-conservation-en-gb","nivel-2-infrastructures-en-gb","nivel-2-innovacion-en-gb","nivel-2-road-transport-en-gb","nivel-2-sostenibilidad-en-gb","nivel-3-uk-en-gb","nivel-4-southampton-en-gb","nivel-5-ferrovial-airports-en-gb","nivel-5-southampton-airport-en-gb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Drones for bird hazard control at Southampton Airport - Ferrovial<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Welcome to the Ferrovial&#039;s website, global operator of sustainable infrastructure. 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