06 · Sustainability · Digital Twin
80%
charging cost reduction
Aviation decarbonization starts on the ground. A live operations dashboard for ground-vehicle electrification at ATL, replaying 1,422 flights and polling real OpenSky ADS-B traffic.
The Exhibit
01·Problem
Aviation decarbonization conversations focus on 35,000 feet, but ground operations (baggage tugs, belt loaders, GPUs) can be electrified today. Delta has a $65M budget for GSE electrification, but no live tool existed to rank vehicles, schedule charging, and validate the financial case.
02·Approach
- 01
FastAPI backend runs a ~10Hz simulation loop, dispatching vehicles to gates based on real flight schedules and aircraft-specific recipes.
- 02
Live Map mode syncs with the OpenSky Network API, dynamically placing ground support equipment beside real aircraft parked at ATL gates.
- 03
Electrification Roadmap ranks GSE classes by $/tonne CO₂ avoided, allowing instant reprioritization via a budget slider and full NPV capital analysis.
- 04
Smart Charging Optimizer schedules electric GSE charging into the cheapest and lowest-carbon Time-of-Use windows using Georgia Power rates.
- 05
Next.js frontend with Mapbox GL JS renders the dark-themed dashboards, using Zustand for state and WebSockets for real-time telemetry.
03·Architecture
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04·Results
80%
charging cost reduction vs naive scheduling
1,422
flights simulated per day
Live
ADS-B sync with OpenSky Network
05·Stack
Next.js · Mapbox GL JS · FastAPI · WebSockets · Python · Zustand · OpenSky API