Airside Optimizer Deicing

Bring de-icing into the departure plan

Discover how SITA Airside Optimizer De-icing Planner connects de-icing with your wider airside operation, so you can anticipate demand, coordinate resources and protect on-time performance as conditions change.

Winter delays snowball fast

FAA data shows that weather accounted for 47.6% of system-impacting delays at the 30 busiest U.S. airports in 2024, more than any other single cause. When conditions deteriorate, capacity can tighten just as demand builds.

SITA De-icing Planner gives you earlier visibility of demand and capacity, so you can act before disruption spreads across the departure operation.

Built for the bigger picture

De-icing never operates in isolation. A change in treatment time or available capacity can quickly affect departure sequencing, runway flow and everything that follows.

As part of SITA Airside Optimizer, De-icing Planner connects de-icing with the wider departure operation, giving you a coordinated view of what is changing and what needs to happen next.

85% better take-off predictability

+5% runway capacity

+1M€ annual delay cost savings

Plan de-icing. Protect on-time performance

SITA Airside Optimizer De-icing Planner turns changing winter conditions into a plan you can act on.

It forecasts demand hours ahead, plans on-stand and remote de-icing resources, and connects de-icing with departure sequencing.

So you can respond earlier, use capacity more intelligently and deliver more predictable departures, whatever the weather brings.

Plan de-icing. Protect on-time performance

Improve departure predictability

See pressure developing earlier and align de-icing with your departure plan.

Make smarter use of capacity

Match changing demand with the pads, lanes and resources you already have.

Improve collaborative decision-making

Give your operational teams and partners shared visibility, so you can coordinate decisions earlier.

Reduce wait times

Time aircraft around available de-icing capacity to reduce unnecessary queues and waiting.

Reduce re-de-icing

Coordinate treatment and take-off more closely to reduce the risk of aircraft needing to be treated again.

Proven under pressure

In a single winter season, Zürich Airport saved €20 million with SITA De-icing Planner.

Against higher precipitation and longer de-icing times, De-icing Planner gave teams the visibility to plan ahead, coordinate resources and keep aircraft moving.

As a result, 50% more aircraft were de-iced, hundreds of flights departed on time and no flights were cancelled.

One connected approach to airside operations

De-icing Planner is part of SITA Airside Optimizer, a modular approach to airside operations. Designed for airports of all sizes, it brings real-time intelligence, automation and collaborative decision-making into one connected environment.

Start with de-icing and add more capabilities as your priorities evolve. The more you connect, the better informed your decisions – and the more you get from what you already have.

One connected approach to airside operations

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 Ready to take control of winter operations?Talk to an expert to discover how De-icing Planner can give you earlier visibility,  smarter resource planning and a more connected departure operation.

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