Page 17 - 2015 Facts and Figures on Frankfurt Airport

Technical Information Vehicles and Equipment
Total:
– Mobile equipment
(cars, firefighting vehicles, aircraft towers, etc.): Thereof, electric vehicles:
Thereof, hybrid vehicles:
– Trailers
(container transport trailers, aircraft stairs, etc.):
– Changeable mounted implements (snowplows, blowers, etc.):
– Smaller equipment
(bicycles, wheelchairs, mowers, etc.):
– Baggage carts:
– Cars for the SkyLine train: (Figures as of March 2015)
19,858
3,234 433 227
10,893
1,431
1,484 2,798 18
Technical Information
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Did you know?
• Many aircraft tractors have all-wheel steering. As a result, their turning radius is equal to the vehicle’s length.
• There are only five 3-axle Goldhofer AST1X aircraft tractors with 1360 HP in the world. Two of them are at Frankfurt Airport: one belongs to Fraport AG and the other to Luft- hansa Technik AG.
Fuel Supply
Aircraft fuel is supplied at Frankfurt Airport by Hydranten- Betriebs OHG (HBG), a joint venture of various oil com- panies and a Lufthansa subsidiary.
– Via more than 60 kilometers of underground piping,
fuel flows from a large central fuel farm on the airport
premises straight to each aircraft parking position.
– This underground pipeline and hydrant system is one
of the world’s most advanced. The system is computer- controlled and can immediately detect leaks as small as one liter per hour. Valves are automatically activated and closed if any leakage is detected.
– There are 10 storage tanks with total capacity of 186 mil- lion liters of aircraft fuel.