Airport Digital Twins for Resilient Disaster Management Response

Abstract: Airports are constantly facing a variety of hazards and threats from natural disasters to cybersecurity attacks and airport stakeholders are confronted with making operational decisions under irregular conditions. We introduce the concept of the foundational twin, which can serve as a resilient data platform, incorporating multiple data sources and enabling the interaction between an umbrella of twins. We then focus on providing data sources and metrics for each foundational twin, with an emphasis on the environmental airport twin for major US airports.