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A wide variety of ground equipment services large aircraft while they are unloading and loading passengers and freight at an airport or air base. The following is a list of common Ground Support Equipment (GSE) and Aerospace Ground Equipment (AGE) types, along with a brief description. The following equipment is also available from the General Motor Pool:
Air Start Units: Provide large volumes of compressed air to an aircraft's main engines for starting. Air start units are also called air compressors.
Air Conditioning Units: Provide conditioned air to ventilate and cool a parked aircraft.
Aircraft Tugs: Tow aircraft in the terminal gate area or on the tarmac. They also tow aircraft to and from hangers for maintenance. These are broken into two categories: tugs for narrow body aircraft and tugs for wide body aircraft.
Baggage Tractors: Equipment used at airports to haul baggage between the aircraft and the terminal.
Belt Loaders: Mobile conveyor belts used at airports to move baggage between the ground and the aircraft hold.
Buses: Shuttle personnel between facility locations.
Cargo Moving Equipment: Various types of equipment employed to move baggage and other cargo around the facility and to and from aircraft. This category includes forklifts, lifts, and cargo loaders.
Deicers: Vehicles used to transport, heat, and spray deicing fluid.
Ground Heaters: Mobile units that provide heated air to heat a parked aircraft.
Ground Power Unit (GPU): Mobile ground-based generator units that supply aircraft with electricity while they are parked at the facility. GPUs also are called generators.
Light Carts: Mobile carts that provide light.
Other: Small miscellaneous types of equipment commonly found at facilities such as compressors, scrubbers, sweepers, and specialized units.
Pickups:Move personnel and equipment around the facility.
Service Vehicles: Specially modified vehicles to service aircraft at facilities. This category includes fuel trucks, maintenance trucks, service trucks, lavatory trucks, and bobtail tractors (a truck body that has been modified to tow trailers and equipment).
Shuttles: Move personnel around the facility.
Vans: Move personnel and equipment around the facility.
Weapons Loader: Equipment employed at air bases to move weapons, such as bombs, between the ground and the aircraft hold.
If you have any questions about our Airport Equipment, please contact Harry Peckham at 1.877.33.CODE3 or send us an email.
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