Airports

Create a Traveler-Centric Airport with Digital

Daktronics LED video display technology provides a reliable canvas for airports that focus on the traveler. With the effective use of indoor and outdoor digital display installations, airports can design a future-ready facility.

Improve the Experience

Deliver real-time updates and provide direction for travelers for a safe and pleasant journey.

Optimize Operations

Leverage the power and flexibility of digital technology to streamline and enhance airport operations, from the roadway to the gate.

Create a Sense of Place

Design immersive environments that engage and entertain as travelers move through the facility.

Explore LED Technology for Airports

Daktronics leads the way in LED technology innovation, setting the standard in design, engineering and manufacturing. Rely on our expertise to deliver the right solution – from custom architectural and large format uses to cost-effective standard applications.

Full Venue Baggage Claim Cellphone Lot Curbside Experiential Environments Flight Information Gate Marquee Parking Retail & Advertising Roadway Security Ticketing & Check-In Wayfinding

Baggage Claim

Provide instant status updates on arriving baggage and related flight information, while keeping travelers engaged with imaginative imagery.

Cellphone Lots

Provide real-time flight information to waiting drivers. Keeping them informed about flight arrivals, delays, and baggage claim times enables more efficient pickups and reduces unnecessary idling time.

Curbside

The proper signage makes drop-off and pickup more efficient, with clear airline information and instructions about routes and time limits.

Experiential Environments

Provide an immersive experience that fits in with any architecture. Our premium indoor narrow pixel pitch products provide high brightness and contrast levels for optimized image detail, while cutting-edge chip on board technology minimizes energy consumption and improves reliability.

Flight Information

Using LED technology ensures at-a-glance viewing clarity from any angle so travelers can plan ahead.

Gate

Airports or airlines can make the wait more pleasant by showing destination photos or videos while keeping travelers informed quickly and easily.

Marquees

Enhance airport branding and welcome travelers before they start the journey.

Parking

Provide real-time information about rates, space availability, charging stations and handicap accessible parking.

Retail and Advertising

LED video display content makes it easy for stores to attract attention and let travelers know about specials or sales. Once people are inside, it’s easy to keep the conversation going with behind-the-counter displays such as menu boards.

Roadway

Travelers can stay informed on their way to the airport with dynamic signs suspended over roadways, ensuring smoother traffic flow. Real-time information can include traffic conditions, simple navigation and lane closures.

Security

Robust technology provides the opportunity to use street furniture or wall displays for interactive content such as advertising, wayfinding, real-time messaging or even art and entertainment.

Ticketing & Check-in

Communicate airline information and wait times, while improving the experience with impactful imagery.

Wayfinding

Make sure travelers can find information desks, TSA officials and even security with attention-grabbing LED displays. Effective messaging may even eliminate the need to wait in line.

Explore LED Technology for Airports

rednering of airport with digital signage inside and out

Click the + icons on the map to see LED applications throughout airports.

Advertising
Baggage Claim
Cell Phone Lots
Curbside
Experiential and Immersive Experience
Flight Information
Gate
Marquee
Parking
Roadway
Ticketing/Check-In
Wayfinding

Discover the Latest LED Technology

Our innovative direct-view video display technology provides high-contrast imagery on a lightweight LED canvas. Mounted directly to the ultra-thin cabinet, our indoor solution provides increased design flexibility with long-term durability.

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Immersive Environments

Today’s travelers expect more at every step of their journey. They have access to entertaining content at every moment, and LED technology can play an integral role in engaging them as they move through an airport.

Creative content and LED technology blend entertainment and information, giving airport facilities the ability to immerse travelers and become exceptional destinations.

Personalized Experiences

Airports can leverage location-based services to offer targeted promotions or advertising.

Localized Content

Airports can immerse travelers by displaying beautiful content such as destination imagery above a gate as travelers depart or displaying local city sights at baggage claim as travelers arrive.

Reduced Perceived Wait Times

By providing real-time updates and engaging content, travelers are less likely to feel anxious or bored while waiting for their flights.

LED video technology is architecturally flexible, with the ability to create interactive experiences in strategic spaces, including columns, ceilings, walls and more.

Sioux Falls Regional Airport

Facilities around the world continue to embrace immersive and architectural video experiences. See how FSD makes a lasting impression by greeting visitors with LED video.

View the FSD Project

Enhanced Communication

Upgrading key areas with clear, effective real-time information can increase efficiency and improve the overall traveler experience. It also helps to ensure safety and provide comfort as travelers are well-informed through all phase of their journey.

Dynamic Wayfinding

Wayfinding displays allow for real-time updates, keeping travelers informed and able to quickly adapt, minimizing travel frustrations. Digital displays easily communicate flight and gate information, baggage claim and transportation directions as well as delays and security alerts.

Scalability & Flexibility

Digital signage systems can be customized to meet the specific needs of different airports, from small regional airports to large international hubs.

Self-Service & Automation

Providing simple, step-by-step instructions empowers travelers so they can drop off their own baggage, freeing up airline staff and speeding up the entire check-in process.

Direct view LED provides a dynamic canvas that helps travelers adopt new technology for self check-in and interactive wayfinding guidance from arrival to departure.

Denver International Airport

See how Denver International Airport used the 90-degree cornered digital display installations as part of their state-of-the-art baggage handling system.

View the DEN Project

Industry-Critical Reliability

Lab Services is our in-house testing facility, where we measure image quality, test performance and even stress components to complete failure to discover vulnerabilities. Our engineers use this data to improve and develop our indoor and outdoor products.

This end-to-end high-quality testing of components is based on decades of experience around the world. It far exceeds typical compliance requirements.

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