The Internet of Things opens up new potential – but what is economically attractive and how does a large organization approach it? A variety of technological hurdles, administrative requirements, cybersecurity demands and economic considerations shape the constraints of an airport. What are the success factors for LoRaWAN and the IoT in a highly regulated, critical infrastructure? What tricks can be applied to motivate departments and how can external service providers be integrated? Fraport provides a field report from its three-year IoT project, which has now become a self-runner.

• Inexpensive devices protect expensive infrastructure, such as underground transformer stations during heavy rainfall
• External suppliers increase efficiency: waste disposal companies plan wiser routes and electricity suppliers manage electric charging stations ideally
• From airport to platform provider: how isolated IT infrastructure and openness to third parties go hand in hand
• New operational challenges require new solutions
• Idea scouting, data thirst and collaboration lead to greater utilization of infrastructure once it has been built