Infrastructure Management

The Infrastructure Management team plans, operates, and maintains the open spaces, buildings, and facilities at the airport.

We ensure that everything works reliably and is used efficiently. As the owner’s representative, we oversee maintenance and administration, commissioning the Integrated Facility Management team with tasks relating to technical operations.

Our specialized engineers and architects develop clear standards, guidelines, manuals, and procedures. By doing so, we ensure that we can safely plan, build, and maintain the complex technical facilities at the airport.

When we renovate, rebuild, or construct new infrastructure, we work closely with external planning consultancies, project managers, and construction companies.

Asset Management

The Asset Management team assumes overall responsibility for the management and maintenance of the terminals and all major buildings that facilitate flight operations.

Upon opening, Terminal 3 will consist of seven different building sections. There are also around 50 functional buildings, including for the fire services, operations team, offices, parking facilities, and workshops.

As the requirements for the buildings are constantly changing and the facilities age over time, we undertake a program of continuous maintenance. This includes the construction of new facilities, conversions, expansions, and regular maintenance & refurbishments, so that everything stays reliable and up-to-date.

Project Management

Project management is undertaken by the Technical Construction Management team for Fraport AG.

We also handle the management and maintenance of the flight operation facilities, airfield technology, and technical infrastructure.

We support construction and renovation projects in the terminals, functional buildings, and for plants, networks, flight operation areas, roads, and traffic areas. From initial planning through to the completion of the projects, we handle all kinds of jobs, ensuring that everything runs smoothly.

Flight Operations Areas/ Movement Area

The movement area encompasses many different sections at the airport These include the runways, taxiways, aprons, spaces for aircraft deicing and all lighting systems, including navigation lights.

Also included are signs for taxiing traffic, telecontrol technology such as control rooms, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), and emergency power systems. Oversight and maintenance also extends to green spaces, maintenance and gardener access paths, service and operations roads, markings, and site fencing. Various air traffic control facilities are also located on the airport site.

Technical Infrastructure

The technical infrastructure at the airport involves many important areas. These include the roading network on the airport grounds, and public roads with their infrastructure, gate facilities, and structures such as bridges and underpasses.

The technical infrastructure also includes supply and waste disposal networks, such as for water, electricity, and sewage, as well as fuel pumps and tank facilities.

We are also in charge of outdoor parking lots, and the people mover system between Terminals 1, 2 and 3. We also oversee the rail connection at CargoCity South.

Central Infrastructure Asset Management

The Central Infrastructure Asset Management team ensures that baggage conveyor systems and facilities for supplying aircraft are always in a reliable state. These include jet bridges, ground power units, and pre-conditioned air (PCA) facilities. These systems run 24/7.

The baggage conveyor system has been in permanent operation for more than 40 years and is extremely reliable - availability is at over 99 percent, with faults being extremely rare. To make sure it stays this way, we regularly maintain and service the facility, while refurbishing and continuing to develop it as needed.

Master Planning and Approval Processes

The Master Planning and Permit Processes team develops the long-term plans for the airport and handles all necessary permits for construction projects. We create future scenarios for building development at Frankfurt Airport, based on market and traffic forecasts, and our corporate strategy.

Before we initiate a construction project, we check whether it is compatible with the prevailing planning regulations. In the event of deviations, we inform the Hessian Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy, Transport, Housing and Rural Areas (HMWEVW).

In communications with building supervisory authorities, such as those in the towns/cities of Frankfurt, Kelsterbach and Groß-Gerau, we represent Fraport as the building project owner. As such, we are responsible for submitting building applications and for assuming all management and documentation tasks relating to the approval process.