Runway Autonomous carriers moving baggage containers to an aircraft at dusk

Autonomous ground operations for airports.

We build autonomous airport ground operations hardware that runs on our native AI software, The Hive.

The ramp is one of the most hazardous workplaces in aviation. Every turnaround puts a dozen vehicles and crews within a few meters of a parked aircraft, coordinated mostly by radio.

One misjudged approach can injure a worker or take an aircraft out of service. One late truck delays the flight, and every flight that aircraft operates after it.

Runway Autonomous is building the vehicles and the software to change that: a fleet that knows where it needs to be, keeps people out of harm's way, and is waiting at the stand before the aircraft lands.

The fleet

Purpose-built autonomous equipment for each step of the turn, designed to work alongside the crews already on your ramp.

Three Runway Autonomous marshalling robots with lit green and red wands, an aircraft taxiing in behind them at night — Marshallers. Guide each aircraft onto stand with lit wands, one at the nose and one at each wingtip.

A Runway Autonomous jet bridge with a sensor-equipped drive unit docked to the forward door of an aircraft — Jet bridge. A sensor-equipped drive unit docks the bridge to the door once the aircraft is on stand.

Three Runway Autonomous carriers each moving a baggage container across a wet apron — ULD carriers. Move baggage and cargo containers between the hall and the hold.

A Runway Autonomous fuel truck refuelling an aircraft at the wing at dusk — Fuel truck. Arrives with the uplift from the flight plan and fuels at the wing.

Pushback tug. Towbarless. Cradles the nose gear and pushes back on clearance.

Next on the roadmap: belt loaders, ground power, catering, water and lavatory service, and de-icing.

The Hive: AI-native software

The Hive keeps a live picture of every vehicle on the airfield: where it is, what it is doing and how much charge it has left.

When a flight is inbound, it builds the turn plan for that aircraft and stand, assigns the equipment, routes each vehicle around aircraft and traffic, and has everything staged before touchdown.

Flight 214, fifteen minutes out

T−15:00to touchdown

FLT 214 · A320 → B12

Approach

T−15:00TouchdownOn standService

Hive · Fleet0/8 in position

FUEL-03Fuel truckIdleFuel farm
MARSHAL-01Marshaller · noseIdleDepot
MARSHAL-02Marshaller · left wingIdleDepot
MARSHAL-03Marshaller · right wingIdleDepot
TUG-07Pushback tugIdleDepot
BAG-12ULD carrierIdleBaggage hall
BAG-14ULD carrierIdleBaggage hall
BRIDGE-B12Jet bridgeIdleStand B12

Hive log

Simulation; not to scale. Click a log entry to jump to that moment.

Safety

Our vehicles share the ramp with aircraft and people. Every movement happens inside limits the Hive sets, and ramp staff can override it at any time.

Aircraft-aware: Every vehicle knows the aircraft's shape, doors and engines, and keeps to the zones the Hive allows.
Deconflicted routes: The Hive plans each route so no two vehicles are ever cleared into the same space at once.
People stay in command: Ramp staff and operations can pause or stop any vehicle, or a whole stand, at any time.
Everything is recorded: Each turnaround leaves a complete, timestamped record for audits and investigations.

The market

Every commercial flight begins and ends with a turnaround. Ground operations sit underneath a trillion-dollar industry, and they are still run largely by hand.

The scale

2,800+

commercial airports in more than 180 countries1

103M

aircraft movements at those airports in 20251

9.8B

airport passengers in 20251

$1.0T

airline industry revenue in 2025, the first year above a trillion2

$146B

global airport revenue in 20233

$51B

airport ground and cargo handling services, 2025 estimate4

What the status quo costs

$10B

a year in aircraft ground damage by 2035, nearly double today without action5

243,000

people injured each year in ramp accidents and incidents6

42%

lower expected ground-damage cost per turn with sensor-equipped ground equipment7

$33B

annual cost of flight delays in the United States alone (2019)8

Bring the Hive to your airport

We're working with a small group of airports, airlines and ground handlers on our first deployments. Leave your details and we'll be in touch.