The converged wireless platform for airport operations
Private 5G or Wi-Fi is a false choice. Get Private 5G and Wi-Fi - converged with the DAS and public cellular you already run, at a lower cost than upgrading traditional airport Wi-Fi. One platform delivering reliable, secure connectivity from plane side to the air side - for baggage systems, ground support equipment, surveillance cameras, biometric boarding, and the ramp, maintenance, and emergency teams who keep the airport moving.
See pricing Contact usAviation IoT is transforming airport operations
Airports are filling with connected devices - baggage systems, ground vehicles, surveillance, biometrics, sensors, AI cameras - each needing wireless it can trust the instant it acts. But Wi-Fi, private 5G, public cellular, and DAS run as silos - and best-effort wireless can’t carry operations that won’t tolerate a dropped packet. Managing these silos is a huge challenge for IT teams.
Celona Orion changes that: the industry’s first agentic converged wireless platform - every technology as one deterministic fabric, one agentic operations plane.
Why Celona Orion for airports?
Converged
One backbone, curb to airfield
Deterministic
Reliable for the functions that can’t fail
Neutral Host
Extend carrier coverage, no separate network
Agentic management
Run an airport-wide network with a lean team
Trust designed in, not bolted on
Fewer APs, less cabling, deploys in weeks
Airport operations in the new world
It lands as real work across the airport - below wing on the ramp, above wing at the gate, out on the airfield, and landside across parking and terminals - all on one fabric, indoors to outdoors.
Below-wing & ground handling
Above-wing & passenger experience
Airside & airfield operations
Video surveillance & security
Connected worker & emergency response
Fixed IoT & smart infrastructure
Below-wing & ground handling
Below-wing & ground handling
| Reliable outdoor coverage on the ramp where public Wi-Fi is weak |
| Aviation IoT for baggage carts, service vehicles, and ground support equipment |
| Ramp agents, engineers, and logistics teams connected in real time |
Above-wing & passenger experience
Above-wing & passenger experience
| Dependable connections for airline agents’ business applications and CUSE carts |
| Biometric boarding, mobile POS, self-service kiosks, and digital displays |
| Consistent curb-to-gate experience on private 5G instead of congested public networks |
Airside & airfield operations
Airside & airfield operations
| Secure, untethered connectivity for airside vehicle coordination |
| Coverage into hard-to-wire areas like hangars and airfields |
| High-speed, low-latency connectivity across runways and secured areas |
| Real-time monitoring of critical infrastructure across the extended campus |
| Asset tracking of luggage moving equipment, tools etc. |
Video surveillance & security
Video surveillance & security
| Fixed surveillance cameras across the airfield and campus with no blind spots |
| High-bandwidth uplink for continuous video |
| Deploy cameras in hard-to-wire areas without new cabling |
Connected worker & emergency response
Connected worker & emergency response
| Secure, real-time communication for emergency response teams when it matters most |
| Push-to-talk and reliable comms for ramp and maintenance crews |
| Coverage that stays with the worker across terminals, ramp, and airfield |
Fixed IoT & smart infrastructure
Fixed IoT & smart infrastructure
| Connect utility meters and distributed sensors across the extended campus |
| Bring wired and fixed endpoints onto the fabric without new trenching |
| Scale to hundreds-to-thousands of devices per site through SIM provisioning |
Evaluating 3-year cost
Wi-Fi, private 5G, or hybrid - which network is best for your airport? A converged Celona deployment reuses existing LAN, routing, and security policies, avoids new cabling in hard-to-wire areas, and installs in weeks - for better performance at a lower cost than upgrading traditional airport Wi-Fi.
Certified for airport operations
Certified form factors and a growing ecosystem of device makers - all on Celona private 5G. Modernize operations with private 5G while keeping support for legacy Wi-Fi-only devices.
Ruggedized tablets
Built for the ramp and airfield: drop, dust, and glove-friendly (maintenance & operations).
In-Vehicle routers
Connect service vehicles, GSE, and mobile assets (e.g. Cradlepoint or similar).
Fixed IoT gateways
Bring surveillance cameras, utility meters, and wired endpoints onto the fabric, no rewiring.
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Case studies
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Price your deployment
Compare Celona against Wi-Fi and private cellular alternatives across five worked deployment scenarios.