Drones have many applications in airports including inspection of the runway, airplanes health monitoring, fog mitigation, and bird strike avoidance. To this end, the integration of unmanned aerial systems into airports can be beneficial, which will be discussed in this paper. For example, monitoring the runways at an airport using drones can be a feasible operation. In this paper, a drone is used to monitor an Airport runway to find cracks and potholes that need repairing. This is done using an image processing technique to single out areas of interest. In this paper, a station to dock and recharge the drones is also proposed. The nesting location, design, and safety concerns for using the drones and docking stations are discussed.
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