What is a Flight Information Display System (FIDS)?
Q: What is a Flight Information Display System (FIDS)?
A: A FIDS is a computer system in airports that provides passengers with information about arrivals and departures as they happen.
Q: How does the FIDS help passengers?
A: The FIDS helps passengers during air travel and people who want to pick-up passengers after the flight by providing them with information such as airline name/logo, city of origin or destination, gate number, check-in counter numbers, status of the flight, etc.
Q: What kind of information can be found on an FIDS?
A: An FIDS can show information such as airline name/logo and/or its IATA or ICAO name, city where the aircraft first came from or is going to, time of take-off or landing (which may change if the plane is late), gate number, check-in counter numbers or the name of the airline in charge of check-in, and status of the flight.
Q: Are there different kinds of FID systems for large airports?
A: Yes, in large airports there is usually a separate FID system for each terminal and sometimes even for each major airline.
Q: How are lines sorted on an FID system?
A: Lines on an FID system can be sorted by time, airline name or city.
Q: What happens when flights have code sharing?
A: When flights have code sharing it means that one single flight may be shown with multiple different flight numbers - for example one flight could use LH474 and AC9099 even though only one aircraft is doing both flights.
