Orlando International Airport People Movers

Orlando International Airport Automated People Movers
Shuttle at Airside 4 station
Overview
Type	People mover
Locale	Orlando International Airport
Stations	6
Services	4
Operation
Opened	1981 (Airsides 1 & 3) 1990 (Airside 4) 2000 (Airside 2)
Character	Serves sterile parts of the airport
Rolling stock	18 Bombardier Innovia APM 100 vehicles (Airsides 1, 2, & 4) 6 Mitshbishi Crystal Mover vehicles (Airside 3)
Technical
Highest elevation	Elevated

The Orlando International Airport People Movers are a set of four separate automatic people mover systems operating within Orlando International Airport. The people mover systems connect the airport’s main terminal to four satellite airside concourses. A fifth people mover system is also being installed to connect the main terminal with the airport’s new Intermodal Center, which is set to open in late 2017.

The four currently operating systems connect the main terminal with the airside concourses. The west two lines (Airsides 1 and 3) opened with the airport terminal in 1971. Airside 4 and its line were built later in 1990, and Airside 2 and its line began operation in 2000. The airside systems are similar to the Tampa International Airport People Movers.

Each line consists of two guideways that carry a three-car train each. The trains simply shuttle back and forth between the terminal and their respective airsides. Passengers board on an island platform between the two guideways and disembark on outer side platforms.

Since Airside 4 is the primary concourse for international flights, it system is set up so that when international flights arrive, terminal-bound passengers are not “secure”, while airside-bound passengers have gone through security screening. Only one set of doors are open at a time, and trains receive a security inspection before boarding secure departing passengers to the airside. This eliminates the need for international arriving passengers to go through additional security screening before heading to the main terminal.

Currently, the Airsides 1, 2, and 4 systems use Bombardier Innovia APM 100 vehicles. The Airside 3 system’s Bombardier vehicles were replaced with Mitshbishi Crystal Mover vehicles in 2017. Airside 1’s Bombardier vehicles are also being replaced with Crystal Movers, which will begin operation later in 2017. Airsides 2 and 4’s vehicles are not being replaced since those systems were built much later.

A fifth line is currently being installed to connect the main terminal with the airport’s Intermodal Center, which will open by the end of 2017. The Intermodal Center will include additional parking as well as a rail station for future use by Brightline and SunRail. This line will also use Mitshbishi Crystal Movers.