Tampa International Airport People Movers

The Tampa International Airport People Movers are a set of automated people mover systems operating within Tampa International Airport. The primary set of people movers are automated guideway transit (AGT) systems that connect the airport's main terminal to four satellite airside concourses. Opened in 1971, it is the first automated people mover system in the world built within an airport. A monorail once connected the main terminal and the long-term parking garage beginning in 1991 before closing in 2020. A fifth AGT line known as SkyConnect began operating in 2018, and connects the main terminal with the airport's economy parking garage and rental car center.

Tampa International Airport People Movers
SkyConnect (left) and Airside A (right) people movers
Overview
Locale	Tampa International Airport
Stations	18
Service
Type	Automated guideway transit/monorail
Services	6
Rolling stock	16 Bombardier Innovia APM 100 vehicles (airside systems) 6 Bombardier UM III vehicles (monorail) 12 Mitsubishi Crystal Mover vehicles (SkyConnect)
History
Opened	1971 (original C-100s) 1996 (current APM 100s)

Airside systems

Tampa International Airport
Airside D (Gates D46–D61) Airside C (Gates C30–C45) Tampa Airport Marriott  Yeager elevators   Sikorsky elevators  Airside E (Gates E62–E75) Airside B (Gates B19–B29) SkyConnect  Armstrong elevators   Earhart elevators  Airside F (Gates F77–F90) Airside A (Gates A1–A18) Maintenance facility  Wright Brothers elevators   Lindbergh elevators   Jannus elevators   Goddard elevators  Economy parking Maintenance facility Rental car center Main terminal/ short-term parking AGT lines Long-term parking Monorail line

The four currently operating airside automated guideway transit (AGT) people mover systems connect the main terminal on Level 3 to airside concourses A, C, E, and F. Each line consists of two guideways, and each guideway carries a two-car train. Passengers board on an island platform between the two guideways and disembark on side platforms. The airside systems opened in 1971 and are the world's first airport automated people movers.[1] This system is similar to the Orlando International Airport People Movers.

The airside systems opened in 1971 and originally used eight C-100 vehicles built by Westinghouse's transportation division. The division eventually became Adtranz, which was later acquired by Bombardier Transportation. The original vehicles were replaced with similar Bombardier Innovia APM 100 vehicles in 1996. The infrastructure for the now-defunct line to the former Airside B, but the vehicles have been removed. In 2019, the old Airside D guideway was demolished.

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  Airside E guideway
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  Defunct Airside B guideway

Monorail

An automated monorail system, opened in 1991, connects the main terminal on Level 7 to the long-term parking garage.[2] It stops at each elevator bank in both buildings. The monorail system utilizes Bombardier UM III vehicles (which are also used on the Jacksonville Skyway).[3] The Monorail closed permanently in early 2020.

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  Monorail vehicles
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  Monorail Amelia Earhart elevators station

SkyConnect

A fifth AGT people mover line named SkyConnect opened in February 2018.[4] It has stations on Level 4 at the main terminal (right above the former line to Airside B), the economy parking garage, and the rental car center.[5] Unlike the airside systems, SkyConnect uses Mitsubishi Crystal Mover vehicles.

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  SkyConnect vehicles
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  SkyConnect main terminal station

See also

• Harbour Island People Mover
• List of airport people mover systems

References

1. "International Conference on Automated People Movers & Automated Transit Systems – 2018 Preliminary Program" (PDF). American Society of Civil Engineers. 2018. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
2. "Parking". Tampa International Airport. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
3. "Monorails of North America". The Monorail Society. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
4. "Welcome, SkyConnect!". Tampa International Airport. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
5. Valentine, Danny (June 13, 2017). "Tampa International Airport's new $417M people mover is en route from Japan". Tampa Bay Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved October 20, 2018.