Airports depend on reliable, real-time communication. Travellers want accurate flight updates fast. When they cannot find the right information, it adds stress. For airport teams, that means more questions, slower movement through terminals, and avoidable delays.
This is where VXT’s digital signage platform makes a difference. Integrating Flight Information Display Systems (FIDS) using VXT CMS P Series, with support from the VXT RM P Series, offers a clean, scalable way to manage flight data. This solution ensures information appears across all screens at the airport, on time, in real time.
Table of Contents:
1. What Does Real-Time FIDS Integration Mean?
2. How Do VXT CMS P Series and VXT RM P Series Help Airports?
3. Step-by-Step Guide: Integrating FIDS with Samsung VXT Digital Signage
3.1 Step 1 – Assess Your Current FIDS Setup
3.2 Step 2 – Set Up Your Samsung VXT Environment
3.3 Step 3 – Design Your FIDS Layout in VXT CMS
3.4 Step 4 – Connect Flight Data via API (or Middleware)
3.5 Step 5 – Monitor and Maintain with VXT RM P Series
3.6 Step 6 – Test Your Setup
3.7 Step 7 – Go Live
3.8 Optional Add-Ons for a Small Airport
4. Tech Recap
5. Future Trends in Airport Digital Signage
A gate change or delay can affect hundreds of people. When passengers know what is happening, they stay calm and adjust. When they do not, they queue at help desks, clog corridors and miss connections.
Real-time FIDS integration means:
Clear flight information reduces friction, stress and increases overall satisfaction. It also improves how people move through space. You can check how major international airports enhanced operational efficiency with VXT RM P Series in our latest use case.
VXT is a digital signage solution built for addressing everyday situations across industries, including aviation, ensuring full control, consistency and reliable data display across all screens.
The VXT CMS P Series offers cloud-based content management. You can schedule, edit and deploy content across multiple displays from one central dashboard. All can be done without the need for a local server, and this also includes real-time flight data information. It is especially useful in hurried environments like security zones, boarding gates and baggage claims.
With the VXT RM P Series, you gain remote monitoring tools that let you track display health, fix issues remotely, and stay in control of your signage infrastructure. This solution works no matter how many endpoints you are managing, solving any potential issues fast.
Key features include:
You can also check how to connect your display to the Samsung VXT in our video.
For travellers, integrated digital signage brings clear benefits: live updates reduce confusion and waiting times, gate changes and delays are communicated instantly. Flight information is also easy to find on displays of all sizes, across the terminal.
For airport operators, operations run more smoothly with fewer passenger bottlenecks, and staff are not tied up answering repetitive questions. Centralised content control saves time and enables consistent messaging, while there is also the flexibility to display branded content or wayfinding guidance alongside flight information.
This guide assumes:
Before integration, gather key information:
Common formats:
If you do not have a FIDS provider with an API, you will need to work with a developer or middleware platform to convert your data into a usable format. If you need any help, our team is here for you - contact us here.
VXT CMS P Series includes built-in design tools:
o Departures/arrivals board
o Clock and time zone information
o Airline logos or gate icons
o Emergency or weather alerts
Use templates or start from scratch, as the platform supports:
If your FIDS provides an API (preferred):
o Query your API regularly (e.g., every 30 seconds or 1 minute)
o Format the flight data into a structure VXT can use (JSON/XML/HTML)
o You can embed a responsive webpage or dashboard that updates in real time.
o Tools like Grafana, Datawrapper or custom frontends work well here.
VXT RM P Series gives you a strong remote control:
This is particularly helpful in small airports where IT resources are limited and screens are spread out.
Once tested:
Interrupt flight data with urgent alerts using the platform’s remote override option.
Create layout versions for different languages (or zones by audience).
Add sponsorship or retail information to offset costs or even earn revenue.
If you are managing a small airport and planning to integrate your existing FIDS - Flight Information Display System (AODB or FIMS) with the VXT CMS P Series and RM P Series, you are already heading in the right direction to improve passenger communication, operational efficiency and visual consistency across your terminals.
To begin, assess your current FIDS setup. It is important to know how your flight data is structured and delivered. Ideally, your system offers a REST API or data feed in CSV/XML/JSON format. This allows the platform to automatically pull and update flight information in real time.
Once you have established access to real-time data, set up your Samsung VXT environment. This means registering your compatible displays (e.g., QMC, QHC or OMR series), assigning them licences, and enrolling them into your digital signage dashboard with descriptive tags like “Departures Gate” or “Arrival Lounge”.
From there, the VXT CMS P Series lets you design FIDS layouts using built-in drag-and-drop tools. You can create layouts with tables for flight information, ticker zones for updates, clocks, airline logos and emergency banners. Check out the detailed guide on how to use Samsung VXT Widgets here. The real integration happens when you use embedded HTML widgets or iframes to connect live data to your layout.
Regardless of whether you are using an API directly or a middleware dashboard (e.g., Grafana or custom-built views), the flight data will populate your screens in real time. Remote management through RM P Series keeps everything running smoothly as you will get alerts if a display goes offline, can reboot devices remotely, push updates in bulk, and secure access via certificate management.
Before going live, test everything. Start with simulating a gate change, monitoring update speed, and verifying display sync across zones. Once ready, deploy your layout with dynamic scheduling to handle busy or low-traffic periods. You can also add optional features like multilingual support, emergency overrides or retail advertising to enhance both passenger experience and cost-efficiency.
The entire system is scalable, reliable, and built for lean airport teams. For help getting started, contact us and we will walk you through setup, integration and layout creation adapted to your FIDS provider and operational needs.
Airports are moving fast towards smarter, more responsive digital signage. One big trend is personalised, interactive displays. Instead of just showing static flight information, screens will respond to touch, gestures or mobile inputs, helping passengers find gates, restaurants or flight updates. Behind the scenes, AI and machine learning will help predict crowd flow and adjust what is shown in real time.
Augmented reality (AR) is also entering the picture, especially for wayfinding. Instead of staring at maps, passengers could use AR on their phones to get visual cues overlaid on the terminal, helping them steer faster.
Smart advertising is starting to make waves at small airports. With tools like digital screens, AI, and already mentioned AR, brands can show the right message to the right people at the right time. These airports might be smaller, but with longer wait times and fewer distractions, they offer great opportunities to connect with customers. As technology becomes more affordable, even regional and smaller airports can deliver personalised to engage campaigns to their prospects.
There is also a clear push for greener displays. Airports are switching to energy-efficient LED screens and more sustainable materials as part of broader efforts to reduce their carbon footprint.
Accessibility is improving, too. Expect more multilingual support, clearer visuals and audio cues. These enhancements make screens more useful for all travellers, including those with disabilities.
In short, digital signage in airports is becoming more intelligent, connected and helpful. The focus is shifting from just broadcasting information to guiding, supporting and engaging passengers throughout their journey.