Jinan has launched a digital low-altitude flight management platform, becoming Shandong province's first Class-A low-altitude flight service station.

Jointly developed by Jinan Low-altitude Economic Development Group and leading research institutions, including the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the platform marks a major step toward integrated low-altitude airspace management.

Built on a domestically developed digital earth system, the platform has created a centimeter-level 3D model of the city and established an integrated air-space-ground sensing network. The system can identify and track low-altitude targets with an accuracy rate of 95 percent, providing real-time support for flight operations and airspace supervision.

A key innovation lies in its airspace grid management method, which divides low-altitude airspace into hundreds of millions of digital grids. The system can simultaneously monitor and process up to 10,000 airborne targets within a single sector, significantly enhancing airspace traffic capacity. It can also generate flight routes, collision alerts, and response plans for rule violations within 30 seconds.

The platform further simplifies operations for low-altitude users through one-stop services integrating flight applications, approvals, and supervision. As a result, flight plan approval times have been reduced from several hours to just minutes.

Designed to support a wide range of applications, the platform will offer benefits in areas such as government administration, emergency response, and urban governance, providing critical digital infrastructure for the development of Jinan's low-altitude economy.

Jinan launches Shandong's first Class-A digital low-altitude flight management platform to provide high-precision airspace monitoring and streamlined flight services. [Photo/Jinan Daily]