Turn Procedures
Step-by-step turnaround procedures on the crew's own device, each step timestamped when it is completed.
Mobile-first operational intelligence for aviation ground operations
Know what happened on the ramp, while it still matters.
On many ramps, radio and paper still carry the work, and the record is rebuilt after the aircraft has left. ThruFly puts the turn on the crew's device and gives leaders a timestamped view as it happens.
Built for
Arrival
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- Stand confirmed
- Crew on station
- Cones and chocks ready
- Timestamp captured
Marshal
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- Marshaller in position
- Path clear
- Aircraft on stand
- Timestamp captured
Bags
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- Loader positioned
- Hold opened
- Bag count logged
- Timestamp captured
Fuel
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- Bonding confirmed
- Fire watch in place
- Quantity recorded
- Timestamp captured
Pushback
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- Active crew
- Equipment assigned
- Compliance verified
- Timestamp captured
Illustrative workflow with invented data. Not a product screen.
Built by people who have worked the ramp.
Veteran-owned and operated. 20+ years of combined FBO experience, plus commercial ground operations and systems engineering.
Linroy PowellCo-Founder & Strategic Lead
Everette PowellFounder & Ground Operations Strategist
Dexter PowellDatabase Administrator & Systems Engineer
Pre-pilotWe are looking for founding station partners. More about the team
The platform
From every turnaround to operational intelligence.
ThruFly is designed to capture the turn as the work happens, then turn that record into intelligence: live health, early risk and patterns across your station. The record is the foundation, not the product.
Crew & Equipment
See who is assigned to each turn and which equipment is ready, in use or missing.
Station View
A live view of every turn in progress for the station lead, with issues flagged while the aircraft is still on stand.
Operational Intelligence
The timestamped record becomes live station health, early risk flags and patterns across turns, ready for review, audit and improvement.
In the crew's hands
Instant connectivity. Real-time reporting.
- The task and its steps open on the handheld or phone the crew already carries
- A damage or equipment issue is flagged at the wing, not at the end of the shift
- The note reaches the station lead with a timestamp while the aircraft is still on stand
Designed this way. ThruFly is pre-pilot.
iOS and AndroidPhones and tabletsDesigned to work offlineRuns on its own, no integration needed to startSee the platform in detail →
One turn, three views
How a turnaround is designed to run.
The same turn, seen by the person doing the work, the person responsible for the station, and the airport operations team.
The ramp crew member
1
Sees the turn and its steps. The assigned turnaround and its procedure are on the device in hand.
2
Completes each step. Every completed step is timestamped as it happens.
3
Logs an issue on the spot. An equipment shortfall or a concern is noted at the moment it appears.
4
Signs off the turn. The last verification closes the record.
The station lead
Sees which crews are assigned and which turns are about to start.
Sees turnaround progress as it unfolds, not after the aircraft has left.
Sees the issue while the aircraft is still on stand, and can respond.
Has a complete, timestamped record of who did what, and when.
Airport operations
Sees which turns are in progress across the apron, without calling around.
Sees progress and flagged issues as they are logged.
Sees who is responding to an issue on a stand.
Has a shared record to review safety, damage and delay questions afterwards.
Illustrative walkthrough. Not a product screen.
Operations health and risk
See a turn going wrong while you can still act.
Most ramp problems are visible before they become delays or damage claims. ThruFly is designed to surface the early signals from the work itself, so the station lead sees risk while the aircraft is still on stand.
1
Before the turn
Is the crew assigned, and is the equipment ready? A turn that is about to start with a gap is flagged ahead of arrival, not at the aircraft door.
2
During the turn
Steps are timestamped as they are completed. A step that runs long, or an issue logged by the crew, moves the turn from on track to watch or at risk.
3
After the turn
The record shows what slowed the turn and who was involved, so delay, damage and safety reviews start from facts. Patterns across turns show where the station is exposed.
Station health at a glance
Turns in progress, flagged by what the crew has logged.
On trackStand 4, arrival turnSteps completing in sequence. Crew and equipment confirmed.
WatchStand 7, departure turnFuel step open longer than the station's usual window. Lead notified.
At riskStand 2, pushback turnTug not confirmed and pushback step not started. Needs a response now.
Illustrative example with invented stands. Not a product screen.
Late or stalled steps
A step open longer than the station's own window raises a flag.
Equipment gaps
Missing or unready equipment is visible before the turn needs it.
Logged issues
A concern raised by the crew reaches the lead the moment it is logged.
Repeat patterns
The same cause on the same stand, shift or equipment shows up across turns.
Designed with fairness in mind. Thresholds are set by your station. Health is shown per turn, not as a ranking of individual crew members. ThruFly does not produce performance claims before a pilot has measured them. See the platform →
Measurable outcomes
Know what ThruFly is worth to your station.
ThruFly is designed to produce the measures operations leaders already ask for. We agree the baseline with you before the pilot starts and report the same measures afterwards. We publish no results until a pilot has produced them.
Turn time
Time from first step to sign-off, per turn and per stand, from timestamped steps rather than estimates.
Measured in the pilotDelay attribution
How many delays have a recorded cause, and how quickly a delay review can reach one.
Measured in the pilotEquipment readiness
How often a turn starts with the equipment confirmed, and how often it does not.
Measured in the pilotIssues caught on stand
Concerns logged while the aircraft is present, compared with those found afterwards.
Measured in the pilotRecord completeness
Share of turns closed with every step timestamped and signed off.
Measured in the pilotReview effort
Staff time spent reconstructing a delay, damage or safety event from radio calls and memory.
Measured in the pilotSize the business case with your own figures.
Know what happened on the ramp, while it still matters. The return comes from time and cost your station already carries. We help you size it before you commit.
- Count what a search costs today: reviews per month, crew and staff minutes each, and your loaded hourly cost.
- Add the cost of delays and claims where the cause is hard to prove.
- Estimate the improvement you would need. The break-even point is the pilot cost divided by that monthly baseline.
- Run the pilot, measure the same figures, and decide on evidence.
Where the value comes from
Time back: less staff time spent reconstructing events.
Delays understood: a recorded cause to act on.
Claims defended: a timestamped record when a damage or delay claim arrives.
Fewer surprises: equipment and crew gaps seen before the turn.
No savings figures are claimed. Results depend on your station, and the pilot is how we measure them together.
Who it's for
Built for your part of the operation.
The same frontline record, seen through the lens of each role.
What you are dealing with
- Several handlers and tenants working one apron
- Safety and audit documentation assembled after the fact
- Little live visibility into airside activity
What ThruFly is designed to give you
- A shared record of turnaround activity
- Timestamped checklists and verifications, ready for review
- Station-level visibility for operations leadership
What you are dealing with
- Procedures followed differently from station to station
- Ramp damage and delays that are hard to reconstruct
- Contracted handlers you cannot see into
What ThruFly is designed to give you
- Digital turnaround procedures crews follow step by step
- A timestamped record of who did what, and when
- Shared visibility between station leadership and handlers
What you are dealing with
- Coordinating crews and equipment across simultaneous turns
- Proving service level commitments were met
- Radio and paper acting as the system of record
What ThruFly is designed to give you
- Clear task and crew coordination on every turn
- Evidence of completion, captured as the work happens
- Equipment readiness you can see at a glance
What you are dealing with
- Small teams covering many jobs in a shift
- Service requests and fueling tracked by hand
- Records scattered across paper and chat
What ThruFly is designed to give you
- Clear tasks for every crew member
- Equipment and service tracking in one place
- Records captured as the work happens
Pilot program
Start with one station. Measure what changes.
The easiest way to evaluate ThruFly is on your own ramp, in a small, well-defined trial.
1 stationone or two turnaround procedures
60-90 daysfixed trial window
Agreed metricsset before we start
Pilot focus areas
Turnaround VisibilityCompliance ReadinessCrew CoordinationEquipment ReadinessStation Performance Reporting
How we would run it
- Light-touch setup, with no integration into your systems required to start
- Metrics agreed before we start, such as checklist completion, time to log an issue, equipment located and crew adoption
- Scope, data ownership and exit terms agreed in writing up front
What a pilot looks like
One station, a small group of crews, and measures agreed before we start. No integration into your systems is needed to begin.
What you do
- Name one station and a sponsor
- Choose one or two procedures your crews already know
- Agree the baseline measures with us
- Let a small group of crews use it on real turns
What we do
- Set up the procedures and crew access
- Support the crews and the station lead during the trial
- Report the agreed measures against your baseline
- Agree next steps in writing, including data export and exit
Crew data, handled with care
- Health and risk are shown per turn, not as a ranking of individual crew members
- Your station sets the thresholds and decides who sees what
- Your data remains yours, with ownership, retention and exit terms agreed in writing
Straight answers before you ask
Do we need an IT project to start?
No. Your team can begin capturing data without connecting anything.
How it would fit alongside your systems →How is our data handled?
Your operational data remains yours. Ownership, access, retention and exit terms are agreed in writing before a pilot begins.
Security and data →Where is ThruFly today?
Pre-pilot and in development, built by ground operations professionals. We are looking for a founding station partner, and we will not name any organization without its permission.
FAQ
Questions we expect.
What does a pilot cost?
Pilot scope and terms, including cost, are agreed in writing before we start. Book a call and we will walk through the options.
Who owns our data?
Your data remains yours. ThruFly is designed to turn operational activity into a structured, searchable and auditable record, so you gain visibility into aircraft turns, crew activity, equipment readiness, task execution and operational performance without giving up ownership of your information. Ownership, access and exit terms are written into the pilot agreement.
What devices does it run on?
ThruFly runs on iOS and Android, on phones and tablets, built around the device already in a crew member's hand. We confirm device requirements for your station when we scope the pilot.
Which industry standard does ThruFly follow?
Turn procedures are designed to align with IATA ground handling practice (the Airport Handling Manual and the Standard Ground Handling Agreement), configured to your own operating procedures. ThruFly does not yet hold third-party certifications such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001.
Does it work without a connection?
ThruFly is designed to keep working offline, so crews are not stuck when ramp coverage drops.
Does ThruFly require integration to start?
No. ThruFly can be deployed and used without integrating into existing systems, allowing teams to begin capturing operational data and validating workflows immediately.
Can ThruFly integrate with our systems later?
Yes. ThruFly is designed to support integration with existing airport, airline, and enterprise systems as operational requirements evolve.
What about security?
We can share a security and data-governance overview, and we are happy to sign an NDA before a detailed walkthrough. Ask on a call or email info@thrufly.com.
Who else is using it?
ThruFly is pre-pilot. We are looking for founding station partners to shape it with us, and we will not name any organization without its permission.
What do we need to provide?
A station, a sponsor, one or two turnaround procedures, a small group of crew to try it and a point of contact. Setup is light-touch, and we will scope exactly what you need on the call.
How long is a pilot?
One station for 60 to 90 days, with scope, metrics and exit terms agreed up front.
Contact
Let's talk about your operation.
Choose the route that fits. A founder replies to every message within one business day.
Book a callPick a time that suits you.
Request a station walkthroughA guided session under NDA.
Start a pilotTell us about your station.
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Prefer to speak with a person? Linroy Powell, Co-Founder and Strategic Lead, reads every message: info@thrufly.com.