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Surveyor dome cameras from Vicon Industries together with the company’s Nova V1422 matrix have recently been installed at Reykjavik Airport.
The CCTV installation is part of an extension of the southern concourse of the Leifur Eriksson Air terminal which is being upgraded to comply with the requirements of the Schengen Convention. The airport is situated 50 kms south-west of Reykjavik city centre. It has four runways and caters for 1.3 million passengers a year, operating 24 hours a day.
The Vicon equipment has been installed by Securitas Iceland who have overseen the entire project which includes extensive access control systems.
The Vicon dome cameras are the Surveyor 2000 model. These feature three-phase micro-stepping motors and a proprietary software driver which delivers smooth and silent operation through the entire range of speeds from 0.25°/sec to 300°/sec. The units have self-learn tours which simplify programming and allow for in-sequence editing and reverse touring.
The design features a drive mechanism that can be operated independently from the housing, so allowing installers an easy way to test functionality prior to permanent mounting. Extensive menu-based programming configures each unit to individual requirements.
The main structure of the airport was created by US forces during WWII and the site is still home to a squadron of Lockheed P3 Orion anti-submarine aircraft. The Leifur Eriksson Air terminal was built in 1987 and is named after the Norse explorer widely held to have been the first European to reach the shores of North America in the thirteenth century.
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