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Airport Security Services

Clearway provides airport security services that help aviation operators protect passengers, staff and infrastructure through CCTV surveillance, monitoring and access control across airport environments. Airport security services are comprehensive solutions designed to protect airport facilities, personnel, and passengers, encompassing professional advice, hybrid security devices, and continuous monitoring.

Airport security isn’t a nice to have, it’s an essential part of keeping the country safe. While internal screenings, bag checks, and security personnel are part and parcel of air travel, it remains equally vital that airport operators consider every vulnerability and access point around their perimeters, car parks, and restricted staffing zones.

This is especially true when an airport is under construction. As UK airports continue to expand, temporary security measures are key to managing security threats. Clearway’s commercial security specialists have decades of expertise in supporting airport operators. We provide trusted aviation security consultancy, comprehensive assistance, and access to leading-edge infrastructure incorporating intelligent and customisable behavioural analytics.

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We offer:

  • Professional, independent advice, recommendations, and risk appraisals taking into account the unique risk profiles and threats airport operators need to manage.
  • Hybrid and smart security devices, solutions and patrols, engineered to prioritise the safety of airport assets, personnel and passengers.
  • Guidance around regulatory compliance, security innovation and options to elevate legacy solutions or integrate cutting-edge security to improve oversight across each airport facility.
  • Continual, 24/7 monitoring, facilitated by our NSI Gold Cat II accredited Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC), a military-grade protected centre staffed by highly trained personnel.
  • End-to-end airport security services including perimeter safeguards and geofencing, physical guarding and patrols, autonomous CCTV surveillance, and solutions that monitor movements, patterns, and anomalies to preempt potential threats.

Our Airport Security Systems

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Airport Intruder Alarms

Monitoring for intrusions, inadvertent trespass, and activity around airport perimeters and boundaries is key. This covers airfields, hangers, commercial zones, and refuelling points alongside runways, taxiways, and airport terminals. Advanced intruder alarms are hyper-efficient and integrated, provide immediate alerts, and act as visible deterrents.

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Access Controls and Automated Credential Verifications

Tracking and authenticating the ID, biometrics, security credentials, and access permissions of every individual and vehicle arriving at or travelling around an airport ensures protected and secure zones are inaccessible. Access controls can incorporate a range of intelligent scanning mechanisms, automating entry through electric gates, bollards and security doors only for those with a recognised and verified right to be there.

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Real-Time PPE Monitoring

The range of safety hazards in airports, particularly in airside commercial airport facilities, means that full adherence to stringent PPE and health and safety policies is paramount. Our PPE detection systems monitor and check for any instances of non-compliance, such as a team member not wearing hi-vis or a hard hat or indications of suspicious activity due to an unrecognised or unregulated uniform.

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Airport AI CCTV Surveillance

Using advanced video analytics, our AI CCTV can automatically detect suspicious behaviour, unattended baggage, and unauthorised access to restricted areas in real time. It also supports crowd monitoring and traffic flow analysis, helping airport operators manage congestion and improve passenger safety. Integrated with Clearway’s 24/7 monitoring service, AI CCTV ensures rapid response to incidents while maintaining full compliance with aviation security regulations.

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CCTV Towers for Airfields

Clearway’s CCTV towers offer a flexible, high-visibility security solution for airports, especially in areas under construction or outside the terminal where permanent infrastructure may be limited.

Equipped with AI-powered cameras, these rapid-deployment towers can detect unauthorised access, monitor vehicle and pedestrian movement, and identify suspicious behaviour in real time. With 360° coverage, solar or mains power options, and remote connectivity to Clearway’s 24/7 monitoring centre, they provide a robust deterrent and rapid response capability—ideal for perimeters, maintenance zones, and temporary checkpoints within the airport environment.

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PID Systems for Airport Perimeters

Clearway’s PID (Perimeter Intrusion Detection) systems are a powerful solution for securing airport perimeters, particularly in construction zones or areas with temporary fencing. These systems use smart sensors to detect and alert against unauthorised access, climbing, or cutting attempts—providing early warnings before intruders can breach sensitive areas. Ideal for both operational and construction phases, PID systems help maintain strict security standards while ensuring compliance with aviation regulations. When integrated with Clearway’s AI CCTV and monitoring services, they offer layered protection that’s both proactive and highly responsive.

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Fire Alarm Solutions for Airports

Fire risks are elevated in airport environments, with jet fuel, flammables, aircraft and ground support vehicles – making cutting-edge fire safety essential. We can advise on, commission and install advanced solutions, including addressable fire alarm systems, autonomously powered devices, and intelligent air filtration systems that pick up on the earliest and subtlest signs of a fire risk, point of ignition or smouldering substances.

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Airport Alarm and CCTV Monitoring

Clearway’s ARC is one of a handful of facilities throughout the UK with a gold-standard accreditation level. Our operatives monitor and log every alarm incident transmitted from any device, verifying whether alarms are legitimate or false, liaising with on-the-ground security personnel and the emergency services, and ensuring a significantly reduced likelihood of a security breach.

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Empty or Unattended Outbuilding Security for Airports

Empty or unatted units, hangars, storage spaces, and outbuildings are often unguarded or vulnerable. They benefit from independently powered devices such as wireless intruder alarms and interconnected video-verified alarms, which raise the alert when movement or tampering indicates an attempt to enter these spaces, bypass access controls, or steal assets and fixtures.

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What Do We Protect Against?

Our role as your aviation security partner is to ensure we have a full picture of all risk points and vulnerabilities. We can then offer decisive recommendations and implementation strategies. Depending on the size, nature and locality of an airport, those risks may include the following:

Terrorist Attacks

All airport operators, from small private airfields to the largest commercial airports, need to protect against terrorism, and incorporating facility-wide monitoring, surveillance, and intrusion detection can augment the controls that are present landside.

Smuggling and Contraband

Areas away from public view and access points around perimeter fences often present opportunities for criminals involved in the transportation of weapons, illegal substances and contraband – making always-on oversight key to stamping out these threats.

Targeted Criminal Activity

Illegal trespass, organised thefts, aggression, violence, and terrorism are all potential concerns. A diligent, robust approach to airport security is often the ideal way to ensure your facility does not have vulnerabilities exposed to exploitation.

Non-compliance With Regulations

Aviation legislation and regulations are among the strictest in the world, and continual PPE monitoring, access controls, and facial and vehicle identification support continual and full adherence.

Material Theft

Clearway’s security solutions are highly effective in preventing material theft during airport construction. AI CCTV systems and rapid-deployment towers monitor sites around the clock, using intelligent analytics to detect suspicious behaviour, trespassing, or unauthorised movement near stored materials.

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Why Choose Clearway for Airport Security Services?

As established experts in proactive and preventative security for airports, transport hubs, and other high-risk environments and commercial centres, we focus on comprehensive security and the integration of technologies that level up current security protocols and approaches.

With emergency response handling and liaison 24/7, 365 days a year, custom configurations and a full suite of services, devices and solutions, we deliver airport security engineered for rapid, active responsiveness and backed by ongoing oversight, updates and maintenance management.

Contact our security experts now to discuss your security requirements and get a quote from us.

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Frequently asked questions

Airports must be well-managed and have adaptive, advanced, and dependable security to avoid a plethora of potential threats, from thefts to terrorism, ram-raiding to inadvertent trespass, and criminal activity that poses a risk to assets, personnel, and passengers.

Passengers will be familiar with screening checks, prohibited items, security scanners, and other checkpoints. Still, these are designed to prevent specific threats and risks related to the behaviours, possessions, and activities of people using the terminals.

Airside security covers external perimeters, airport hangers, boundary lines, restricted access zones, outbuildings, refuelling bays and every other element of the airport that can be vulnerable to thefts, attacks and security breaches.

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Email us at enquiries@clearway.co.uk

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