Physical AI — autonomous vehicles on the apron, robots in the terminal, robotic handling in the baggage hall, automated inspection on the airfield — is arriving at airports now. Changi Airport put driverless baggage tractors into live airside service in January 2026, after nearly a year of trials and more than 5,000 test trips, with 24 vehicles planned by 2027. That is an operation, not a demonstration. The question for most airports is no longer whether, but whether the ground is prepared for it when it comes.
Four operational domains — 60% of the index
Two enabling domains — 40% of the index
Weighted heavily on purpose. These two domains decide whether anything in the first column ever leaves pilot stage.
Answer as your airport is today, not as it is planned to be. The index is only useful if it is honest. Nothing is submitted until you choose to unlock the full report.
Scale and operating model change what "ready" means. A 60-million-passenger hub and a 3-million-passenger regional airport face genuinely different physical AI economics, so your result is read against a reference band for airports of your size.
Used only to title your report.
Pre-disruption or current typical year, whichever is representative.
What the operation is mostly shaped around.
So the report is pitched at the right decisions.