Entertainment
Air travel can be very tiring, especially if you have to wait in transit. Transit waits can last for hours and computers can be used to entertain people computers also allow people to remain connected to the rest of the world through means like e-mail and instant messaging.
Terminal Control
Busy airports can have 20 moving aircrafts at any one time. Information is constantly changing and is difficult track manually. This is why the modern airport control centre relies heavily on computers.
Disadvantages of using computers in Airports
Relying on computers does have problems.
•Failure While airports typically have a manual operation plan should computers fail, the increased reliance on computers means that airports are operating at traffic levels that require computerised assistance.
•Theft computers are capable of storing huge amounts of data. They are also capable of transferring large amounts of data within a short period of time. These characteristics make computers susceptible to theft.