The invention discloses an airport transportation equipment managing system based on the Internet of Things. The airport transportation equipment managing system comprises a plurality of positioning devices and an Internet of Things platform, the positioning devices comprise unpowered plate vehicle positioning devices and traction vehicle positioning devices, and the unpowered plate vehicle positioning devices comprise plate vehicle positioning units and battery managing units and used for feeding position information and movement tracks of unpowered plate vehicles back to the Internet of Things platform. According to the airport transportation equipment managing system based on the Internet of Things, unified management of the vehicles based on the Internet of Things is realized by obtaining vehicle positioning and track records and state, the use efficiency of the vehicles is improved, and the cost expenditure is saved; and the positioning devices adopt a method for collecting position information at intervals, the positioning devices sleep after long-period immobility, the power is effectively saved, the use time is prolonged, and the maintenance frequency is lowered.