An automatic operating system for a container yard tire crane can automatically complete n-shaped running, heeling correction, torsion alignment, suspension rectification, container grabbing and putting, and other operation according to measurement information of a laser distance measuring sensor, an absolute value encoder, a high-definition digital camera, a two-way tilt angle sensor and the like and a dispatching instruction of a wharf operation management system in the manner of remote and site automatic control confirmation in the suspension landing stage. The automatic operating system for the container yard tire crane has various functions such as manual/automatic mode complementation, redundancy positioning, bowling preventing, rope loosening descending stopping, rope tightening locking forbidding, emergency shutdown, fault prompting, process recording and remote monitoring, the alignment precision can be remarkably improved, operation efficiency is improved, container collision accidents are reduced, labor cost is saved, and the automatic operating system can be widely applied to various kinds of tire type and rail type portal cranes of a container yard.