Air Traffic Control Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/air-traffic-control/ Mechanically-minded travel Tue, 04 May 2021 12:41:36 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 London City Airport’s new digital control tower has nobody in it https://mechtraveller.com/2021/05/london-city-airports-new-digital-control-tower-has-nobody-in-it/ https://mechtraveller.com/2021/05/london-city-airports-new-digital-control-tower-has-nobody-in-it/#respond Sat, 01 May 2021 15:34:46 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=6836 London City Airport has just become the world’s first major international airport to be controlled remotely from an entirely digital control tower. Its new 50 metre (164 feet) Air Traffic Control (ATS) tower allows controllers 115 km (70 miles) away in Swanwick, Hampshire, to control all movements at the airport. Swanwick is home to NATS […]

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