Northern Colorado Regional

KFNL · FNL · Fort Collins-Loveland, CO

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Remote tower in SDA · temporary mobile tower in use verify

Original FAA non-federal Remote Tower pilot site (CDOT-sponsored). One of the first U.S. attempts at a fully remote-controlled tower.

Sponsor

CDOT + Northern Colorado Regional

Now operating

Temporary mobile tower

SDA team

Raytheon/Collins + Frequentis verify

Runways

15/33 ~8,500 ft; 06/24 verify

Elevation

~5,016 ft verify

Coordinates

40.4518, -105.0114

Project timeline

2017

Searidge selected as RTS vendor (CDOT/FAA pilot)

2023

Searidge withdraws; project in limbo

2023–24

Raytheon/Collins + Frequentis pick it up; testing at ACY verify

late 2025 / early 2026

Targeted System Design Approval (SDA) verify

after SDA

Commissioning & remote operations

Frequencies

118.400NoCo Tower / CTAF (lights after hrs)audio

121.650NoCo Groundaudio

—ASOS / Denver approach verifyall freqs

News · FNL remote tower

Colorado advances digital tower effort dropped by FAAAviation Week Airport still aims to be first in country for a fully remote towerCBS Colorado Staffing issue trims control-tower hours at FNLBizWest · 2024 New vendor pitches plan to resurrect the remote towerBizWest · 2023

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References

CDOT Remote Tower FlyNoCo SkyVector

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