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"https://www.airport-technology.com/features/cranfield-digital-atc-tower/" } ], "conf": "medium", "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "regulator": "", "note": "", "lat": 52.0722, "lon": -0.61667, "iata": "", "elev_ft": "360", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/egtc.jpg", "artist": "Thomas Nugent", "license": "CC BY-SA 2.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cranfield_Airport_by_Thomas_Nugent.jpg" }, "connections": [] }, { "id": "egll", "name": "Heathrow Virtual Contingency Facility", "icao": "EGLL", "country": "United Kingdom", "cc": "GB", "kind": "contingency", "status": "operational", "vendors": [ "Searidge" ], "ansp": "NATS", "dates": [ { "d": "2009", "t": "Contingency facility unveiled" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "NATS unveiled the world's first approved remote ATC contingency facility in 2009.", "u": "https://www.nats.aero/news/worlds-first-approved-remote-atc-contingency-facility-unveiled/" }, { "t": "NATS and Searidge run a Digital Tower Laboratory in the Heathrow 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Culdrose was concluded 19 February 2025.", "u": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005940-2025" } ], "conf": "medium", "note": "In-service status is inferred from the 2025 support contract.", "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "regulator": "", "iata": "", "elev_ft": "295", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/egdo.jpg", "artist": "Rod Allday", "license": "CC BY-SA 2.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_control_tower_at_Predannack_Airfield_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2060224.jpg" }, "connections": [] }, { "id": "egdr", "name": "RNAS Culdrose", "icao": "EGDR", "lat": 50.0859, "lon": -5.2557, "country": "United Kingdom", "cc": "GB", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "operational", "vendors": [ "Saab" ], "ansp": "Royal Navy", "dates": [ { "d": "2021-02", "t": "Saab order for Predannack announced" }, { "d": "2025-02-19", "t": "Support and maintenance contract concluded" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Saab signed to provide a digital air traffic control solution at Predannack, announced 25 February 2021.", "u": "https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/royal-navy-order-digital-towers-from-saab/" }, { "t": "A three-year, GBP 710,000 support contract for the remote tower equipment at Predannack and Culdrose was concluded 19 February 2025.", "u": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005940-2025" } ], "conf": "medium", "note": "In-service status is inferred from the 2025 support contract.", "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "regulator": "", "iata": "", "elev_ft": "267", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/egdr.jpg", "artist": "Andrew Thomas from Shrewsbury, UK", "license": "CC BY-SA 2.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ZH850_-_WM-462_EHI_EH-101_Merlin_HM2_(Mk111)_(cn_50125-RN30)_Royal_Navy._(9505740843).jpg" }, "connections": [] }, { "id": "egcc", "name": "Manchester Airport (hybrid digital tower)", "icao": "EGCC", "country": "United Kingdom", "cc": "GB", "kind": "hybrid", "status": "planned", "vendors": [ "Searidge" ], "ansp": "NATS", "dates": [ { "d": "2025-02-26", "t": "Announced" }, { "d": "2026", "t": "Digital apron management due to go live" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Hybrid digital control tower with camera arrays on Terminal 2 piers; the release says the apron system is due to go live in 2026.", "u": "https://www.nats.aero/news/manchester-airport-partners-with-nats-and-searidge-technologies-for-digital-transformation/" } ], "conf": "medium", "note": "Hybrid means controllers keep the window view and add video; it is not a remote tower. Go-live not confirmed.", "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "regulator": "", "lat": 53.34938, "lon": -2.27952, "iata": "MAN", "elev_ft": "257", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/egcc.jpg", "artist": "320jacko", "license": "CC BY 4.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manchester_Airport_EGCC.jpg" }, "connections": [] }, { "id": "eglf", "name": "Farnborough Airport (hybrid digital tower)", "icao": "EGLF", "country": "United Kingdom", "cc": "GB", "kind": "hybrid", "status": "planned", "vendors": [ "Searidge" ], "ansp": "NATS", "dates": [ { "d": "2023-10-03", "t": "Announced" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Hybrid digital working position, described as a digital extension of the existing tower.", "u": "https://www.nats.aero/news/farnborough-airport-goes-digital-with-nats-and-searidge-technologies/" } ], "conf": "medium", "note": "Hybrid, not a remote tower. No go-live confirmation found.", "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "regulator": "", "lat": 51.2758, "lon": -0.77633, "iata": "FAB", "elev_ft": "238", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/eglf.jpg", "artist": "MilborneOne", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Farnborough2008-073.jpg" }, "connections": [] }, { "id": "egpe", "name": "Inverness (HIAL Combined Surveillance Centre)", "icao": "EGPE", "country": "United Kingdom", "cc": "GB", "kind": "rtc", "status": "cancelled", "vendors": [], "ansp": "HIAL", "dates": [ { "d": "2022-08-24", "t": "Project cancelled" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "HIAL planned to move air traffic services for Dundee, Sumburgh, Kirkwall and Stornoway into Inverness; the project of about GBP 34 million was cancelled on 24 August 2022.", "u": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_and_virtual_tower" }, { "t": "HIAL's 2021 guide describes the plan for remote and digital towers in the north of Scotland.", "u": "https://www.hial.co.uk/downloads/file/326/guide-to-remote-digital-towers-april-2021-hial-plots-its-path-to-a-digital-future-for-air-traffic-services-in-the-north-of-scotland" } ], "conf": "medium", "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "regulator": "", "note": "", "lat": 57.5425, "lon": -4.0475, "iata": "INV", "elev_ft": "31", "photo": null, "connections": [] }, { "id": "leipzig-rtc", "name": "DFS Remote Tower Control Center Leipzig", "icao": "EDDP", "country": "Germany", "cc": "DE", "kind": "rtc", "status": "operational", "vendors": [ "Frequentis" ], "ansp": "DFS", "program": "dfs-rtc", "dates": [ { "d": "2018-12-04", "t": "First remote landing clearance (Saarbrücken)" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "As of October 2023 the Leipzig centre connected Saarbrücken, Erfurt and Dresden.", "u": "https://eu-lac-app.eu/public/uploads/DFS_Projekt_RTC_20231024_eng.pdf" }, { "t": "DFS signed with Frequentis for remote tower technology.", "u": "https://www.internationalairportreview.com/news/19736/dfs-signs-contract-with-frequentis-to-install-remote-tower-technology" } ], "conf": "high", "controlled_from": "", "regulator": "", "note": "", "lat": 51.42066, "lon": 12.2327, "iata": "LEJ", "elev_ft": "465", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/eddp.jpg", "artist": "Mitteldeutsche Airport Holding", "license": "Public domain", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leipzig-Halle_Airport_Logo.svg" }, "connections": [ { "rel": "serves", "id": "eddr", "name": "Saarbrücken Airport" }, { "rel": "serves", "id": "edde", "name": "Erfurt-Weimar Airport" }, { "rel": "serves", "id": "eddc", "name": "Dresden Airport" } ] }, { "id": "eddr", "name": "Saarbrücken Airport", "icao": "EDDR", "country": "Germany", "cc": "DE", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "operational", "vendors": [ "Frequentis" ], "ansp": "DFS", "controlled_from": "leipzig-rtc", "program": "dfs-rtc", "dates": [ { "d": "2018-12-04", "t": "Remote operation began; about 450 km from Leipzig" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Operational since 4 December 2018, when a Luxair flight was the first aircraft controlled remotely from Leipzig.", "u": "https://eu-lac-app.eu/public/uploads/DFS_Projekt_RTC_20231024_eng.pdf" } ], "conf": "high", "regulator": "", "note": "", "lat": 49.21455, "lon": 7.10973, "iata": "SCN", "elev_ft": "1058", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/eddr.jpg", "artist": "Leander Jost", "license": "Public domain", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flughafen_Saarbr%C3%BCcken.svg" }, "connections": [ { "rel": "controlled from", "id": "leipzig-rtc", "name": "DFS Remote Tower Control Center Leipzig" } ] }, { "id": "edde", "name": "Erfurt-Weimar Airport", "icao": "EDDE", "country": "Germany", "cc": "DE", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "operational", "vendors": [ "Frequentis" ], "ansp": "DFS", "controlled_from": "leipzig-rtc", "program": "dfs-rtc", "dates": [ { "d": "2022-04-28", "t": "Remote operation began" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Operational since 28 April 2022, about 110 km from Leipzig.", "u": "https://eu-lac-app.eu/public/uploads/DFS_Projekt_RTC_20231024_eng.pdf" } ], "conf": "high", "regulator": "", "note": "", "lat": 50.97828, "lon": 10.96071, "iata": "ERF", "elev_ft": "1036", "photo": null, "connections": [ { "rel": "controlled from", "id": "leipzig-rtc", "name": "DFS Remote Tower Control Center Leipzig" } ] }, { "id": "eddc", "name": "Dresden Airport", "icao": "EDDC", "country": "Germany", "cc": "DE", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "trial", "vendors": [ "Frequentis" ], "ansp": "DFS", "controlled_from": "leipzig-rtc", "program": "dfs-rtc", "dates": [ { "d": "2023-10", "t": "Validation under way" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "In October 2023 the new system's implementation was almost complete, with validations planned for 2024.", "u": "https://eu-lac-app.eu/public/uploads/DFS_Projekt_RTC_20231024_eng.pdf" } ], "conf": "medium", "note": "Whether it moved to operation after 2024 is not confirmed here.", "regulator": "", "lat": 51.13412, "lon": 13.76783, "iata": "DRS", "elev_ft": "755", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/eddc.jpg", "artist": "Carsten Steger", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_image_of_the_Dresden_Airport.jpg" }, "connections": [ { "rel": "controlled from", "id": "leipzig-rtc", "name": "DFS Remote Tower Control Center Leipzig" } ] }, { "id": "braunschweig-rtc", "name": "DFS Aviation Services Remote Tower Center Niedersachsen", "icao": "EDVE", "country": "Germany", "cc": "DE", "kind": "rtc", "status": "operational", "vendors": [ "Frequentis" ], "ansp": "DFS Aviation Services", "program": "dfs-rtc", "dates": [ { "d": "2024-11-28", "t": "Opening ceremony" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Opened 28 November 2024 with capacity for six airports; operated with Frequentis DFS Aerosense and ESPA.", "u": "https://dfs-as.aero/dfs-aviation-services-eroeffnet-remote-tower-center-niedersachsen-in-braunschweig/" } ], "conf": "high", "controlled_from": "", "regulator": "", "note": "", "lat": 52.3192, "lon": 10.5561, "iata": "BWE", "elev_ft": "295", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/edve.jpg", "artist": "Carsten Steger", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_image_of_the_Braunschweig-Wolfsburg_airport.jpg" }, "connections": [ { "rel": "serves", "id": "edve", "name": "Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport" }, { "rel": "serves", "id": "edwe", "name": "Emden Airport" } ] }, { "id": "edve", "name": "Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport", "icao": "EDVE", "country": "Germany", "cc": "DE", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "operational", "vendors": [ "Frequentis" ], "ansp": "DFS Aviation Services", "controlled_from": "braunschweig-rtc", "program": "dfs-rtc", "dates": [ { "d": "2024-11", "t": "Services partly provided from the centre" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "In the November 2024 operational introduction phase, services were already partly provided from the centre.", "u": "https://dfs-as.aero/dfs-aviation-services-eroeffnet-remote-tower-center-niedersachsen-in-braunschweig/" } ], "conf": "medium", "lat": 52.3252, "lon": 10.5651, "regulator": "", "note": "", "iata": "BWE", "elev_ft": "295", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/edve.jpg", "artist": "Carsten Steger", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_image_of_the_Braunschweig-Wolfsburg_airport.jpg" }, "connections": [ { "rel": "controlled from", "id": "braunschweig-rtc", "name": "DFS Aviation Services Remote Tower Center Niedersachsen" } ] }, { "id": "edwe", "name": "Emden Airport", "icao": "EDWE", "country": "Germany", "cc": "DE", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "planned", "vendors": [ "Frequentis" ], "ansp": "DFS Aviation Services", "controlled_from": "braunschweig-rtc", "program": "dfs-rtc", "facts": [ { "t": "DFS said in November 2024 that Emden would be connected in the following months, the first integration of an AFIS into a remote tower centre.", "u": "https://dfs-as.aero/dfs-aviation-services-eroeffnet-remote-tower-center-niedersachsen-in-braunschweig/" } ], "conf": "medium", "note": "Wikipedia lists Emden as served from Braunschweig since 2024; the DFS release says planned. Unresolved.", "regulator": "", "dates": [], "lat": 53.39111, "lon": 7.2275, "iata": "EME", "elev_ft": "3", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/edwe.jpg", "artist": "Martina Nolte", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0 de", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2013-05-03_Fotoflug_Leer_Papenburg_DSCF7188.jpg" }, "connections": [ { "rel": "controlled from", "id": "braunschweig-rtc", "name": "DFS Aviation Services Remote Tower Center Niedersachsen" } ] }, { "id": "eddm", "name": "Munich Airport (validation virtual tower)", "icao": "EDDM", "country": "Germany", "cc": "DE", "kind": "test_site", "status": "trial", "vendors": [ "Frequentis" ], "ansp": "DFS", "dates": [ { "d": "2026-07-30", "t": "Reported as being installed and tested under real conditions" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "A validation system is being installed and tested as a virtual tower during the tower renovation (Frequentis DFS Aerosense).", "u": "https://www.boerse-online.de/dpa-afx/irw-news-dr-reuter-investor-relations-von-sydney-bis-muenchen-wie-frequentis-mit-digitalen-flugtowern-weltweit-neue-standards-fuer-die-zivile-und-militaerische-infrastruktur-setzt-541645.html" } ], "conf": "medium", "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "regulator": "", "note": "", "lat": 48.3538, "lon": 11.7861, "iata": "MUC", "elev_ft": "1487", "photo": null, "connections": [] }, { "id": "etin", "name": "Garrison Katterbach (US Army)", "icao": "ETIN", "country": "Germany", "cc": "DE", "kind": "digital_tower", "status": "operational", "vendors": [ "Frequentis" ], "ansp": "US Army", "program": "", "dates": [ { "d": "2025-06-05", "t": "Reported live and operational" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "The US Department of Defense and Frequentis Defense said their first digital air traffic control tower was live and operational at Garrison Katterbach, Germany.", "u": "https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/frequentis-cooperates-with-us-dod-on-installation-of-digital-tower/" } ], "conf": "high", "controlled_from": "", "regulator": "", "note": "", "lat": 49.74429, "lon": 10.20731, "iata": "KZG", "elev_ft": "689", "photo": null, "connections": [] }, { "id": "lhbp", "name": "Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport", "icao": "LHBP", "country": "Hungary", "cc": "HU", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "operational", "vendors": [ "Indra" ], "ansp": "HungaroControl", "dates": [ { "d": "2017", "t": "Remote tower operations launched" }, { "d": "2023-03", "t": "New Indra modular remote tower centre in factory acceptance" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "HungaroControl was operationally certified to provide tower services using a remote tower; operations launched in 2017 and the remote facility took over during a physical-tower upgrade.", "u": "https://en.hungarocontrol.hu/press-room/news/remote-tower-technology-continues-to-bolster-service-continuity-in-Hungary" }, { "t": "Indra is supplying a modular integrated remote tower centre; live operations were expected in 2024.", "u": "https://www.indragroup.com/en/news/indra-implementing-worlds-advanced-digital-remote-tower-hungarocontrol-budapest-airport" } ], "conf": "medium", "note": "The vendor of the 2017 system is not named in the cited release. The Indra system is a separate, newer deployment. Current status of the Indra system is not confirmed here.", "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "regulator": "", "lat": 47.43018, "lon": 19.26239, "iata": "BUD", "elev_ft": "495", "photo": null, "connections": [] }, { "id": "dublin-atcc", "name": "IAA Dublin ATC Centre (remote tower hub)", "icao": "EIDW", "country": "Ireland", "cc": "IE", "kind": "rtc", "status": "trial", "vendors": [ "Saab" ], "ansp": "IAA", "program": "sesar", "dates": [ { "d": "2016-06", "t": "Remote tower trials began" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "The IAA plans to provide air movements and surface control for Cork and Shannon from the Dublin centre; trials began in June 2016.", "u": "https://www.iaa.ie/air-traffic-management/innovation/remote-towers" } ], "conf": "medium", "controlled_from": "", "regulator": "", "note": "", "lat": 53.42871, "lon": -6.26212, "iata": "DUB", "elev_ft": "242", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/eidw.jpg", "artist": "Doyler79", "license": "CC BY 3.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:T2Dublin_Airport-doyler79.jpg" }, "connections": [ { "rel": "serves", "id": "eick", "name": "Cork Airport" }, { "rel": "serves", "id": "einn", "name": "Shannon Airport" } ] }, { "id": "eick", "name": "Cork Airport", "icao": "EICK", "country": "Ireland", "cc": "IE", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "trial", "vendors": [ "Saab" ], "ansp": "IAA", "controlled_from": "dublin-atcc", "program": "sesar", "dates": [ { "d": "2016-06", "t": "Multiple remote tower trial from Dublin" }, { "d": "2023-01", "t": "SESAR grant announced for a demonstration" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "IAA page dated 30 January 2023 announces a SESAR demonstration grant; no go-live date is given and European regulatory approval is still needed.", "u": "https://www.iaa.ie/air-traffic-management/innovation/remote-towers" } ], "conf": "medium", "regulator": "", "note": "", "lat": 51.8413, "lon": -8.49111, "iata": "ORK", "elev_ft": "502", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/eick.jpg", "artist": "J.Stiegler", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:3.5.1_Flughafen_Cork._Irland.JPG" }, "connections": [ { "rel": "controlled from", "id": "dublin-atcc", "name": "IAA Dublin ATC Centre (remote tower hub)" } ] }, { "id": "einn", "name": "Shannon Airport", "icao": "EINN", "country": "Ireland", "cc": "IE", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "trial", "vendors": [ "Saab" ], "ansp": "IAA", "controlled_from": "dublin-atcc", "program": "sesar", "dates": [ { "d": "2016-06", "t": "Multiple remote tower trial from Dublin" }, { "d": "2023-01", "t": "SESAR grant announced for a demonstration" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "IAA page dated 30 January 2023 announces a SESAR demonstration grant; no go-live date is given and European regulatory approval is still needed.", "u": "https://www.iaa.ie/air-traffic-management/innovation/remote-towers" } ], "conf": "medium", "regulator": "", "note": "", "lat": 52.702, "lon": -8.92482, "iata": "SNN", "elev_ft": "46", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/einn.jpg", "artist": "瑞丽江的河水", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shannon_Airport_2020-07-12_01.jpg" }, "connections": [ { "rel": "controlled from", "id": "dublin-atcc", "name": "IAA Dublin ATC Centre (remote tower hub)" } ] }, { "id": "ehgg", "name": "Groningen Airport Eelde", "icao": "EHGG", "country": "Netherlands", "cc": "NL", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "planned", "vendors": [ "Saab" ], "ansp": "LVNL", "controlled_from": "schiphol-rtc", "dates": [ { "d": "2019-12", "t": "SDATS contract" }, { "d": "2024-12", "t": "Airport project page marks the project complete" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "LVNL chose Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions for Groningen and Maastricht Aachen; service was planned from the end of 2021.", "u": "https://www.internationalairportreview.com/news/108966/sdats-contract-build-remote-towers" }, { "t": "The airport's project page lists May 2018 to December 2024 and says air traffic control is run remotely from the Remote Tower Centre at Schiphol Oost.", "u": "https://www.groningenairport.nl/en/sustainability/project-portfolio/remote-tower" }, { "t": "LVNL's 2025 annual report says the Centralised Base programme (Groningen and Maastricht Aachen) has been postponed since 2022 because of capacity and permit delays; further rollout follows full introduction of the iTEC-based centre automation system.", "u": "https://jaarverslag.lvnl.nl/jaarverslag-2025/veiligheid/projectportfolio-overige-projecten" }, { "t": "The airport's own project page says 'This project is complete and will not be updated further' and that air traffic is controlled from the Remote Tower Centre at Schiphol Oost.", "u": "https://www.groningenairport.nl/en/sustainability-innovation/project-portfolio/remote-tower" } ], "conf": "low", "note": "Two primary sources disagree. The airport's project page says the project is complete (December 2024) and that traffic is run from Schiphol Oost. LVNL's 2025 annual report says the programme has been postponed since 2022 and that a simulator and test environment was commissioned at Schiphol-Oost in 2025. We follow the operator report and show the site as planned.", "program": "lvnl-centralised", "regulator": "", "lat": 53.11911, "lon": 6.57765, "iata": "GRQ", "elev_ft": "17", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/ehgg.jpg", "artist": "Kas van Zonneveld", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luchtfoto_Groningen_Airport.jpg" }, "connections": [ { "rel": "controlled from", "id": "schiphol-rtc", "name": "LVNL Remote Tower Centre (Schiphol Oost)" } ] }, { "id": "schiphol-rtc", "name": "LVNL Remote Tower Centre (Schiphol Oost)", "icao": "", "country": "Netherlands", "cc": "NL", "kind": "rtc", "status": "trial", "vendors": [ "Saab" ], "ansp": "LVNL", "lat": 52.305, "lon": 4.8, "facts": [ { "t": "Named on the Groningen project page as the location from which Groningen is run remotely.", "u": "https://www.groningenairport.nl/en/sustainability/project-portfolio/remote-tower" }, { "t": "LVNL's 2025 annual report says a remote tower simulator and test environment was commissioned at Schiphol-Oost in 2025; it does not call it a live remote tower centre.", "u": "https://jaarverslag.lvnl.nl/jaarverslag-2025/veiligheid/projectportfolio-overige-projecten" } ], "conf": "medium", "note": "The 2025 milestone was a remote tower simulator and test environment. The sources do not describe live traffic being handled from here. 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the building within the airport is not specified in the sources.", "program": "", "regulator": "", "dates": [], "lat": 46.1766, "lon": 21.262, "iata": "ARW", "elev_ft": "352", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/lrar.jpg", "artist": "Cristina SerbanHawkuletz at English Wikipedia", "license": "Public domain", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arad_09_approach.JPG" }, "connections": [ { "rel": "controlled from", "id": "lrbv", "name": "Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport" }, { "rel": "serves", "id": "lrbv", "name": "Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport" } ] }, { "id": "levx", "name": "Vigo Airport", "icao": "LEVX", "country": "Spain", "cc": "ES", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "operational", "vendors": [ "Searidge", "FerroNATS" ], "ansp": "Aena", "dates": [ { "d": "2020-11", "t": "Aena selects Searidge and FerroNATS" }, { "d": "2025-06", "t": "Operations planned to launch" }, { "d": "2025-12-10", "t": "Reported operational; early operations in low-traffic hours with a conventional controller on standby" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Searidge reports Spain's first regulator-certified digital control tower operating at Vigo, with the operations centre in a separate building next to the airport.", "u": "https://www.atc-network.com/atc-news/searidge-technologies/searidge-powers-spains-first-regulator-certified-digital-control-tower-at-vigo-airport" }, { "t": "CAPA reported in March 2025 that operations were due to launch in June 2025.", "u": "https://centreforaviation.com/news/vigo-airport-to-launch-digital-control-tower-operations-in-jun-2025-1306697" } ], "conf": "high", "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "regulator": "AESA (Spain)", "note": "", "lat": 42.2318, "lon": -8.62677, "iata": "VGO", "elev_ft": "856", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/levx.jpg", "artist": "Fernando CaSal", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aeropuerto_de_Vigo,_foto_aerea.jpg" }, "connections": [] }, { "id": "lemh", "name": "Menorca Airport", "icao": "LEMH", "country": "Spain", "cc": "ES", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "cancelled", "vendors": [ "Kongsberg" ], "ansp": "Aena", "facts": [ { "t": "Kongsberg was selected to supply its remote tower system for Menorca, with delivery stated as 2021; the remote location is not stated.", "u": "https://www.kongsberg.com/news/news-archive/20202/spains-menorca-airport-to-operate-with-kongsbergs-remote-tower-system/" }, { "t": "Menorca.info, 16 September 2026, refers to the 'failure of the virtual system' and reports that the 2027 to 2031 investment plan includes no new tower; the existing tower is still in use.", "u": "https://www.menorca.info/menorca/local/2026/09/16/2709357/gobierno-aprueba-plan-inversiones-del-aeropuerto-menorca-torre-control.html" }, { "t": "Vigoe.es, 2 April 2025, calls Menorca a 'failed precedent' and says Menorca ended up abandoning the remote tower system.", "u": "https://vigoe.es/vigo/local/surgen-dudas-sobre-la-futura-torre-de-control-remota-de-peinador-tras-el-precedente-fallido-de-menorca" } ], "conf": "medium", "note": "Spanish press describes the virtual tower as a failure and the physical tower is still in use. No official cancellation notice was found, so this is reported, not confirmed by Aena.", "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "regulator": "", "dates": [ { "d": "2020-10", "t": "Kongsberg selected to supply the remote tower system (delivery expected 2021)", "u": "https://www.kongsberg.com/news/news-archive/20202/spains-menorca-airport-to-operate-with-kongsbergs-remote-tower-system/" } ], "lat": 39.8626, "lon": 4.21865, "iata": "MAH", "elev_ft": "302", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/lemh.jpg", "artist": "Hugh Llewelyn", "license": "CC BY-SA 2.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Menorca_Airport_(7336476996).jpg" }, "connections": [] }, { "id": "lfbo-rtc", "name": "DSNA Remote Tower Centre Toulouse", "icao": "LFBO", "country": "France", "cc": "FR", "kind": "rtc", "status": "planned", "vendors": [ "Frequentis" ], "ansp": "DSNA", "dates": [ { "d": "2022-06", "t": "DSNA selects Frequentis smartVISION" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "The centre at Toulouse-Blagnac was planned to later handle four more airport towers.", "u": "https://canso.org/france-selects-frequentis-remote-digital-tower/" } ], "conf": "medium", "note": "Operational status not confirmed.", "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "regulator": "", "lat": 43.6291, "lon": 1.36382, "iata": "TLS", "elev_ft": "499", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/lfbo.jpg", "artist": "Unknown author", "license": "CC BY 2.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TOULOUSE-AEROPORT.jpg" }, "connections": [ { "rel": "serves", "id": "lfot", "name": "Tours Val de Loire Airport" } ] }, { "id": "lfot", "name": "Tours Val de Loire Airport", "icao": "LFOT", "country": "France", "cc": "FR", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "planned", "vendors": [ "Frequentis" ], "ansp": "DSNA", "controlled_from": "lfbo-rtc", "dates": [ { "d": "2022-06", "t": "Selected; first tower due to go live end of 2023" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Frequentis supplies the system; Tours is more than 500 km from Toulouse and was due to go live at the end of 2023.", "u": "https://canso.org/france-selects-frequentis-remote-digital-tower/" }, { "t": "French press in December 2022 said the remote tower was planned for installation in 2024.", "u": "https://www.presse-citron.net/pour-la-premiere-fois-en-france-un-aeroport-va-etre-controle-a-distance/" }, { "t": "Le Journal Toulousain, 13 December 2022: Tours to be controlled from Toulouse-Blagnac from 2024, with Frequentis supplying the visualisation.", "u": "https://www.lejournaltoulousain.fr/occitanie/haute-garonne/toulouse/tour-controle-aeroport-tours-delocalisee-toulouse-blagnac-188517/" }, { "t": "The air traffic controllers' union SNCTA, 1 March 2023, called the Blagnac remote tower centre project stalled and asked for a pause.", "u": "https://www.sncta.fr/news/comtec-cda-projet-rtc-blagnac-crash-ou-remise-de-gaz-29552" } ], "conf": "low", "note": "Schedules slipped: first end of 2023, then 2024. A union (SNCTA) said the project was stalled in March 2023. 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no vendor or date is given.", "u": "https://www.worldradio.ch/news/bitesize-news/airport-control-tower-to-go-virtual" } ], "conf": "low", "note": "Plan reported in 2022; current status not confirmed.", "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "regulator": "", "lat": 46.2381, "lon": 6.10895, "iata": "GVA", "elev_ft": "1411", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/lsgg.jpg", "artist": "Schutz", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geneva_airport_from_air.jpg" }, "connections": [] }, { "id": "cygk", "name": "Kingston Airport (Ontario)", "icao": "CYGK", "country": "Canada", "cc": "CA", "kind": "digital_tower", "status": "planned", "vendors": [ "Kongsberg" ], "ansp": "NAV CANADA", "program": "daats", "dates": [ { "d": "2024-06-24", "t": "Kongsberg Geospatial framework contract announced" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Kingston is the first digital facility in NAV CANADA's DAATS programme; a Kingston hub serving other communities could follow in four to six years.", "u": "https://www.kongsberggeospatial.com/news/nav-canada-selects-kongsberg-geospatial-as-the-technology-partner-to-equip-digital-aerodrome-air-traffic-services-daats-program" } ], "conf": "high", "controlled_from": "", "regulator": "Transport Canada", "note": "", "lat": 44.2253, "lon": -76.5969, "iata": "YGK", "elev_ft": "305", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/cygk.jpg", "artist": "Moodude34", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norman_Rogers_Airport_Terminal_Departures.jpg" }, "connections": [] }, { "id": "sbsc", "name": "Santa Cruz Air Base", "icao": "SBSC", "country": "Brazil", "cc": "BR", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "operational", "vendors": [ "Frequentis" ], "ansp": "DECEA", "dates": [ { "d": "2019-10-18", "t": "smartVISION system installed" }, { "d": "2019-10-21", "t": "Frequentis reports the remote tower installed at Santa Cruz", "u": "https://www.aviationpros.com/airport-business/airport-infrastructure-operations/airport-technology/communications/press-release/21111194/frequentis-usa-inc-brazil-implements-south-americas-first-remote-air-traffic-control-tower-with-frequentis" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Frequentis and DECEA installed the first remote tower in South America at the Santa Cruz air base in October 2019.", "u": "https://canso.org/?p=11248" }, { "t": "Frequentis reported on 21 October 2019 that its smartVISION remote tower was installed at Santa Cruz in six months for DECEA's CISCEA, calling it the first in South America to provide actual remote ATC services.", "u": "https://www.aviationpros.com/airport-business/airport-infrastructure-operations/airport-technology/communications/press-release/21111194/frequentis-usa-inc-brazil-implements-south-americas-first-remote-air-traffic-control-tower-with-frequentis" } ], "conf": "medium", "note": "Ongoing operation since 2019 not re-verified.", "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "regulator": "", "lat": -22.9324, "lon": -43.7191, "iata": "SNZ", "elev_ft": "10", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/sbsc.jpg", "artist": "Rcandre", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hangar_de_Zeppelins.jpg" }, "connections": [] }, { "id": "kjyo", "name": "Leesburg Executive Airport", "icao": "KJYO", "country": "United States", "cc": "US", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "decommissioned", "vendors": [ "Saab" ], "ansp": "FAA (non-federal)", "program": "faa-rts", "dates": [ { "d": "2015-06", "t": "Test in summer 2015" }, { "d": "2018", "t": "Remote tower air traffic services began" }, { "d": "2023-06", "t": "FAA discontinued the remote tower program" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "The town says air traffic control has been provided since 2018 through the FAA remote tower program (nearly 80,000 operations a year) and that the FAA discontinued the program in June 2023.", "u": "https://www.leesburgva.gov/departments/capital-projects/current-projects/airport-projects/airport-air-traffic-control-tower" }, { "t": "A temporary tower is in place; the permanent tower is estimated to finish in spring 2029.", "u": "https://www.leesburgva.gov/departments/capital-projects/current-projects/airport-projects/airport-air-traffic-control-tower" }, { "t": "Saab stopped being the provider after the FAA changed certification standards.", "u": "https://reason.org/aviation-policy-news/aviation-policy-news-another-u-s-remote-tower-project-loses-its-provider/" } ], "conf": "high", "controlled_from": "", "regulator": "", "note": "", "lat": 39.078, "lon": -77.5575, "iata": "", "elev_ft": "389", "photo": null, "connections": [] }, { "id": "kfnl", "name": "Northern Colorado Regional Airport", "icao": "KFNL", "country": "United States", "cc": "US", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "decommissioned", "vendors": [ "Searidge" ], "ansp": "FAA / Colorado DOT", "program": "faa-rts", "dates": [ { "d": "2015-10-01", "t": "Selected as FAA test site" }, { "d": "2023", "t": "FAA terminated the project after the vendor left" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Colorado DOT says the FAA terminated the Loveland project in late 2023 after the vendor opted not to continue; the project began in 2013.", "u": "https://www.codot.gov/business/consultants/advertised-projects/2026/statewide-project-specific-digital-airport-traffic-control-tower-project-management-services/cdot-aero-digital-tower-program-management-sow_acc.pdf" }, { "t": "A mobile tower with contract controllers operates at the airport; the airport commission kept a digital tower option open in 2023.", "u": "https://bizwest.com/?p=373279" } ], "conf": "high", "controlled_from": "", "regulator": "", "note": "", "lat": 40.44969, "lon": -105.01127, "iata": "FNL", "elev_ft": "5016", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/kfnl.jpg", "artist": "Jeffrey Beall", "license": "CC BY 4.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northern_Colorado_Regional_Airport.JPG" }, "connections": [] }, { "id": "kbow", "name": "Bartow Executive Airport (Digital Tower Operations Center)", "icao": "KBOW", "country": "United States", "cc": "US", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "trial", "vendors": [ "Frequentis" ], "ansp": "FDOT / airport", "program": "faa-rts", "controlled_from": "", "dates": [ { "d": "2025", "t": "Frequentis installation (project March 2023 to November 2025)" }, { "d": "2026-01", "t": "Active control testing planned" }, { "d": "2026-07", "t": "Full services targeted" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Installed at Bartow; active control testing was slated for January 2026 and full air traffic control services were targeted for July 2026.", "u": "https://airportimprovement.com/article/bartow-executive-redefines-air-traffic-control-with-digital-tower-and-onsite-controller-training/" }, { "t": "Frequentis reports its X10 voice system went live there; the CANSO story is dated 12 March 2026.", "u": "https://canso.org/?p=117565" }, { "t": "The FAA's Digital Tower Systems page (renamed from Remote Tower Systems, last updated 4 September 2026) says the FAA is evaluating designs at the Technical Center and will update it when (and if) it issues a System Design Approval.", "u": "https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/non_federal/digital_tower_systems" } ], "conf": "high", "note": "The FAA states that no remote tower system was approved for the NAS as of its February 2025 page. See the United States program page for the September 2026 design approval.", "regulator": "", "lat": 27.9434, "lon": -81.7834, "iata": "BOW", "elev_ft": "125", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/kbow.jpg", "artist": "US Geological Survey", "license": "Public domain", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bartow_Municipal_Airport_-_Florida.jpg" }, "connections": [] }, { "id": "kgif", "name": "Winter Haven Regional Airport", "icao": "KGIF", "country": "United States", "cc": "US", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "planned", "vendors": [ "Frequentis" ], "ansp": "FDOT / airport", "controlled_from": "kbow", "program": "faa-rts", "dates": [ { "d": "2026-07", "t": "Control testing for Winter Haven scheduled to begin" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Winter Haven is intended to be operated from the Bartow centre; Florida DOT is funding the system and officials hoped for approval in 2026.", "u": "https://backend.ainonline.com/aviation-news/2025-08-27/faa-tests-while-winter-haven-preps-remote-tower" }, { "t": "Control testing for Winter Haven was scheduled to begin in July 2026.", "u": "https://airportimprovement.com/article/bartow-executive-redefines-air-traffic-control-with-digital-tower-and-onsite-controller-training/" } ], "conf": "medium", "regulator": "", "note": "", "lat": 28.0629, "lon": -81.7533, "iata": "GIF", "elev_ft": "145", "photo": null, "connections": [ { "rel": "controlled from", "id": "kbow", "name": "Bartow Executive Airport (Digital Tower Operations Center)" } ] }, { "id": "kacy", "name": "FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center (Atlantic City)", "icao": "KACY", "country": "United States", "cc": "US", "kind": "test_site", "status": "trial", "vendors": [ "Frequentis" ], "ansp": "FAA", "program": "faa-rts", "facts": [ { "t": "The FAA evaluates remote tower systems at the Technical Center and selected RTX-Frequentis for system design approval evaluation and operational testing.", "u": "https://backend.ainonline.com/aviation-news/2025-08-27/faa-tests-while-winter-haven-preps-remote-tower" }, { "t": "The FAA states that manufacturers submit designs which it evaluates at the Technical Center.", "u": "https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/non_federal/remote_tower_systems" } ], "conf": "high", "controlled_from": "", "regulator": "", "dates": [], "note": "", "lat": 39.4562, "lon": -74.57751, "iata": "ACY", "elev_ft": "75", "photo": null, "connections": [] }, { "id": "kjnx", "name": "Johnston Regional Airport", "icao": "KJNX", "country": "United States", "cc": "US", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "planned", "vendors": [], "ansp": "Airport authority", "program": "faa-rts", "dates": [ { "d": "2025-10-27", "t": "Local reporting on a digital tower plan" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "The airport has FAA approval for a traditional tower but hopes the FAA approves digital towers; the director estimates a digital tower at about half the cost.", "u": "https://www.wral.com/news/investigates/local-airport-johnston-regional-remote-tower-initiative-smithfield-october-2025/" } ], "conf": "medium", "note": "No vendor named in the cited report.", "controlled_from": "", "regulator": "", "lat": 35.5409, "lon": -78.3903, "iata": "", "elev_ft": "164", "photo": null, "connections": [] }, { "id": "oeao", "name": "AlUla International Airport", "icao": "OEAO", "country": "Saudi Arabia", "cc": "SA", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "operational", "vendors": [ "Indra" ], "ansp": "SANS", "dates": [ { "d": "2026-02-11", "t": "Reported operating fully remotely" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Indra and SANS say the airport operates fully remotely from a control centre about 550 km away in Jeddah, the first in the Middle East.", "u": "https://www.indragroup.com/en/news/al-ula-saudi-arabia-becomes-the-middle-easts-first-airport-to-be-operated-remotely-powered-by-sans-and-indras-digital-tower" } ], "conf": "high", "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "regulator": "", "note": "", "lat": 26.48363, "lon": 38.11705, "iata": "ULH", "elev_ft": "2050", "photo": null, "connections": [] }, { "id": "ysws", "name": "Western Sydney International Airport", "icao": "YSWS", "lat": -33.8844, "lon": 150.734, "country": "Australia", "cc": "AU", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "trial", "vendors": [ "Frequentis" ], "ansp": "Airservices Australia", "dates": [ { "d": "2024-03-05", "t": "Airservices announces the digital tower" }, { "d": "2024-03-05", "t": "Airservices announces a purpose-built digital aerodrome service for Western Sydney", "u": "https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/airservices-australia-launches-nations-first-purpose-built-digital-air-traffic-control-service-at-western-sydney-international-airport" }, { "d": "2026-02-12", "t": "Navy helicopter flight calibrates and validates the camera feeds; CASA reviewing safety cases", "u": "https://australianaviation.com.au/2026/02/navy-and-airservices-test-western-sydneys-digital-tower/" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Over 20 cameras at the airport feed a Digital Aerodrome Service at Eastern Creek; CDC and Frequentis Australasia work with Airservices.", "u": "https://www.australianflying.com.au/latest/western-sydney-to-get-digital-tower" }, { "t": "A July 2026 Frequentis article describes the digital work positions as in use.", "u": "https://www.boerse-online.de/dpa-afx/irw-news-dr-reuter-investor-relations-von-sydney-bis-muenchen-wie-frequentis-mit-digitalen-flugtowern-weltweit-neue-standards-fuer-die-zivile-und-militaerische-infrastruktur-setzt-541645.html" }, { "t": "Airservices says the airport will have no traditional tower and will be monitored by more than 20 cameras feeding a digital aerodrome service centre at Eastern Creek; partners are CDC and Frequentis Australasia.", "u": "https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/airservices-australia-launches-nations-first-purpose-built-digital-air-traffic-control-service-at-western-sydney-international-airport" }, { "t": "Australian Aviation, 12 February 2026: not yet operational, CASA is reviewing the safety cases, and Airservices aims to bring it online in July (about 25 cameras on a 45 m mast).", "u": "https://australianaviation.com.au/2026/02/navy-and-airservices-test-western-sydneys-digital-tower/" } ], "conf": "medium", "note": "Airport opening date and ATC go-live not confirmed here.", "controlled_from": "eastern-creek-dac", "program": "", "regulator": "CASA", "iata": "", "elev_ft": "", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/ysws.jpg", "artist": "BulbazaurREX", "license": "CC0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WSI_airport_terminal_2025.jpg" }, "connections": [ { "rel": "controlled from", "id": "eastern-creek-dac", "name": "Airservices Digital Aerodrome Service centre, Eastern Creek" } ] }, { "id": "vhhh", "name": "Hong Kong International Airport (digital tower and apron)", "icao": "VHHH", "country": "Hong Kong", "cc": "HK", "kind": "digital_tower", "status": "operational", "vendors": [ "Searidge" ], "ansp": "Airport Authority Hong Kong / CAD", "dates": [ { "d": "2022-06-22", "t": "Phase one passed acceptance testing" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Searidge reports a combined digital apron and tower platform with over 240 camera sensors; phase one passed acceptance and reliability testing in June 2022.", "u": "https://www.atc-network.com/atc-news/searidge-technologies/industrys-largest-digital-tower-to-go-operational-in-hong-kong" } ], "conf": "medium", "note": "A digital facility that augments the tower; not a remote tower.", "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "regulator": "", "lat": 22.31184, "lon": 113.91486, "iata": "HKG", "elev_ft": "28", "photo": null, "connections": [] }, { "id": "wsss", "name": "Singapore Changi Airport (smart digital tower prototype)", "icao": "WSSS", "country": "Singapore", "cc": "SG", "kind": "test_site", "status": "trial", "vendors": [ "Searidge" ], "ansp": "CAAS", "facts": [ { "t": "NATS built a smart digital tower prototype for CAAS as a 22-month trial, with Searidge, ST Engineering and HungaroControl involved.", "u": "https://www.nats.aero/news/nats-wins-major-smart-digital-tower-contract-changi-airport/" }, { "t": "NATS was awarded the CAAS contract for a smart digital tower prototype at Changi (a 22-month project with Searidge cameras; HungaroControl and ST Engineering also named); the release gives no go-live.", "u": "https://www.nats.aero/news/nats-wins-major-smart-digital-tower-contract-changi-airport/" } ], "conf": "medium", "note": "Trial dates are not given in the source; later outcome not confirmed.", "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "regulator": "", "dates": [], "lat": 1.35019, "lon": 103.994, "iata": "SIN", "elev_ft": "22", "photo": null, "connections": [] }, { "id": "nzaa", "name": "Auckland Airport (digital tower contingency)", "icao": "NZAA", "country": "New Zealand", "cc": "NZ", "kind": "contingency", "status": "trial", "vendors": [ "Frequentis" ], "ansp": "Airways New Zealand", "dates": [ { "d": "2019-08-22", "t": "Frequentis announces the system" }, { "d": "2017-11-30", "t": "Prototype digital tower trial announced at Auckland", "u": "https://www.internationalairportreview.com/news/40553/auckland-trials-digital-air-traffic-control/" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Frequentis said its Digital Tower System would initially be used as a back-up contingency system.", "u": "https://www.frequentis.com/sites/default/files/pr/2019-08/20190822_FREQUENTIS_digitalTower_Auckland_IR_EN.pdf" }, { "t": "Airways New Zealand and Frequentis began trialling a prototype digital tower at Auckland on 30 November 2017; the prototype was not used to manage live traffic.", "u": "https://www.internationalairportreview.com/news/40553/auckland-trials-digital-air-traffic-control/" } ], "conf": "low", "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "regulator": "", "note": "A prototype was shown in 2017 and was not handling live traffic. Frequentis said in 2019 that its system would initially serve as a contingency backup. No later notice found.", "lat": -37.01199, "lon": 174.78633, "iata": "AKL", "elev_ft": "23", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/nzaa.jpg", "artist": "Land Information New Zealand", "license": "CC BY 4.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Auckland_International_Airport_2017_aerial.png" }, "connections": [] }, { "id": "eastern-creek-dac", "name": "Airservices Digital Aerodrome Service centre, Eastern Creek", "icao": "", "country": "Australia", "cc": "AU", "kind": "rtc", "status": "trial", "vendors": [ "Frequentis" ], "ansp": "Airservices Australia", "regulator": "CASA", "program": "airservices-das", "lat": -33.801, "lon": 150.856, "conf": "medium", "note": "Location approximate (suburb of Eastern Creek).", "dates": [ { "d": "2024-03-05", "t": "Centre announced for Western Sydney", "u": "https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/airservices-australia-launches-nations-first-purpose-built-digital-air-traffic-control-service-at-western-sydney-international-airport" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Airservices says air traffic services for Western Sydney will be provided from a digital aerodrome service centre at Eastern Creek.", "u": "https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/airservices-australia-launches-nations-first-purpose-built-digital-air-traffic-control-service-at-western-sydney-international-airport" }, { "t": "Australian Aviation, February 2026, says the digital tower is not yet operational and is expected to open with the airport in 2026.", "u": "https://australianaviation.com.au/2026/02/navy-and-airservices-test-western-sydneys-digital-tower/" } ], "controlled_from": "", "iata": "", "elev_ft": "", "photo": null, "connections": [ { "rel": "serves", "id": "ysws", "name": "Western Sydney International Airport" } ] }, { "id": "adelaide-atc", "name": "Airservices Adelaide centre (2012 remote tower trial hub)", "icao": "", "country": "Australia", "cc": "AU", "kind": "rtc", "status": "cancelled", "vendors": [ "Saab" ], "ansp": "Airservices Australia", "program": "airservices-das", "lat": -34.9462, "lon": 138.5306, "conf": "medium", "note": "Plotted at Adelaide airport; the exact facility is not specified in the sources.", "facts": [ { "t": "The Saab and Airservices trial was to control aircraft at Alice Springs remotely from the Airservices facility in Adelaide, more than 1,500 km away.", "u": "https://www.saab.com/newsroom/press-releases/2011/saab-and-airservices-australia-sign-contract-to-conduct-remote-atm-tower-trial" } ], "controlled_from": "", "regulator": "", "dates": [], "iata": "", "elev_ft": "", "photo": null, "connections": [ { "rel": "serves", "id": "ybas", "name": "Alice Springs Airport (2012 remote tower trial)" } ] }, { "id": "yssy", "name": "Sydney Airport (digital tower prototype)", "icao": "YSSY", "country": "Australia", "cc": "AU", "kind": "test_site", "status": "trial", "vendors": [ "Searidge" ], "ansp": "Airservices Australia", "program": "airservices-das", "dates": [ { "d": "2019-11-15", "t": "Airservices selects Searidge for a prototype digital tower at Sydney", "u": "https://canso.org/airservices-australia-selects-searidge-for-digital-aerodrome-services-program/" } ], "conf": "low", "note": "The sources describe a prototype and an evaluation, not a service. No later notice found.", "facts": [ { "t": "CANSO, 15 November 2019: Airservices selected Searidge to deliver a prototype 4K display with a wide view of a Sydney runway, as a first step toward possible contingency use and use at other aerodromes.", "u": "https://canso.org/airservices-australia-selects-searidge-for-digital-aerodrome-services-program/" }, { "t": "The Define stage was due to finish by March 2020.", "u": "https://canso.org/airservices-australia-selects-searidge-for-digital-aerodrome-services-program/" } ], "controlled_from": "", "regulator": "", "lat": -33.9461, "lon": 151.177, "iata": "SYD", "elev_ft": "21", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/yssy.jpg", "artist": "Andrew Harvey", "license": "CC BY 2.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sydney_Airport_(Kingsford_Smith)_-_aerial_view_(cropped).jpg" }, "connections": [] }, { "id": "ybas", "name": "Alice Springs Airport (2012 remote tower trial)", "icao": "YBAS", "country": "Australia", "cc": "AU", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "cancelled", "vendors": [ "Saab" ], "ansp": "Airservices Australia", "controlled_from": "adelaide-atc", "program": "airservices-das", "dates": [ { "d": "2011-06-01", "t": "Saab and Airservices sign contract for a remote tower trial controlled from Adelaide", "u": "https://www.saab.com/newsroom/press-releases/2011/saab-and-airservices-australia-sign-contract-to-conduct-remote-atm-tower-trial" }, { "d": "2012", "t": "Trial run; network capability judged inadequate for a service", "u": "https://www.frequentis.com/sites/default/files/news/2018-11/AustralianAviation_FrequentisArticle2018_11.pdf" } ], "conf": "medium", "note": "A trial that ended without a service, not a decommissioned operating tower.", "facts": [ { "t": "Saab's 1 June 2011 release says Airservices staff would control Alice Springs from Adelaide during the trial, with no change to existing ATC arrangements.", "u": "https://www.saab.com/newsroom/press-releases/2011/saab-and-airservices-australia-sign-contract-to-conduct-remote-atm-tower-trial" }, { "t": "Airservices' executive said in a 2018 article that the trial exposed weaknesses in the data network and 'network capability was not adequate to provide an air traffic control service' at the time.", "u": "https://www.frequentis.com/sites/default/files/news/2018-11/AustralianAviation_FrequentisArticle2018_11.pdf" } ], "regulator": "", "lat": -23.80659, "lon": 133.90343, "iata": "ASP", "elev_ft": "1789", "photo": null, "connections": [ { "rel": "controlled from", "id": "adelaide-atc", "name": "Airservices Adelaide centre (2012 remote tower trial hub)" } ] }, { "id": "mosnov-rtc", "name": "ŘLP planned remote tower centre, Mošnov (Ostrava)", "icao": "", "country": "Czech Republic", "cc": "CZ", "kind": "rtc", "status": "planned", "conf": "low", "ansp": "ŘLP ČR", "program": "", "lat": 49.6963, "lon": 18.1111, "note": "Planned. In August 2023 the ŘLP chief said it should open in two to three years; a later report says construction had not started and an operational concept was still being drafted. No vendor is named.", "dates": [ { "d": "2023-08-19", "t": "ŘLP chief says remote tower in Ostrava targeted within two to three years", "u": "https://zdopravy.cz/virtualni-vez-provoz-na-letisti-v-budejovicich-se-bude-ridit-na-dalku-z-ostravy-172109/" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "ŘLP, the Czech air navigation provider, plans a remote tower at Mošnov near Ostrava to control České Budějovice, which could later serve other regional airports.", "u": "https://zdopravy.cz/virtualni-vez-provoz-na-letisti-v-budejovicich-se-bude-ridit-na-dalku-z-ostravy-172109/" }, { "t": "A later Zdopravy.cz report says the stated deadline had passed, construction had not started at either site, and an operational concept and cost-benefit analysis come first. A floor of the Mošnov control tower was reserved in 2016.", "u": "https://zdopravy.cz/nova-era-rizeni-letadel-virtualni-vez-budou-mit-i-v-polsku-pripravy-bezi-take-u-nas-256221/" } ], "vendors": [], "controlled_from": "", "regulator": "", "iata": "", "elev_ft": "", "photo": null, "connections": [ { "rel": "serves", "id": "lkcs", "name": "České Budějovice Airport" } ] }, { "id": "lkcs", "name": "České Budějovice Airport", "icao": "LKCS", "country": "Czech Republic", "cc": "CZ", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "planned", "conf": "low", "ansp": "ŘLP ČR", "controlled_from": "mosnov-rtc", "lat": 48.9458, "lon": 14.4272, "note": "Planned only. No vendor named and no approval or contract found.", "dates": [ { "d": "2022-09-01", "t": "ŘLP confirms it is considering a remote tower for the airport", "u": "https://www.aeroweb.cz/clanky/7831-letiste-ceske-budejovice-se-docka-rozsireni-provozu-pomuze-rlp" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Aeroweb.cz, 1 September 2022: ŘLP was considering a remote virtual tower for České Budějovice within three to four years; no vendor is named.", "u": "https://www.aeroweb.cz/clanky/7831-letiste-ceske-budejovice-se-docka-rozsireni-provozu-pomuze-rlp" }, { "t": "Zdopravy.cz, 19 August 2023: all traffic including taxiing and parking would be controlled from Ostrava, probably starting as an on-request service.", "u": "https://zdopravy.cz/virtualni-vez-provoz-na-letisti-v-budejovicich-se-bude-ridit-na-dalku-z-ostravy-172109/" } ], "vendors": [], "program": "", "regulator": "", "iata": "JCL", "elev_ft": "1417", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/lkcs.jpg", "artist": "Jana Sekyrová", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leti%C5%A1t%C4%9B_%C4%8Cesk%C3%A9_Bud%C4%9Bjovice_(04).jpg" }, "connections": [ { "rel": "controlled from", "id": "mosnov-rtc", "name": "ŘLP planned remote tower centre, Mošnov (Ostrava)" } ] }, { "id": "rjka", "name": "Amami Airport (remote aerodrome air-ground service)", "icao": "RJKA", "country": "Japan", "cc": "JP", "kind": "remote_afis", "status": "operational", "conf": "high", "vendors": [ "OKI" ], "ansp": "JCAB", "regulator": "JCAB", "program": "", "lat": 28.4306, "lon": 129.7125, "note": "This is a remote aerodrome air-ground (RADIO) service from Naha, not remote air traffic control. Japan has no remote tower providing control service in the sources reviewed.", "dates": [ { "d": "2021-10-01", "t": "Remote RADIO operation from Naha begins (Japan's first)", "u": "https://www.oki.com/jp/press/2022/02/z21090.html" }, { "d": "2022-02-28", "t": "OKI announces delivery of the RVA-19 system to the Civil Aviation Bureau", "u": "https://www.oki.com/jp/press/2022/02/z21090.html" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "OKI says Amami began remote RADIO operation on 1 October 2021, with a flight information officer at Naha Airport providing air-ground service through its RVA-19 remote tower device.", "u": "https://www.oki.com/jp/press/2022/02/z21090.html" }, { "t": "A July 2021 trade report describes Japan's remote tower work as research at the Electronic Navigation Research Institute, with a small remote air-ground system serving some low-traffic airports.", "u": "https://www.jwing.net/news/40463" } ], "controlled_from": "", "iata": "ASJ", "elev_ft": "27", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/rjka.jpg", "artist": "ブルーノ", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amami.airport.jpg" }, "connections": [] }, { "id": "namur-dtc", "name": "skeyes digital tower control centre, Namur", "icao": "", "country": "Belgium", "cc": "BE", "kind": "rtc", "status": "planned", "vendors": [ "Saab" ], "ansp": "skeyes", "program": "skeyes-namur", "conf": "high", "lat": 50.4674, "lon": 4.872, "note": "Plotted at Namur; exact site approximate.", "dates": [ { "d": "2025", "t": "Building completed", "u": "https://annualreport.skeyes.be/en/innovation/digital-towers" }, { "d": "2027", "t": "Planned to become operational (equipped in 2026)", "u": "https://annualreport.skeyes.be/en/innovation/digital-towers" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "skeyes says the Namur building was completed in 2025, will be further equipped in 2026 and become operational in 2027; Liège and Charleroi will be controlled from it.", "u": "https://annualreport.skeyes.be/en/innovation/digital-towers" } ], "controlled_from": "", "regulator": "", "iata": "", "elev_ft": "", "photo": null, "connections": [ { "rel": "serves", "id": "ebci", "name": "Charleroi Airport" }, { "rel": "serves", "id": "eblg", "name": "Liège Airport" } ] }, { "id": "ebci", "name": "Charleroi Airport", "icao": "EBCI", "country": "Belgium", "cc": "BE", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "planned", "vendors": [ "Saab" ], "ansp": "skeyes", "controlled_from": "namur-dtc", "program": "skeyes-namur", "conf": "high", "lat": 50.4592, "lon": 4.4538, "facts": [ { "t": "Charleroi and Liège are the first skeyes airports to get digital towers, controlled from Namur from 2027.", "u": "https://annualreport.skeyes.be/en/innovation/digital-towers" } ], "regulator": "", "dates": [], "note": "", "iata": "CRL", "elev_ft": "614", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/ebci.jpg", "artist": "Eric Salard", "license": "CC BY-SA 2.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CRL_AIRPORT_FROM_FLIGHT_DUS-CDG_A320_AIR_FRANCE_F-GFKY_(14544559166).jpg" }, "connections": [ { "rel": "controlled from", "id": "namur-dtc", "name": "skeyes digital tower control centre, Namur" } ] }, { "id": "eblg", "name": "Liège Airport", "icao": "EBLG", "country": "Belgium", "cc": "BE", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "planned", "vendors": [ "Saab" ], "ansp": "skeyes", "controlled_from": "namur-dtc", "program": "skeyes-namur", "conf": "high", "lat": 50.6374, "lon": 5.4432, "facts": [ { "t": "Charleroi and Liège are the first skeyes airports to get digital towers, controlled from Namur from 2027.", "u": "https://annualreport.skeyes.be/en/innovation/digital-towers" } ], "regulator": "", "dates": [], "note": "", "iata": "LGG", "elev_ft": "659", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/eblg.jpg", "artist": "The original uploader was Vberger at French Wikipedia.", "license": "Public domain", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liege_airport.jpg" }, "connections": [ { "rel": "controlled from", "id": "namur-dtc", "name": "skeyes digital tower control centre, Namur" } ] }, { "id": "ebbr-dttc", "name": "skeyes Digital Tower Test Centre, Steenokkerzeel", "icao": "", "country": "Belgium", "cc": "BE", "kind": "test_site", "status": "trial", "vendors": [ "Saab" ], "ansp": "skeyes", "program": "skeyes-namur", "conf": "high", "lat": 50.904, "lon": 4.49, "note": "Plotted near Brussels Airport; exact site approximate.", "dates": [ { "d": "2024-05-31", "t": "Digital Tower Test Centre unveiled", "u": "https://www.saab.com/newsroom/press-releases/2024/saab-technology-in-new-digital-air-traffic-test-centre-in-belgium" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Saab's 31 May 2024 release says skeyes unveiled a Digital Tower Test Centre in Steenokkerzeel, a prototype for the Namur centre, built on Saab's Remote Tower solution, for training controllers.", "u": "https://www.saab.com/newsroom/press-releases/2024/saab-technology-in-new-digital-air-traffic-test-centre-in-belgium" } ], "controlled_from": "", "regulator": "", "iata": "", "elev_ft": "", "photo": null, "connections": [] }, { "id": "othh", "name": "Hamad International Airport (hybrid virtual tower)", "icao": "OTHH", "lat": 25.2731, "lon": 51.6081, "country": "Qatar", "cc": "QA", "kind": "hybrid", "status": "operational", "vendors": [ "Searidge" ], "ansp": "Qatar CAA", "regulator": "Qatar CAA", "conf": "medium", "dates": [ { "d": "2025-12-01", "t": "Searidge and AIN report the virtual tower in operational service", "u": "https://backend.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aerospace/2025-12-01/hamad-international-activates-virtual-tower-qatar" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "AIN, 1 December 2025: Hamad's virtual tower, built on Searidge's Chorus platform, 'has entered operational service' under a hybrid model adopted by the Qatar CAA; two positions are in the main tower and two in the backup and approach training centre.", "u": "https://backend.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aerospace/2025-12-01/hamad-international-activates-virtual-tower-qatar" }, { "t": "NATS lists Hamad as a certified hybrid digital tower and the first large-scale digital tower certified by safety regulators in the Middle East.", "u": "https://www.nats.aero/our-solutions/digital-towers/" } ], "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "note": "", "iata": "DOH", "elev_ft": "13", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/othh.jpg", "artist": "Contrarian Metal Resources President Jim Halliday: jhalliday@metalresources.net", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hamad_International_Airport_Qatar.jpg" }, "connections": [] }, { "id": "bgqq", "name": "Qaqortoq Airport (new, local digital tower)", "icao": "", "country": "Greenland", "cc": "GL", "kind": "digital_tower", "status": "planned", "vendors": [ "Frequentis" ], "ansp": "", "conf": "low", "lat": 60.7164, "lon": -46.0297, "note": "Plotted at Qaqortoq town; exact site approximate. Frequentis says similar systems are already in place at Nuuk and Ilulissat, but gives no dates, so those are not listed here.", "facts": [ { "t": "Frequentis was awarded a contract (via the construction firm COMSA) for a Local Digital Tower at the new Qaqortoq airport; it describes a vision of centralised control from Nuuk.", "u": "https://www.airport-technology.com/contractors/traffic/frequentis/pressreleases/frequentis-digital-tower-solution-greenland/" } ], "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "regulator": "", "dates": [], "iata": "", "elev_ft": "", "photo": null, "connections": [] }, { "id": "nznv", "name": "Invercargill Airport", "icao": "NZNV", "country": "New Zealand", "cc": "NZ", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "unverified", "vendors": [ "Frequentis" ], "ansp": "Airways New Zealand", "conf": "low", "lat": -46.4124, "lon": 168.3129, "note": "Contract awarded in 2019 with go-live expected in 2020. No go-live notice found.", "dates": [ { "d": "2019-02-27", "t": "Airways awards Frequentis the contract for the first New Zealand digital tower", "u": "https://www.airport-technology.com/news/frequentis-invercargill-airport/" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Airways New Zealand awarded Frequentis a contract for a remotely operated digital tower at Invercargill; controllers would start at the airfield and later move to a hub, with operation expected by 2020.", "u": "https://www.airport-technology.com/news/frequentis-invercargill-airport/" } ], "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "regulator": "", "iata": "IVC", "elev_ft": "5", "photo": null, "connections": [] }, { "id": "saez", "name": "Buenos Aires Ezeiza International Airport", "icao": "SAEZ", "country": "Argentina", "cc": "AR", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "planned", "vendors": [ "Frequentis" ], "ansp": "", "conf": "low", "lat": -34.8222, "lon": -58.5358, "note": "Vendor page only; customer and dates not stated. Treat as unconfirmed.", "facts": [ { "t": "Frequentis says Ezeiza will receive an airport camera system as a first step toward what it calls South America's first remote virtual tower, with tower control to follow completion of a new tower.", "u": "https://www.frequentis.com/en/pr/frequentis-deploy-south-americas-first-remote-virtual-tower-buenos-aires-international-airport" } ], "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "regulator": "", "dates": [], "iata": "EZE", "elev_ft": "67", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/saez.jpg", "artist": "Pierre Markuse from Hamm, Germany", "license": "CC BY 2.0", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ezeiza_International_Airport_satellite.jpg" }, "connections": [] }, { "id": "zsjh", "name": "Chizhou Jiuhuashan Airport (remote tower trial)", "icao": "ZSJH", "country": "China", "cc": "CN", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "trial", "conf": "medium", "ansp": "CAAC", "regulator": "CAAC", "lat": 30.7403, "lon": 117.6856, "note": "A trial under the CAAC. The paper does not name a vendor.", "dates": [ { "d": "2021-09", "t": "Remote tower optical system installed", "u": "https://www.icao.int/sites/default/files/APAC/Meetings/2024/2024%20SURICG-9/4-Information%20Papers/IP07_CHN-AI.7-Trial-Application-of-Remote-Tower-Optical-System-Technology-in-Civil-Aviation-Industry-of-China.pdf" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "A Chinese paper to ICAO describes a remote tower optical system installed at Chizhou in September 2021 and operated from the Anhui ATC Bureau about 180 km away; trial operations, with full remote service planned after trial and transition phases.", "u": "https://www.icao.int/sites/default/files/APAC/Meetings/2024/2024%20SURICG-9/4-Information%20Papers/IP07_CHN-AI.7-Trial-Application-of-Remote-Tower-Optical-System-Technology-in-Civil-Aviation-Industry-of-China.pdf" } ], "vendors": [], "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "iata": "", "elev_ft": "", "photo": null, "connections": [] }, { "id": "zwnl", "name": "Xinyuan Nalati Airport (remote tower trial)", "icao": "ZWNL", "country": "China", "cc": "CN", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "trial", "conf": "low", "ansp": "Xinjiang Airport Group", "regulator": "CAAC", "lat": 43.4318, "lon": 83.3786, "note": "One report, May 2020; no later notice found.", "dates": [ { "d": "2020-05-22", "t": "China Express flight controlled remotely from Urumqi in what Aviation Week called China's first remote tower operation", "u": "https://ngstage.aviationweek.com/air-transport/safety-ops-regulation/china-trials-remote-tower-operations-xinjiang" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "Aviation Week, 22 May 2020: a China Express Airlines flight was controlled remotely from the Xinjiang Airport Group's centre in Urumqi, 385 km away, at Xinyuan Nalati.", "u": "https://ngstage.aviationweek.com/air-transport/safety-ops-regulation/china-trials-remote-tower-operations-xinjiang" } ], "vendors": [], "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "iata": "NLT", "elev_ft": "3050", "photo": null, "connections": [] }, { "id": "lfvm", "name": "Miquelon Airport (remote from Saint-Pierre)", "icao": "LFVM", "country": "France", "cc": "FR", "kind": "remote_tower", "status": "unverified", "vendors": [ "Searidge" ], "ansp": "DSNA", "conf": "low", "lat": 47.0958, "lon": -56.3803, "note": "Selected in 2016. NATS lists a Miquelon and Saint-Pierre digital tower as a reference, while a union document calls earlier French attempts failures. Neither gives a service date.", "dates": [ { "d": "2016-03-09", "t": "DSNA selects Searidge's remote tower for Miquelon, to be controlled from Saint-Pierre", "u": "https://militaryaerospace.com/commercial-aerospace/article/14228780/french-ansp-selects-searidge-remote-tower-for-remote-management-of-miquelon-airport" } ], "facts": [ { "t": "DSNA selected Searidge in March 2016 to remote Miquelon from Saint-Pierre, about 40 km away; cameras to be installed at Miquelon.", "u": "https://militaryaerospace.com/commercial-aerospace/article/14228780/french-ansp-selects-searidge-remote-tower-for-remote-management-of-miquelon-airport" }, { "t": "NATS's digital tower page lists Miquelon and Saint-Pierre as a digital tower where controllers manage both airfields remotely from one location; no date is given.", "u": "https://www.nats.aero/our-solutions/digital-towers/" } ], "controlled_from": "", "program": "", "regulator": "", "iata": "MQC", "elev_ft": "10", "photo": { "file": "img/towers/lfvm.jpg", "artist": "NASA World Wind", "license": "Public domain", "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miquelon_Airport.jpg" }, "connections": [] } ] }