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FAA Remote Tower Requirements

The documents and assessments the FAA requires for a non-federal remote tower.

A non-federal remote tower seeking FAA acceptance must satisfy several requirement sets: a Concept of Operations (ConOps) describing how the facility will operate; an Operational Safety Assessment (OSA) identifying and mitigating hazards; technical requirements for the camera, sensor, display, and communications systems; and operational visual requirements defining what the controller must be able to see and resolve.

These flow through the FAA's Remote Tower Systems pathway and, historically, a System Design Approval process. Public PDFs for several of these are indexed in the Documents library.

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Last reviewed 2026-07-09. Independent public-source reference. Not affiliated with the FAA, EASA, or any vendor. Something wrong? Submit a correction.