Plannedconfidence medium

Johnston Regional Airport

Johnston Regional Airport is a remote tower: cameras and sensors at the airport feed controllers who work somewhere else. 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.

Caveat. No vendor named in the cited report.

What the sources say

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.https://www.wral.com/news/investigates/local-airport-johnston-regional-remote-tower-initiative-smithfield-october-2025/

Timeline

27 Oct 2025
Local reporting on a digital tower plan

Connections

Lines join each airport to the centre that controls it. Basemap: OpenStreetMap data via Protomaps.

Other sites in United States

Leesburg Executive Airport Northern Colorado Regional Airport Bartow Executive Airport (Digital Tower Operations Center) Winter Haven Regional Airport FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center (Atlantic City)

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At a glance

ICAO: KJNX
Country: United States
Type: Remote tower
Vendor: not named in sources
Provider: Airport authority
Status: Planned
Position: 35.541, -78.390

Sources

1 public source: wral.com.

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