Decommissionedconfidence high
Leesburg Executive Airport
Leesburg Executive Airport is a remote tower: cameras and sensors at the airport feed controllers who work somewhere else. 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.
What the sources say
- 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.https://www.leesburgva.gov/departments/capital-projects/current-projects/airport-projects/airport-air-traffic-control-tower
- A temporary tower is in place; the permanent tower is estimated to finish in spring 2029.https://www.leesburgva.gov/departments/capital-projects/current-projects/airport-projects/airport-air-traffic-control-tower
- Saab stopped being the provider after the FAA changed certification standards.https://reason.org/aviation-policy-news/aviation-policy-news-another-u-s-remote-tower-project-loses-its-provider/
Timeline
- Jun 2015Test in summer 2015
- 2018Remote tower air traffic services began
- Jun 2023FAA discontinued the remote tower program
Connections
Lines join each airport to the centre that controls it. Basemap: OpenStreetMap data via Protomaps.
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At a glance
- ICAO
- KJYO
- Country
- United States
- Type
- Remote tower
- Vendor
- Saab
- Provider
- FAA (non-federal)
- Status
- Decommissioned
- Position
- 39.078, -77.558