Operationalconfidence high
Vigo Airport
Photo of the airport: Fernando CaSal, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Vigo Airport is a remote tower: cameras and sensors at the airport feed controllers who work somewhere else. 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.
What the sources say
- 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.https://www.atc-network.com/atc-news/searidge-technologies/searidge-powers-spains-first-regulator-certified-digital-control-tower-at-vigo-airport
- CAPA reported in March 2025 that operations were due to launch in June 2025.https://centreforaviation.com/news/vigo-airport-to-launch-digital-control-tower-operations-in-jun-2025-1306697
Timeline
- Nov 2020Aena selects Searidge and FerroNATS
- Jun 2025Operations planned to launch
- 10 Dec 2025Reported operational; early operations in low-traffic hours with a conventional controller on standby
Connections
Lines join each airport to the centre that controls it. Basemap: OpenStreetMap data via Protomaps.
Other sites in Spain
At a glance
- ICAO
- LEVX
- Country
- Spain
- Type
- Remote tower
- Vendor
- Searidge, FerroNATS
- Provider
- Aena
- Status
- Operational
- Position
- 42.232, -8.627