Operationalconfidence medium
Hamad International Airport (hybrid virtual tower)
Photo of the airport: Contrarian Metal Resources President Jim Halliday: jhalliday@metalresources.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Hamad International Airport (hybrid virtual tower) is a hybrid digital tower: controllers keep the window view and add camera video, so it is not a remote tower. 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.
What the sources say
- 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.https://backend.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aerospace/2025-12-01/hamad-international-activates-virtual-tower-qatar
- NATS lists Hamad as a certified hybrid digital tower and the first large-scale digital tower certified by safety regulators in the Middle East.https://www.nats.aero/our-solutions/digital-towers/
Timeline
- 1 Dec 2025Searidge and AIN report the virtual tower in operational service backend.ainonline.com
Connections
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At a glance
- ICAO
- OTHH
- Country
- Qatar
- Type
- Hybrid digital tower
- Vendor
- Searidge
- Provider
- Qatar CAA
- Status
- Operational
- Regulator
- Qatar CAA
- Position
- 25.273, 51.608