Trialconfidence low
Xinyuan Nalati Airport (remote tower trial)
Xinyuan Nalati Airport (remote tower trial) is a remote tower: cameras and sensors at the airport feed controllers who work somewhere else. Aviation Week, 22 May 2020: a China Express Airlines flight was controlled remotely from the Xinjiang Airport Group's centre in Urumqi, 385 km away, at Xinyuan Nalati.
Caveat. One report, May 2020; no later notice found.
The evidence for this entry is old or comes from a single source. Treat the status as unconfirmed.
What the sources say
- Aviation Week, 22 May 2020: a China Express Airlines flight was controlled remotely from the Xinjiang Airport Group's centre in Urumqi, 385 km away, at Xinyuan Nalati.https://ngstage.aviationweek.com/air-transport/safety-ops-regulation/china-trials-remote-tower-operations-xinjiang
Timeline
- 22 May 2020China Express flight controlled remotely from Urumqi in what Aviation Week called China's first remote tower operation ngstage.aviationweek.com
Connections
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At a glance
- ICAO
- ZWNL
- Country
- China
- Type
- Remote tower
- Vendor
- not named in sources
- Provider
- Xinjiang Airport Group
- Status
- Trial
- Regulator
- CAAC
- Position
- 43.432, 83.379