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  2. Air traffic control - Wikipedia

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    Air control (known to pilots as tower or tower control) is responsible for the active runway surfaces. Air control gives clearance for aircraft takeoff or landing, whilst ensuring that prescribed runway separation will exist at all times.

  3. Air traffic controller - Wikipedia

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    Varies by country. Air traffic control specialists, abbreviated ATCs, are personnel responsible for the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic in the global air traffic control system. Usually stationed in air traffic control centers and control towers on the ground, they monitor the position, speed, and altitude of aircraft in ...

  4. Airport - Wikipedia

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    Tower control. Tower control is responsible for aircraft on the runway and in the controlled airspace immediately surrounding the airport. Tower controllers may use radar to locate an aircraft's position in 3D space, or they may rely on pilot position reports and visual observation.

  5. List of tallest air traffic control towers in the United ...

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    The following table ranks the tallest air traffic control (ATC) towers at airports in the United States. Air traffic control towers are elevated structures for the visual observation and control of the air and ground traffic at an airport. [1] The placement and height of an ATC tower are determined by addressing the many FAA requirements and ...

  6. Conning tower - Wikipedia

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    A conning tower is a raised platform on a ship or submarine, often armoured, from which an officer in charge can conn (conduct or control) the vessel, controlling movements of the ship by giving orders to those responsible for the ship's engine, rudder, lines, and ground tackle. It is usually located as high on the ship as is practical, to give ...

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  7. O'Hare International Airport - Wikipedia

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    Control tower and Terminals 3 and 2 seen from ATS (Airport Transit System) In 2018, the city and airlines committed to Phase I of a new Terminal Area Plan dubbed O'Hare 21. The plan was to build two all-new satellite concourses to the southwest of Concourse C, and to expand Terminals 2 and 5 with additional gates, lounges, and updates to ...

  8. Air traffic control tower The iconic KLIA Control Tower. There are two air traffic control towers at Kuala Lumpur International Airport: the main control tower and the apron control tower. Tower West is 133.8 metres tall and is the tallest air traffic control tower in the world, followed by Suvarnabhumi Airport's control tower and KLIA's ...

  9. Aerodrome beacon - Wikipedia

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    Aerodrome beacon. An aerodrome beacon, airport beacon, rotating beacon or aeronautical beacon is a beacon installed at an airport or aerodrome to indicate its location to aircraft pilots at night. An aerodrome beacon is mounted on top of a towering structure, often a control tower, above other buildings of the airport.

  10. Aviation light signals - Wikipedia

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    ICAO regulations require air traffic control towers to possess such signal lamps. [3] [4] The signal lamp has a focused bright beam and is capable of emitting three different colors: red, white and green. [5] [6] These colors may be flashed or steady, and have different meanings to aircraft in flight or on the ground.

  11. Control tower - Wikipedia

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