Nation's tallest ATC tower at Delhi airport

New Delhi: After the biggest terminal and the longest runway, Delhi airport is all set to have the tallest Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower in the country. At 100 metres, the new ATC tower will be much taller than the Qutab Minar (72.5 m) and almost double the airport's existing ATC tower.
The new ATC tower, initially planned to open by mid-2012, will now be commissioned only by November 2013, private airport developer Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) said. DIAL has invited bids for the construction of the new ATC complex and tower.
Expected to cost R350 crore, the new ATC tower will be built at a more centralised location at the airport, so that air traffic controllers can have a clear view of all the three runways, aprons and taxiways.
The present ATC complex and 60 metre high tower was built in 1999 and is at a considerable distance from the third runway built in 2008.
"Even on a clear day, the new runway is not properly visible from the ATC tower," said a senior ATC official who didn't wish to be named.
11/07/11 Sidhartha Roy/Hindustan Times

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Categories: Airports Jul 2011