Mangalore: Come November, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) will provide all air traffic services at Mangalore International Airport from a new building.
The services would be shifted from the old terminal building at Bajpe.
The new air traffic services complex, which includes the new air traffic control (ATC) tower, has been constructed at an estimated cost of Rs. 20 crore, the director of the airport, J. T. Radhakrishna told The Hindu.
The complex would have the area control centre, which provides navigational services to overlying flights up to 200 nautical miles from the airport, and the ATC tower, which provides services exclusively to flights arriving to Mangalore International Airport and departing from the airport, up to 60 nautical miles.
The area control centre provides navigational services to prevent collision between aircrafts and expedite and maintain an orderly flow of traffic of aircrafts flying to different destinations in the air space.
04/07/14 Raviprasad Kamila/The Hindu
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The services would be shifted from the old terminal building at Bajpe.
The new air traffic services complex, which includes the new air traffic control (ATC) tower, has been constructed at an estimated cost of Rs. 20 crore, the director of the airport, J. T. Radhakrishna told The Hindu.
The complex would have the area control centre, which provides navigational services to overlying flights up to 200 nautical miles from the airport, and the ATC tower, which provides services exclusively to flights arriving to Mangalore International Airport and departing from the airport, up to 60 nautical miles.
The area control centre provides navigational services to prevent collision between aircrafts and expedite and maintain an orderly flow of traffic of aircrafts flying to different destinations in the air space.
04/07/14 Raviprasad Kamila/The Hindu
