Chennai: Airports Authority of India (AAI) has set up a mobile air traffic control (ATC) tower at Vellore airport, the first-of-its-kind facility at an airport in south India.
The tower, mounted on a trailer-truck, has been positioned on a concrete platform in an open space near the airport. The air-conditioned cabin, which will house controllers and equipment for communication, navigation, surveillance and automated weather observation can be elevated up to eight metres. The cabin has windows with 360 view and is made of blast-proof glass. It can accommodate four to five people.
S Sreekumar, AAI regional executive director, southern region, said, “The tower has arrived and has been put in position. It will be tested for two to three days before it is made operational.”
The mobile tower is one of the eight such equipment imported by AAI. “In the future, there are plans to control flights at Vellore and other small airports from Chennai. A virtual or remote air traffic control tower will be set up in Chennai for the purpose. So, it has been decided not to have permanent ATC towers at small airports. The mobile tower will be used to handle flights till the remote tower for Vellore is ready at Chennai airport,” he added.
12/12/18 V Ayyappan/Times of India
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The tower, mounted on a trailer-truck, has been positioned on a concrete platform in an open space near the airport. The air-conditioned cabin, which will house controllers and equipment for communication, navigation, surveillance and automated weather observation can be elevated up to eight metres. The cabin has windows with 360 view and is made of blast-proof glass. It can accommodate four to five people.
S Sreekumar, AAI regional executive director, southern region, said, “The tower has arrived and has been put in position. It will be tested for two to three days before it is made operational.”
The mobile tower is one of the eight such equipment imported by AAI. “In the future, there are plans to control flights at Vellore and other small airports from Chennai. A virtual or remote air traffic control tower will be set up in Chennai for the purpose. So, it has been decided not to have permanent ATC towers at small airports. The mobile tower will be used to handle flights till the remote tower for Vellore is ready at Chennai airport,” he added.
12/12/18 V Ayyappan/Times of India
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