Virtual Air Traffic Control Tower Tour
The Federal Aviation Administration in collaboration with the Colorado Aeronautics Division selected the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport for its first virtual air traffic control tower in the nation. It will employ advanced sensor technology and cameras to collect data and feed information to a central location where controllers will be able to communicate with and direct airplanes in the vicinity of the airport.
The system is designed with advanced, ground-based sensor technology to monitor aircraft movement, providing remote air traffic controllers with the same information a brick-and-mortar tower would give them. The system will be unique to the NoCo airport’s layout, with a central tower and two end towers, one at each far end of the runway area to eliminate blind spots. Each tower is equipped with cameras - the central tower has 17, arranged to give controllers a 360-degree view of the airport, and the end towers each have six. The camera data can be zoomed, tilted and panned via remote control and preset settings. There’s a night-vision setting that illuminates the runways with neon lights and dims the screen for better visibility.
US Citizenship required. Group size will be limited. IEEE members receive preference.
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- Date: 20 Feb 2020
- Time: 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM
- All times are (UTC-07:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)
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- Ft. Colins Loveland Airport
- 4900 Earhart Road
- Loveland, Colorado
- United States 80538
- Building: Remote Tower Building
- Starts 22 January 2020 08:00 PM
- Ends 19 February 2020 07:50 PM
- All times are (UTC-07:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)
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- No Admission Charge
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Guided on-site tour