Advancing remote air traffic control tower deployment in the United States - Reason Foundation

Advancing remote air traffic control tower deployment in the United States - Reason Foundation

Introduction Remote air traffic control towers, sometimes referred to as virtual towers or digital towers, are being deployed in increasing numbers around the world. Rather than building a tall concrete structure with a control cab on top to house the controllers for visual views of aircraft movements, a steel tower (or several towers) is mounted with an array of video cameras and communications equipment. Those cameras and sensors feed informat…