The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Aviation\nAdministration today dedicated the newly commissioned and environmentally\nsustainable air traffic control tower at Charlotte Douglas International\nAirport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAviation is an invaluable part of our American life and our\nnational economy. The new, taller control tower will enable the airport to\ncontinue to expand its flight operations to grow alongside the vibrant\nCharlotte economy,\u201d said FAA Deputy Administrator A. Bradley Mims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 370-foot-tall air traffic control tower has an\n850-square-foot tower cab that provides air traffic controllers a bird\u2019s-eye\nview of the airfield. At the base, a 42,000-square-foot building houses an\nexpanded terminal radar approach control (TRACON) that handles flights\ndeparting and arriving into the Charlotte airspace. Both are designed to\naccommodate current and future operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe commissioning of the new air traffic control tower by\nthe Federal Aviation Administration is a testament to the importance of\nCharlotte in the National Airspace System,\u201d said CLT Chief Executive Officer\nHaley Gentry. \u201cThe tower is equipped with the latest state-of-the art NextGen\ntechnology to keep up with the current and future demand of our growing\nairfield. This modern infrastructure is another display of the strong\npartnership we have at CLT and we are grateful to the FAA for this investment\nto make air traffic more efficient.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new Charlotte tower is the second-tallest tower in the\nnation after the 398-foot-tall tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta\nInternational Airport. The existing tower was commissioned in 1979. The\nfacility\u2019s operational growth, new air traffic control technology and the\nairport\u2019s addition of new runways and taxiways made the height and size of the\nold tower obsolete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A total of 179 FAA employees work at the Charlotte tower and\nTRACON \u2013 136 in air traffic services and 43 in technical operations. Technical\nOperations employees install and maintain air traffic control equipment. The\ntower became operational in late February 2022. The estimated final cost of the\nproject is approximately $94 million. \n\nTo view the ceremony, please go to: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HPDJjEX4D1I<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Aviation Administration today dedicated the newly commissioned and environmentally sustainable air traffic control tower at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. \u201cAviation is an invaluable part of our American life and our national economy. The new, taller control tower will enable the airport to continue to expand its flight operations to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-carolina"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charlotte-Control-Tower.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21684,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21682\/revisions\/21684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}