ATC
Testing Proves Multiple Remote Tower Operations Can Work in Europe
SESAR 2020 is creeping up on the ability to centralize ATC tower control on the European continent.
During remote-tower simulated exercises, air traffic controllers used three-screen outside view technology with pan-tilt-zoom capability.
During remote-tower simulated exercises, air traffic controllers used three-screen outside view technology with pan-tilt-zoom capability.

In the world of for-profit air traffic control systems, efficiency equals revenue. Many air traffic control entities are watching SESAR 2020’s PJ05 project, dubbed Remote Tower for Multiple Airports, in anticipation of cashing in on its promises of remotely controlling traffic for more than one airport from a single site. Last month, Lithuanian air navigation service provider Oro Navigacija (ON), DLR (the national aeronautics and space research center of the Federal Republic of Germany), and systems supplier Frequentis performed their second validation exercise for multiple remote towers being worked by a controller at a single-site off-airport.


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