On 28/05/2019 EASA invited for a workshop to introduce and discuss the recently published ED DECISION 2019/004/R ‘Remote Tower’ Guidance Material. Supportingly, the stakeholders like ANSPs, who have already remote Tower operations in use, but also local regulators were given the chance … Continued
Jersey Airport, part of Ports of Jersey Limited, has become the first British airport to achieve approval for operational use of a digital Remote Tower. This marks the first time this type of system has been used to actively control … Continued
The German public-service television broadcaster ZDF has published a long interview with Jörn Jakobi on ATC and the remote tower concept on their news website heute.de (available in German): Ein Flughafen ohne persönlich anwesende Fluglotsen? Luftfahrtexperte Jörn Jakobi erklärt am … Continued
On 19 February 2019 EASA issued ED Decision 2019/004/R on ‘remote aerodrome ATS’. This ED Decision, replacing the existing EASA guidance issued on the subject in 2015, takes into consideration the further evolution of the concept as well as experiences … Continued
Remote Tower Control now operational at International Airport Saarbrücken in Germany. This morning, on 4 December, air traffic controllers from DFS have begun controlling traffic at Saarbrücken Airport from its Remote Tower Control Centre 450 kilometres away to the east … Continued
Today EUROCAE published a new Remote Tower Standard ED-240A. This document was prepared by EUROCAE Working Group (WG) 100 “Remote & Virtual Tower (RVT)” and was approved by the Council of EUROCAE on 30 October 2018. This document supersedes ED-240 … Continued
This question was raised when the EUROCAE working Group 100 (WG100) “Remote and Virtual Tower” worked on a proper minimum performance standard for a Remote Tower visual tracking function. A visual tracking, e.g., an automated augmentation of the traffic in the … Continued
This was questioned when the EUROCAE working Group 100 “Remote and Virtual Tower” looked for a minmium System performance for the “Video update rate”. There are different solutions on the market, ranging from 5 up to 30 Hz. But what is … Continued
The current uptake and evolution of the remote tower is gaining momentum. Expanding from its initial use case as a cost-saving solution for regional airports, the remote tower can now be utilised in many additional ways. Frequentis talks about its involvment in … Continued
15 January 2018 At the end of December, Sundsvall Timrå Airport in northern Sweden became the country’s second airport to have remote air traffic control. At 07.00 on 20 December, the tower was closed down and the air traffic control … Continued
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