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Tag Archives: air traffic control towers
Top ten (10) tallest airport control towers by continent
Cairo’s Airport Control Tower design – Source: acams.com Below are lists of the ten tallest airport control towers in each continent (other than Antarctica), as well as a comparison of the average height for each continent. The lists are based … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, Africa, air travel, airport planning, airports, architecture, Asia, aviation, cities, Communications, Europe, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, North America, Oceania, pictures, planning, skylines, South America, spatial design, Statistics, tourism, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban planning
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World’s “sky-high” air traffic control towers: Update 5
*Updated through April 28, 2023 After a thorough search for a detailed list of the world’s tallest air traffic control towers proved to be fruitless on the internet, I decided to try to create one of my own. Below is … Continue reading
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Tagged aiports, air traffic control towers, airport planning, aviation, control towers, infrastructure, towers, transportation, travel
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Artistry rising above the tarmac
Beyond the acres of concrete that makes up runways, taxiways, aprons, and the tarmac, certain features of an airport can be designed in a manner which inspires. The control tower is just one of those places at a growing number … Continue reading
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Tagged air traffic control towers, airports, Alguaire, aviation, Bilbao, cities, Frank Lloyd Wright, geography, Istanbul, Kinshasa, Kutaisi, land use, planning, skylines, skyscrapers, Stockholm, Sydney, tourism, towers, transportation, travel
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