Sentences with phrase «air traffic control tower»

We're getting ready to handle the projected growth by investing $ 112 million in a new air traffic control tower and radar approach control that will open in 2020.

The airport expansion started about two years ago and included a longer runway to handle wide - body planes, a new terminal and air traffic control tower as well as supporting facilities.

I started my career as an Air Traffic Controller in 1982 at Milwaukee Air Traffic Control Tower at Mitchel International Airport.

Most schools use spreadsheets to managed multiple sources of data — it's like running an airport air traffic control tower with a bunch of scratchpads.

Last year, the FAA Air Traffic Control Tower at CLT handled more than 500,000 flights, and we expect that to grow to 745,000 flights in the next 15 years.

New air traffic control towers in Gulfport, Miss.; Kalamazoo, Mich.; California's Oakland and Palm Springs; Wilkes - Barre, Pa., and elsewhere remain unfinished — with contractors for additional towers in Cleveland and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., unselected and unable to move forward.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration will fund the design and construction of a new South Air Traffic Control Tower at Chicago's O'Hare Airport, scheduled to be built as part of the O'Hare Modernization Program (OMP).

-- 150,000 miles of highway — 150 miles of airport runway, and some funding to upgrade air traffic control towers — 4,000 miles of rail

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today that it will delay the closures of all 149 federal contract air traffic control towers until June 15.

Ensuring all aircraft land and take - off safely, HIA's state - of - the - art air navigation, radar and communication equipment is housed in its magnificent, crescent - shaped air traffic control tower which sits between two parallel runways.

The 42 Canadian airports with NAV CANADA air traffic control towers reported 388,559 aircraft take - offs and landings in November, up 13.0 % compared with November 2006 (343,793 movements).

Ultimately, it was a matter of safety because those communications between the cockpits and air traffic control towers made sure that planes full of passengers and crew did not crash into each other while taking off and landing (among other dangers).

about U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces Funding Commitment for New O'Hare South Air Traffic Control Tower

But there are, as always, political problems — not to mention the fact that $ 50 billion is just simply too small to make meaningful progress on the number of projects the president included in the plan (upgrading air traffic control towers, repairing highways).

Construction workers, engineers and planners were told not to come to worksites across the country after the FAA was forced to issue stop work orders on projects ranging from the construction of new air traffic control towers to the rehabilitation and modernization of air traffic facilities.

A United Airlines jet passes the air traffic control tower at Los Angles International Airport (LAX) during take - off in Los Angeles, California.

At Splash Landings in Glenview, little swimmers will adore the air traffic control tower - themed waterslide, plus all the fun interactive water play features.

My kids enjoyed sitting in fighter jet cockpits, exploring the air traffic control tower and seeing big airplanes up close.

Air traffic control towers at both airports were in touch throughout the incident and followed procedures accordingly, the agency said.

The air traffic control tower was a very small wooden building on stilts.

In 2013, Manchester Airport opened a new # 20 million air traffic control tower, the second largest in the UK, in which NATS installed over 70 systems to support the air traffic control operation.

Pilots who brave the busy airports will interact with an air traffic control tower to guide them safely through the crowded skies.