control towers
Flight traffic headquarters
Control towers are elevated structures at airports from which air traffic controllers direct aircraft movements on runways and in surrounding airspace.
The tower's height provides visibility of the entire airfield.
Figuratively, a control tower is any central point of command or coordination: The kitchen is the control tower of a busy restaurant.
- airportsFacilities for aircraft arrival
- taxiwaysAircraft ground routes
- vectoringDirecting along a path
- air trafficAircraft in flight
- radio chatterTalk over wireless frequencies
runway · runway lights · landing · go around · radar · communication · airspace · clearance · holding pattern · aviation · night shift · sequencing · final approach · flight deck · takeoff · wind sock · flight paths · beacon
- airportsairports, airport, terminals, terminal building, runway
- airport areasterminals, runway, hangars, concourses, jet bridges
- Aviation HistoryWright Brothers, Wright Flyer, Wright brothers, Kitty Hawk, first flight
- aviation museumsaviation museums, military aircraft, aviation history, flight simulators, hangars
- Skylinesskyscrapers, New York, high-rises, towers, spires
- Air Baseshangars, runways, flight line, tarmac, taxiways
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Airborne transportation vehicle
pilots · cockpits · planes · flight crews · ground crews
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Enclosed aircraft storage buildings
terminals · passenger terminals · runways · tarmac · cargo facilities
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