When the idea of a “Remote Tower" came to life 25 years ago, it did – admittedly – sound somewhat audacious. Having planes take off and land without being able to physically see them at airports that are also hundreds of miles away from the controller working in a Remote Tower sounded a bit like Agent Ethan Hunt’s assignments in the movie "Mission Impossible”. But while viewers can sit comfortably in their cinema seats and snack on popcorn, it takes a lot of technology and, above all, in-depth know-how for air traffic controllers to safely pilot aircraft through take-off and landing phases from a distance. What at first sounded like one of the surprise twists in “Mission Impossible” has been an accepted approach among air traffic control authorities worldwide for several years. More and more airports, especially smaller ones, are relying on a Remote Tower concept. Here in particular, air traffic can be managed more intelligently and economically – without controllers having to tread water.
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