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Air traffic control towers are elevated structures for the visual observation and control of the air and ground traffic at an airport. [1] The placement and height of an ATC tower are determined by addressing the many FAA requirements and site-specific considerations to ensure safety within the National Airspace System (NAS).
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The iconic KLIA Control Tower. There are two air traffic control towers at Kuala Lumpur International Airport: the main control tower and the apron control tower. Tower West is 133.8 metres tall and is the tallest air traffic control tower in the world, followed by Suvarnabhumi Airport's control tower and KLIA's Terminal East. [2]
Built in 1973 it remains the highest air traffic control tower in the world, in the city with one of the world's highest levels of seaplane activity. [1] [2] In 2009 the tower handled 54,741 aircraft movements, the 32nd busiest control tower in Canada. It is also the 8th busiest airport in BC and the busiest water aerodrome in Canada.
Was briefly the tallest tower in the world in 2010. Second tallest tower in the world. 3: CN Tower: 553.3 m (1,815 ft) 1976: Concrete Canada: Toronto: Tallest freestanding structure in the world 1975–2007, and the world's tallest tower until 2009; tallest in the western hemisphere: 4: Ostankino Tower: 540.1 m (1,772 ft) 1967 Russia: Moscow
Tallest building in the world from 1998 till 2004; tallest building built in the 20th century; Tallest twin buildings [34] [35] Petronas Tower 2: 23 Zifeng Tower: 450.0: 1,480 89 (+ 5 below ground) Nanjing China: 2010 [36] Suzhou IFS: 95 (+ 5 below ground) Suzhou: 2019 [37] 25 Wuhan Center: 443.1 1,454 88 (+ 4 below ground) Wuhan 2019 [38] 26 ...
List of tallest air traffic control towers in the United States; Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center; M. MARSA (aviation) Memphis Air Route Traffic Control ...
The second-tallest structure in the world is the 679-metre-tall (2,227 ft) Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, while the third-tallest self-supporting structure and the tallest tower in the world is the Tokyo Skytree (634 m or 2,080 ft).