News that London’s busy City Airport (LCY), a single-runway facility on the east side of the city near Canary Wharf is in line for a new digital control tower isn’t really fresh news. But the backup and security measures being taken by NATS, the UK’s ATC provider, to protect the data feeds that will soon drive the new tower are rather unique. NATS is taking the extra steps because, unlike other digital facilities operating around the world, LCY is one of the busiest single-runway airports in Europe.
London City Airport New Control Tower Has Backups
Key Takeaways:
- London City Airport (LCY) is transitioning to a remote digital air traffic control (ATC) tower, with controllers operating 80 miles away via 14 high-definition cameras and other digital feeds.
- Due to LCY's status as one of Europe's busiest single-runway airports, NATS is implementing unique and extensive backup and security measures for the digital data feeds.
- These measures include dedicated, secure data pipes with less than a one-second delay, redundancy for screen and camera failures, and a fallback to traditional radio and radar in case of a complete system outage.
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