DFW TOWERS- how many?Bob this is an excerpt from DFW's history. It was = planned prior to my retirement to been operated as three seperate = airports. I don't recall the split but it was something like left = operation, center operation and right operation. Because of the = sprawling expanse of airport the "airport movement area" could not be = seen from on location. In order to accomplish the visibility of the = airport the tower would have been so high it then would have become and = obstacle and caused an increase in landing minima. O'Hare operates as = two airports as far as the contollers are concerned. Construction was = completed on ORDs existing Tower Cab after I left there. Al 1994 - DFW Airport's Twentieth Anniversary.=20 a.. FAA opens two new control towers, bringing to three the number of = operational control towers on DFW Airport. DFW is the only airport in = the world with three air traffic control towers.=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Robert.Fletcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; exatc@xxxxxxxxxx=20 Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 11:59 AM Subject: DFW TOWERS- how many? How many towers are there at the DFW Airport? Do these different = tower operators/controllers forward all info to a main tower? It would = seem logical to have just one tower (Enlarged) and much taller to cover = the entire complex. Can someone explain this confusing situation? Bob Fletcher=20 Robert.Fletcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 MILITARY DESIGN SECTION=20 10th Floor SW, CUBE 134=20 (916) 557-7235,=20 1325 J Street, Sacramento,=20 CA. 95814-2922=20 -----Original Message-----=20 From: Allan9 [mailto:exatc@xxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 8:22 AM=20 To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 Subject: Re: AIRLINE Digest - 28 Nov 2003 to 29 Nov 2003 (#2003-196)=20 DFW uses several physical control towers=20 Al=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx>=20 To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>=20 Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:03 AM=20 Subject: Re: AIRLINE Digest - 28 Nov 2003 to 29 Nov 2003 (#2003-196)=20 >=20