DFW TOWERS- how many?Procedures are developed so that routine =
coordination is not required. You have no local (pattern) traffic =
everything is either an arrival (straight in) or a departure. =
Departures for the left set of runway would be assigned a left turn (at =
15 degree divurgance?) The right runways would do it to the right. The =
center ones would probably be strainght in landings only. I haven't =
been in the tower since I retired so I don't know this for certain. A =
go around would be treated the same as a departure and woulf have to go =
out and get in line again.
Al
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Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 4:20 PM
Subject: RE: DFW TOWERS- how many? 3 TOWERS.
Alan, Thanks for the reply
That being the case, there is total coordination between all 3 towers, =
How are aircraft landed and all 3 towers knowing who is doing what? I =
am speaking of the many pilots landing there all the time. I think I'd =
be pulling the rest of my hair out if I was a controller. I was there =
only once, not long after the airport opened (what year did it open?) =
and I did not have time to look around. Other than the obvious =
problems, are the some that other airports do not have? This is a very =
interesting subject, Thanks for coming back so fast, Bob
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-----Original Message-----
From: Allan9 [mailto:exatc@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 1:12 PM
To: Fletcher, Robert; AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: 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
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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
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(916) 557-7235,=20
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-----Original Message-----=20
From: Allan9 [mailto:exatc@xxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 8:22 AM=20
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Subject: Re: AIRLINE Digest - 28 Nov 2003 to 29 Nov 2003 =
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DFW uses several physical control towers=20
Al=20
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Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:03 AM=20
Subject: Re: AIRLINE Digest - 28 Nov 2003 to 29 Nov 2003 =
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