It is embarking on a £350 million development programme including new aircraft stands and an extended terminal building to enable it to serve two million more passengers per year by 2025. Some 4.5 million passengers used London City Airport last year. "We do see this as being a growing market place across the UK and the world." On 5th November 1987, the only airport actually in London officially opened. Nats airports director Mike Stoller said: "Digital towers are going to transform the way air traffic services are provided at airports by providing real safety, operational and efficiency benefits. London City Airport is celebrating 26 years in business this month. The technology has already been tested in Australia, Sweden, Norway and Ireland.Ĭontrollers will use the footage alongside an audio feed of ambient noise from the airfield and radar readings from the skies above London to instruct aircraft and oversee movements. Under the existing system, controllers sit in a tower overlooking the runway to direct around 300 flights per day.Ī live feed from the 14 high-definition cameras and two cameras able to pan, tilt and zoom will be sent via fibre cables to a new operations room built at the Swanwick base of Nats, Britain's air traffic control provider. "We use the highest level of cyber security in order to protect our systems."Ĭontrollers will see a 360-degree view of the airfield in more detail than by using the human eye, according to the airport. He said: "We are very confident that the systems we're putting in place here are secure, they're safe, they're managed very well.
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