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FAA Deploys Digital ATC Towers in Florida, Alaska
The camera-based system gives controllers a 360-degree view and is meant to test a lower-cost model for smaller airports, FAA officials said.
- On Friday, Nov. 6, The Federal Aviation Administration announced Kenai is one of the nation's first two airports with an operational digital air traffic control tower, joining Bartow Executive Airport in Florida.
- The FAA selected Kenai earlier this year as a demonstration site for Alaska because its varied aviation activity and proximity to Anchorage simplified equipment delivery and installation logistics.
- Frequentis USA supplied the system, which provides controllers with a continuous, 360-degree picture of runways and nearby airspace, under a contract worth approximately $9.6 million of a potential $10 million.
- FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said in Friday's announcement that "digital towers provide controllers with greater visibility of airport activity and more information to make critical decisions," though human controllers continue directing all traffic.
- Federal officials plan further expansion, with five airports in Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, and Colorado slated to receive digital tower systems at locations without existing control towers.
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