{"id":10722,"date":"2025-05-19T08:10:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T08:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aertecsolutions.com\/?p=10722"},"modified":"2025-10-22T05:40:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T05:40:01","slug":"control-towers-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aertecsolutions.com\/en\/infografia\/torres-de-control-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Airport air traffic control towers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Few elements are more recognisable at an airport than the control tower. In some cases, it becomes a symbol not only of the airport, but also of the surrounding area. It is also one of the first <strong>architectural elements identifiable<\/strong> by passengers when their flight arrives in a city and, to a certain extent, it becomes their unique welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Years ago, when the first aerodromes were built, the control tower was simply an elevated point from which aircraft traffic could be directed and controlled. In fact, even the first airport where air traffic control was implemented, <strong>Croydon<\/strong> in London, did not have a building dedicated to this purpose. A few years later, it was at <strong>St. Louis Airport<\/strong> in the United States that a new radio tower was used to establish an elevated observation and control point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">With the passage of time and, above all, with the introduction of architectural aesthetics in airports, the towers have continued to perform the same function, but they have also <strong>become icons<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">In this infographic, we have compiled and ranked the eight tallest control towers in the world. All of them exceed 100 metres in height. Interestingly, a single airport, Kuala Lumpur, has two control towers that are the first and third tallest, which is quite a challenge. We also show you other control towers that are unique and famous for different reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this infographic we have compiled and sorted, on the one hand,&nbsp;<strong>the world's eight tallest control towers<\/strong>. All of them are over \u201c100 metres\u201d high. As a curious fact, only one airport, Kuala Lumpur airport, has two control towers that are the first and third tallest, a real challenge. In addition, we show you other control towers that are peculiar and famous for different reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next time you visit an airport, take a look at the control tower. You will see it with new eyes. That's for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/aertecsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/241220_Torres-de-control.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 241220_Torres de control.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-26b732b8-cbbb-4227-98b0-a7f29e596a32\" href=\"https:\/\/aertecsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/241220_Torres-de-control.pdf\">241220_Control towers<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/aertecsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/241220_Torres-de-control.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-26b732b8-cbbb-4227-98b0-a7f29e596a32\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Source: Own elaboration.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The contents of this document are the intellectual property of AERTEC Solutions. Any copying or distribution is permitted, provided that the document is reproduced in its entirety and that the AERTEC Solutions logo is preserved at all times.<\/h6>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posiblemente pocos elementos ser\u00e1n m\u00e1s reconocibles en un aeropuerto que la torre de control. En algunos casos llega a ser un s\u00edmbolo, no solo del aeropuerto, sino de la zona que lo rodea. Tambi\u00e9n es uno de los primeros&nbsp;elementos arquitect\u00f3nicos identificables&nbsp;por el pasajero cuando llega su vuelo a una ciudad y, en cierta medida, se [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":186,"featured_media":10724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[364],"tags":[10,87,401,398,157],"class_list":["post-10722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infografia","tag-aeropuertos","tag-infografia","tag-navegacion-aerea","tag-torre-de-control","tag-transporte-aereo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aertecsolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aertecsolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aertecsolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aertecsolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aertecsolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10722"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/aertecsolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12605,"href":"https:\/\/aertecsolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10722\/revisions\/12605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aertecsolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aertecsolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aertecsolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aertecsolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}