NEW DELHI: Hardeep Singh Puri, Civil Aviation Minister, inaugurated the India’s tallest Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Monday, September 2. The tower with 102-meter height, was built at a cost of 250 crores and comprise of 3 buildings namely, the aerodrome control tower, area approach control services building, and the administrative block. Another Rs 100 crore were spent on modern air navigation systems and advanced automation systems to enhance safety and the capacity of air traffic operations.
The aim behind the construction of the new ATC tower is to enhance the operational visibility for the ATC personnel and hence increase the efficiency at the busiest airport in India. The tower enables air traffic controllers to have better visibility of all the three runways, apron area and taxiways.
In addition, the new facility opens the possibility for independent parallel approach. This allows for simultaneous landings from the same direction on parallel runways which will further increase the capacity of the airport.