airport control tower

Japanese: airport control tower(英語表記)airportcontroltower
airport control tower

…Nowadays, most commercial transport planes fly under instrument flight rules even in clear weather, so most airports where transport planes take off and land have control towers. In the control tower, the controllers work while directly watching the aircraft, and the radar control room monitors and guides the aircraft by radar, working together to control the aircraft. The control tower must be located, tall, and structured to provide a 360-degree view of the entire airport and the surrounding airspace. Some control towers, such as Nagasaki Airport and Changi Airport in Singapore, are 60 to 80 meters tall so that they can simultaneously view two adjacent airports. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "airport control tower" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…現在では民間輸送機は晴天のときでも計器飛行方式で飛ぶことが多いので,輸送機の発着する空港にはほとんど管制所が設けられている。管制所では管制官が直接航空機を見ながら作業をする管制塔airport control tower(control tower)と,レーダーによって監視・誘導を行うレーダー管制室とが協力して管制にあたる。管制塔は空港内全域と周辺の空域を360度見渡せる位置,高さ,構造が要求され,なかには長崎空港やシンガポールのチャンギー空港のように,隣接する二つの飛行場を同時に見渡せるよう60~80mの高さをもつものもある。…

※「airport control tower」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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