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Control tower
A control tower is part of an airport used from which Air traffic control is conducted.
Control towers generally rise high above other structures at the airport, giving air traffic controllers a view of aircraft moving about on the ground and in the air in the area of the airport.
See Also
The railway equivalent of a control tower is called a:
- Signal box (English)
- Signal cabin
- Signal tower (American)
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