New Las Vegas ATC Tower Opening Delayed

IFATCA is celebrating the International Day of the Air Traffic Controller with a Facebook profile picture and a Youtube video.

Join us in celebrating the International Day of the Air Traffic Controller on October 20th. Be a proud aviation professional!
— IFATCA (@ifatca) October 19, 2014

Postcard US-3017710 to Japan shows the new 352-foot or 107.3-meter tall FAA Air Traffic Control Tower at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas that has been under construction since 2011. However, Construction mistakes have pushed the tower opening date from 2015 to late 2016 or early 2017. Upon completion, the tower, the second-tallest in the U.S., will give air traffic controllers a better view of air and ground traffic at McCarran International Airport, the ninth busiest airport in the North America.

International Day of the Air Traffic Controllers

Postcard NL-2033913 from the Netherlands shows the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), and its air traffic control tower where the air traffic controllers work. The 101 m or 331 ft tower was the tallest in the world when it was built in 1991.

October 20th is the International Day of the Air Traffic Controllers. Air Traffic Controllers are professionals who maintain the safe, orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic in the global air traffic control system. They use separation rules to keep aircraft at a safe distance from each other and move all aircraft safely and efficiently through their assigned sector of airspace, as well as on the ground. The position can be notoriously stressful but also very rewarding. The following graph seems to summarize the job function well.

Air Traffic Controller. Source: frabz.com