BUFFALO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER OPERATIONS ANALYSIS

This report provides a description of the non-surveillance aspects of the FAA air traffic control facility operation at Greater Buffalo International Airport from the air traffic controller's point of view. It includes photographs of all controller consoles with all equipment and posted paper identified; descriptions of weather, NOTAMs, flight data and methods for distributing information on equipment status; and controller requirements for this information. In addition the terminal airspace, major arrival and departure routes, aircraft mix, and hourly operation activity levels are briefly described. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Authors:
  • Huntley, MSJ
  • Mumford, R L
  • Rudich, R
• Publication Date: 1981-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 266 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Airport control towers; Control panels; Information processing; Operations; Subsonic flow; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: New York (State)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00347774
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: TSC-FAA-81-12, FAA-RD-81-58
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 27 2003 12:00AM