We provide Air Traffic Control (ATC) services at
13 UK airports. At Bristol Airport we provide
tower, approach and engineering services.
Tower Services
This is an ATC service provided for the airport
and surrounding airspace. The controllers will
look out of the tower windows, as well as at the
ATC equipment, to give aircraft clearance to taxi,
take-off and land.
Approach
This is a radar-based control service located in
the lower part of the tower. Incoming aircraft are
managed from approximately 40 miles away
from the aerodrome, generally under 10,000ft.
Engineering
An engineering team, based at the airport, are
responsible for maintaining air traffic control
services, such as radar and the Instrument
Landing System (ILS).
The Operation: 2018
The tower was opened in 2001. NATS has been
providing an ATC service since 2005.
Bristol Airport handles flights to 120 destinations
across 30 countries.
Furthest direct route travelled to: Mexico
Most travelled to destination: Amsterdam
Airports served: 120
The Airport
Planning permission is already in place for Bristol
Airport to handle 10 million passengers per
annum. More than £160 million has been invested
in new infrastructure and facilities since 2010
including an on-site 201 bedroom hotel.