We provide Air Traffic Control (ATC) services at 13 UK airports. At Glasgow
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 current tower opened in 1966. CAA provided
service then NATS once it became a separate
entity.
The tower building at Glasgow is supposedly haunted. Staff have reported to have experienced strange noises and lights turning themselves on and off before.
The airport enlisted the help of GLAdys (the UK’s first humanoid robot airport ambassador), to assist with customer service in 2016 and 2017.