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: 2019
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.
