A new airport in Brasov unveils the first virtual air traffic control tower

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The Romanian city of Brasov recently unveiled the first functional virtual air traffic control tower in Romania and South East Europe, allowing traffic management of the new airport to be carried out from Arad, 450 km away. This was learned by BalkanEngineer.com from MSN.com.

Brasov-Gimbav Airport, the newest in Romania, is the first in the country to have a virtual control tower. This means that the take-off and landing of the planes will be coordinated in real time by specialists from the Flight Control Center in Arad, near the border with Hungary. The system was tested for three weeks and the published images showed its effectiveness.

The virtual control tower has a number of advantages over the classic one. Sensors in it can detect animals and birds entering the airport perimeter, and in adverse weather conditions, such as heavy fog, controllers will have a clear view of the airspace. The picture-in-picture function, which replaces classic binoculars, can magnify the image 30 times.

Photo source: canva.com