TRB Annual Meeting 2016

TRB Annual Meeting 2016

The Historic Development of Air Traffic Control Towers

The Historic Development of Air Traffic Control

“Historic” Air Traffic Control Towers

Air Traffic Control Tower Typology : • Generation A (Pre-jet Age): Tower Cab on Terminal Roof • Limited Cab Area/Limited Visibility/Quickly Obsolete • Accessibility/Code/Security Issues • Lower Chance of Later Visual Obstructions Issues • Attached Terminal Increases Chance of Reuse/Survival • Higher Historic, “Landmark” or Aesthetic Value • Generation B (Early Jet Age): Tower Attached to Terminal • Larger Cab Area/Better Visibility/Longer Use • Attached Terminal Increases Chance of Reuse/Survival • Moderate Historic, “Landmark” or Aesthetic Value • Accessibility/Code/Security Issues • Increased Chance of Later Visual Obstructions Issues • Generation C (Later Jet Age): Free Standing Tall Tower • Limited Area for Adaptive Reuse • Accessibility/Code/Security Issues • Greatest Chance of Later Visual Obstruction Issues • Lowest Historic, “Landmark” or Aesthetic Value

Historic Air Traffic Control Towers: DCA and IAD

Air Traffic Control Towers : The Coming of the Jet Age

12,000 ACRES 860 ACRES

Air Traffic Control Towers : Washington National Airport

1949 1941

1978




Air Traffic Control Towers : Washington Dulles Airport


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ASDE - 2 1970s

ASDE - 1 1960s

ASDE - 3 1990s

04/22/13

Air Traffic Control Towers : Challenges to Survival • Limited Tower Height/Visibility (Airport Expansion)

• Isolated Location (Airport Expansion) • Limited Cab Size (Need for New Tower) • Obsolete Technology (Need for New Tower) • Visual Obstructions (Need for New Tower) • Airport/Airbase Closure (FAA/DOD) • Tower Decommissioning (FAA) • Cab Emergency Egress (Life Safety Code Requirements) • Cab Accessibility (ADA) • Tower Access (FAA Security Requirements)

Air Traffic Control Towers: Limited Cab Size + Visual Obstruction = Demolition (Atlanta/Phoenix/Las Vegas)

Air Traffic Control Towers : La Guardia

Air Traffic Control Towers Adaptive Reuse: LAX and JFK

Air Traffic Control Towers : Adaptive Reuse (Tucson International )

Air Traffic Control Towers : Adaptive Reuse (Austin – Mueller)

Air Traffic Control Towers : Adaptive Reuse (Denver – Stapleton)

Air Traffic Control Towers : Adaptive Reuse: Glenview Naval Airbase, IL Port Columbus, Columbus OH

Air Traffic Control Towers : Adaptive Reuse (Glendale, CA - Grand Central Air Terminal) Disney Creative Campus

Air Traffic Control Towers: Aviation Museums (Martin State, MD and Hobby, TX)

Dover Airforce Base – Air Mobility Command Museum

Rehabilitation (Shushan – “Lakefront Airport”, LA

Rehabilitation: Shushan – “Lakefront Airport”, LA

Air Traffic Control Towers Adaptive Reuse: Newark International