conventional tower

EASA defines “conventional tower” in one regulation. The wording below is reproduced verbatim from the EASA Easy Access Rules, with a link to the paragraph it comes from.

‘conventional tower’ means a facility located at an aerodrome from which aerodrome ATS is provided principally through direct out-of-the-window observation of the aerodrome and its vicinity;

2. Definitions · Remote Aerodrome Air Traffic Services (GM) · GM to Regulation (EU) 2017/373 · Easy Access Rules, 26 Jan 2026 revision · Read 2. Definitions

Defined in the same article

aerodrome ATS
detect/detection
identify/identification
multiple mode of operation
operational context
out-of-the-window (OTW) view
recognise/recognition
remote aerodrome ATS

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