remote tower

EASA defines “remote 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.

‘remote tower’ means a geographically independent facility from which aerodrome ATS is provided principally through indirect observation of the aerodrome and its vicinity, by means of a visual surveillance system. (It is to be seen as a generic term, equivalent in level to a conventional tower);
NOTE: The actual distance to the serviced aerodrome may vary from hundreds of metres to many kilometres.

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

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