Air Force Materiel Command Headquarters (AFMC/HQ) prepared an Air Traffic System Evaluation in 2004 that determined that the Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) operating at Tinker Air Force Base (AFB) in Oklahoma had a control tower cab that is too small for current operations. The existing ATCT facility is more than 35 years old and was built with limited equipment space and designed to accommodate only air traffic control (ATC) operations. Although multiple upgrades and repairs to the tower have been required over the years, several components of the existing ATCT do not comply with United States Air Force (USAF) and Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) standards and siting criteria. The required number of personnel, combined with required equipment upgrades, continues to reduce available space in the cab, which is unsuitable for day-to-day operations. The overcrowded conditions jeopardize flying safety and periodically delay flying operations. Further, demands placed on the existing tower make it unsuitable for further expansion and degrade the adequacy of the work environment. Without a new ATCT at Tinker AFB, flight safety, as well as safety associated with taxiing aircraft or vehicular movement on airfield surfaces, would remain impaired.


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    Title :

    Environmental Assessment: Construction of Air Traffic Control Tower Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma


    Contributors:
    A. Goldschmidt (author) / M. Martin (author) / A. Chen (author) / B. Cook (author) / J. Frankforther (author) / T. Price (author) / H. Rothbard (author) / L. Struzziery (author) / M. Villareal (author) / D. Larsen (author)

    Publication date :

    2009


    Size :

    112 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English