Vancouver Harbour Control Tower
- Vancouver Harbour Control Tower
The Vancouver Harbour Air Control Tower is placed on top of the 142m (466 ft) skyscraper Granville Square in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Built in 1973 it remains the highest air traffic control tower in the world, in the city with one of the world's highest levels of seaplane activity. [ [http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/categories/atc/706.html Nav Canada Towers–Big and Small] ] [ [http://www.tagzania.com/item/29468 Vancouver Harbour ATC] ]
In 2006 the tower handled 62,186 aircraft movements, the 31st busiest control tower in Canada. It is also the 8th busiest aerodrome in BC and the busiest water aerodrome in Canada. Itinerant aircraft movements (from one airport to another) for the aerodrome were 62,136 while local movements were 50.[ [http://www.tc.gc.ca/pol/en/report/TP1496/pdf/2006/51F0010PIE2006000.pdf Transport Canada TP 1496 - Preliminary aircraft statistics 2006] ] ]ee also
*Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome
References
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Vancouver Harbour Water Airport — Infobox Airport name = Vancouver Harbour Water Airport nativename = Vancouver Coal Harbour Seaplane Base caption = Vancouver Harbour Control Tower IATA = CXH ICAO = CYHC LID = type = Public operator = West Coast Air Harbour Air Services location … Wikipedia
Control tower — The 109 meter tall control tower of Vienna International Airport, Austria. Inside the control tower at Misawa Air Base, Japan … Wikipedia
Vancouver — This article is about the Canadian city. For other uses, see Vancouver (disambiguation). Vancouver City City of Vancouver … Wikipedia
Victoria Harbour (British Columbia) — For other uses, see Victoria Harbour (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Port Victoria or Port of Victoria. Victoria Harbour Aer … Wikipedia
Granville Square — is a prominent tower located at 200 Granville Street in Downtown Vancouver s Central Business District. Completed in 1973, it stands at 142 m or 30 storeys high, making it the one of the tallest buildings in the city. The building currently… … Wikipedia
List of the busiest airports in Canada — The following is a list of Canada s busiest airports by aircraft movements (how busy the runways are) and passengers traffic (how busy the terminals are). For each airport, the lists cite the principal city associated with the airport by… … Wikipedia
List of National Historic Sites of Canada — This is a complete list of the National Historic Sites of Canada. All such designations are made by the federal Minister of the Environment on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada . As of March 2008, there are 935 sites … Wikipedia
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport — Toronto City Centre Airport Toronto Billy Bishop Airport IATA: YTZ – ICAO: CYTZ – WMO … Wikipedia
Auckland — This article is about the Auckland metropolitan area. For the wider region, see Auckland Region. For the local authority, see Auckland Council. For all other uses, see Auckland (disambiguation). Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau (Māori) Main… … Wikipedia
Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport — Saskatoon International Airport IATA: YXE – ICAO: CYXE – WMO: 71866 … Wikipedia
