Airport News

Airport News

The new 115ft tower will be built on a 33ft high hill towards the western side of the airport and will be visible from the A45.

Work on the new tower will start in May this year but it will take two years to become fully operational, given the complexity of the new equipment being installed in it.

The new tower, which will replace the original control tower situated at the old Elmdon Airport site, will give air traffic controllers a better view of new buildings, which have recently sprung up at the airport.

It will also allow them to see to the end of the new 400m runway extension, which it plans to build.