Washington Manassas Airport (KHEF) officials have broken ground on a new air traffic control tower at the Washington, D.C., airport.
The new tower represents a significant upgrade to the airport’s existing air traffic control facilities, providing controllers with improved visibility across the airfield and a modernized workspace, according to airport officials.
“Today marks the beginning of an important new chapter for the Airport,” said Airport Director Juan E. Rivera. “This project, which has been over 26 years in the making, represents our continued investment in the future of aviation, safety, and our community.”
The replacement tower will feature a controller eye height of 125 feet, an increase of 58 feet over the existing tower’s 67-foot controller eye height. The new control cab will encompass approximately 550 square feet, nearly three times the size of the existing 189-square-foot cab.
The tower building will encompass approximately 18,300 square feet across eight stories, including a 9,180-square-foot base building. The facility will accommodate training and support spaces, including training rooms, offices, a playback room, and a state-of-the-art simulator.
The existing tower, commissioned in 1992, was the FAA’s first recycled air traffic control tower. The City of Manassas purchased the tower from Centennial Airport in Colorado for $65,000 and relocated it to Washington Manassas Airport, where it has served for more than 34 years.
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