Radar, Belfast City Airport (October 2016)
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Radar, Belfast City Airport (October 2016)
Image: © Albert Bridge Taken: 13 Oct 2016
See http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=66581568. The City Airport’s air traffic control is now contracted out to NATS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATS_Holdings. An Airport press release records “Release Date: 14 Jul 2016 It is the first time the airport has awarded a contract for air traffic control services to an external company, with NATS beating bids from Air Navigation Services and the Swedish air traffic control provider, LFV. NATS, which manages air traffic services at 13 other UK airports, will now take responsibility for the safety and efficiency of the airport’s 42,000 annual arrivals and departures, having provided engineering services to the airport since 2007.”
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Image Location
Latitude
54.615447
Longitude
-5.881934