WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said November 6 that digital air traffic control towers are operational at Bartow Executive Airport (BOW) in Florida and Kenai Municipal Airport (ENA) in Alaska, expanding its deployment of camera-based systems for controllers.
The agency’s announcement identifies Frequentis as the selected supplier. Cameras and digital displays provide a continuous, 360-degree view of runways, taxiways and surrounding airspace. Human controllers continue to manage traffic.
Five additional airports are slated to receive the systems: Winter Haven Regional and Venice Municipal in Florida, Montgomery County Airpark in Maryland, Johnston Regional in North Carolina, and Durango-La Plata County in Colorado. The announcement does not give individual deployment dates…