At 132 metres, the control tower will be the highest in the world of Bangkok New Inter'l Airport, [Suvarnabhumi Airport] would be completed according to schedule by March next year in time for the airport's official opening on 29 September 2005.

Tower (http://etna.mcot.net/query.php?nid=28957)

Some countries have buildings shorter than that control tower.

Whats the point of building the world's tallest control tower when it serves the same purpose as the shorter ones? I guess its just for the name.

Perhaps taller towers will help increase visibility. Even though air traffic control is quite dependent on computers today, having a set of eyes watching over the skies is always a good thing just in case :)

Whats the point of building the world's tallest control tower when it serves the same purpose as the shorter ones? I guess its just for the name.
Probably? :D Anyway the present tallest control tower at KLIA was explained by them as due to the fact that the surface area of the airport will be the "largest in the world." Yeah for the last part I have to quote from them, since it actually isnt the case even when the airport is fully complete!

Whats the point of building the world's tallest control tower when it serves the same purpose as the shorter ones? I guess its just for the name.
Better for viewing aircraft for ATC.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid137/p0cfbd43b1417a811f714dd275196ba8e/f7334cb1.jpg

http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/sbia/nov04/nbia30.jpg

Related article from 2Bangkok (http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/sbia/nov04/nov04b.shtml)

http://www.bangkokairport.org/database/upload/391Picture%20059.jpg
http://www.bangkokairport.org/database/upload/398Picture%20130.jpg http://www.bangkokairport.org/database/upload/398Picture%20004.jpg

I honestly think it's a waste of money to build such a tall tower when a tower almost 1/2 the height would do perfectly...

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid137/p0cfbd43b1417a811f714dd275196ba8e/f7334cb1.jpg

should be this one. the one you quote is the backup tower.

http://www.gakei.com/clk/clkot03.jpg

should be this one. the one you quote is the backup tower.

http://www.gakei.com/clk/clkot03.jpg

Why is there a need for a backup tower?

I honestly think it's a waste of money to build such a tall tower when a tower almost 1/2 the height would do perfectly...

Because they needed the tower could be overlooking the whole airport :)

The main terminal complex is one of the world longer one

http://www.johnmartin.com/projects/images/00000107.gif

I was always under the impression that the tower at YVR was very tall.

are they going to build a new control tower at beijing's airport?

Whats the point of building the world's tallest control tower when it serves the same purpose as the shorter ones?

Because it pisses the hell out of other regional airports like S'pore, KL and HK!!! Staying ahead of the competition is what it is. There's actually a word they use in SE Asia, "KIASU" which explains this "my-prick-is-bigger-than-yours" mentality!

Because it pisses the hell out of other regional airports like S'pore, KL and HK!!! Staying ahead of the competition is what it is. There's actually a word they use in SE Asia, "KIASU" which explains this "my-prick-is-bigger-than-yours" mentality!

That's damn right.

Is the word "backup" self-explanatory? :)

If there is a disaster/event happened that makes the original tower not accessible, the backup tower can be used so that the airport can still operate as usual.


Why is there a need for a backup tower?

Henri Giraud Altiport, french alps:
At 2100m, this control tower seems to be a little higher than Bangkok New Inter'l Airport ;)

http://www.aeroclub-montpellier.com/Photoslieu/alpes/DSC00029.JPG

...my city's airport beats all above :) if counting sea level height

anyway...El Alto doesn't have competition at all

New Bangkok International airport will have 4 runways when the whole project is complete.....so it's for the better visibility for such a large airport.

barajas airport (madrid) control tower
http://www.gop.es/torre-barajas.jpg
http://www.fsai.es/Madrid/GALERIA/Twrnoche.jpg
http://www.fsai.es/Madrid/GALERIA/AENA.jpg

Actually, Downtown Vancouver's Harbour Center ( http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=113277 ) houses the control tower for the sea airport and heliport that is on the Burrard Inlet (ie seaplanes that take off from the water, and helicopters at a nearby pad)

at 146 meters it's higher than that tower. So suck it Bangcock, we already got the record...in a way :D

More pic of World Tallest Airport Control Tower....from Zoowatch

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Zoowatch/ControlTower.jpg

Actually, Downtown Vancouver's Harbour Center ( http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=113277 ) houses the control tower for the sea airport and heliport that is on the Burrard Inlet (ie seaplanes that take off from the water, and helicopters at a nearby pad)

at 146 meters it's higher than that tower. So suck it Bangcock, we already got the record...in a way :D
Bangcock???

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

The latest bird view of the control tower


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Taken on: 14 August 2005
Photographer: Boriboon Amratisha
Source: http://photo.thaiaviation.net/thumbnails.php?album=431

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Makes O'Hare's 79 m tower look like a water tower.

Why is there a need for a backup tower?

for backup

lol Heathrow's new tower is a "mere" 87m tall!

http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/photos/heathrow_control_tower_radar.jpg

& thats to look over a new 400m+ terminal... and 4 others

http://www.skyparksecure.com/images/heathrow/airport_history_heathrow_clip_image023.jpg

well Bangkok airport's tubular concourse buildings are about 1-2km each in length. So a high control tower is justified. Keep in mind that this airport is going to be expanded in the near future (phase 2-3) with new sattellite buildings connected by an Automated People Mover system.

i thought the tallest control tower currently in service is actually KLIA?

the schiphol atc control tower is now the tallest: 101 metres
schiphol is the lowest airport of the world!

i thought the tallest control tower currently in service is actually KLIA?

Yes,but not until NBIA starts to operate.

i thought the tallest control tower currently in service is actually KLIA?

no, that's not the true. the schiphol act control tower is now the tallest one!

no, that's not the true. the schiphol act control tower is now the tallest one!

errrm KLIA control tower is 130 metre tall..

http://www.kiat.net/klia/images/ctrltower.jpg

schiphol is only 101 metre.

Schiphol ATC tower.

http://p.vtourist.com/1125825-Just_before_take_off-Schiphol.jpg

KLIA tower overtook Schiphol which was contructed in 1991.

I must say the new BangkoK ATC looks kewl..

Schiphol in Amsterdam is the highest tower.

No! KLIA Control Tower is currently the World's tallest ATC tower at 130m, higher than Schipol's 101m. But once BKK Suvarnabhumi is completed, Bangkok will have the highest ATC, i think barely 10m higher than KLIA's ATC.

w00t w00t!

but I wonder how long it will stand the tallest

New Bangkok Airport Nears Completion Despite Setbacks, Corruption
By Scott Bobb
Bangkok
22 August 2005

Thailand is in the final stages of building a new international airport which, when completed, will be one of the largest in the world. The Thai government is counting on the facility to make the kingdom the aviation hub of the region. But the project has been beset by construction problems and reports of corruption.

Trucks and tractors toil under heavy monsoon skies around a structure of steel ribs and glass, which is rising on a field of concrete surrounded by rice paddies and fishponds.

Bangkok's new airport, due to be completed September, is called Suvarnabhumi, which means "golden land." However, the decades-old project has proven to be a public relations minefield. Engineers have battled construction difficulties and opposition leaders charge that costs for the $5 billion facility have been inflated by corruption.

One report alleges there was a 40 percent mark-up on a $65 million contract for baggage-scanning machines. Another alleges irregularities in the allocation of the airport parking concession. Government officials have denied both allegations.

The president of the Engineering Institute of Thailand, Chulalongkorn University Professor Tortrakul Yomnak, says construction companies in the kingdom traditionally have paid government officials to obtain contracts. But he says these payments, usually about five percent of the total deal, have risen in recent years.

"I feel that the percentage of the commission, we call that commission, is getting higher and higher. I think it's four or five times more [than] in the past," he said.

Construction problems have also challenged engineers. The site lies on swampland
Bobb Suvarnabhumi airport runway 150 eng 22aug05

more than one meter below sea level. As a result, a three-meter dike and two large pumping stations were built to prevent flooding. Engineers also had to drain the construction site, which took several years and lowered the ground level by a further 1.5 meters.

Newspapers recently reported that the sinking ground had caused large cracks in the already finished runways.

Professor Tortrakul says a team from the Engineering Institute found that a 100-meter-long crack has emerged, but he says this is on the edge of the runway and does not pose a threat to the operation.

"There is what we call the differential sediment between the taxiway and the runway," he said. "So actually we need more time for the taxiway to sink, about 40 to 50 centimeters more."

The new airport, which was first planned decades ago, lies on 35 square kilometers of land east of the Thai capital.

It will replace Bangkok's 60 year-old Don Muang airport, located a few kilometers from downtown, which was originally a military airport with one runway. Don Muang has been expanded to the point that it handled 38-million passengers last year. But the construction chief of the new airport, John Murray, says over the sound of building machinery that the old airport has no room left to grow.

That airport has reached its capacity because the runways are too close together and the airport can't operate them simultaneously," explained Mr. Murray.

When the new airport opens next year, its two runways, four kilometers long and two kilometers apart, will allow simultaneous take-offs and landings every 45 seconds.

The seven-story terminal, one of the largest in the world, will cover the equivalent of one hundred football fields and will be able to handle 45 million passengers a year, or 9,000 per hour, through its 360 check-in counters. It will be able to berth simultaneously 120 airplanes, including five of the world's largest passenger plane, the new double-decker Airbus 380.

The airport will also boast the world's tallest airport control tower, 132 meters or 44 stories high. Its catering facilities will be able to prepare 65,000 passenger meals a day. And for transiting passengers, it will house scores of restaurants and snack bars, a 600-room hotel and a shopping mall of duty free stores.

Experts say a major challenge for any new airport is providing understandable signs for passengers. Officials plan to test the new airport by hiring college students to find their way unattended from the terminal entrance to the boarding gates.

John Murray, the construction chief, says the new airport is a major part of the Thai government's goal of making the kingdom the premier aviation hub in the region.

"They [the government] want to make this a showpiece," he added. "It wants it to be number one in the world in security, attractive to use, easy to use."

The Thai government has staked its reputation on Bangkok's new airport. And despite the difficulties, most experts believe the facility will provide an attractive, modern gateway to the region.


John Murray, construction chief
http://www.voanews.com/english/images/Bobb_John_Murray_150_eng_22aug05.jpg http://www.voanews.com/english/images/Bobb_Suvarnabhumi_airport_construction_210_eng_05.jpg

But to compete with other airports in the region, they say, the new facility will have to quickly process large numbers of passengers and their luggage, while satisfying the rigorous security requirements of today's air travel.
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I always thought Amsterdam schiphol airport control tower was the highest in the world , I don't know but I think I once read this..

http://homepage.mac.com/zoowatch/.Pictures/102706_IMG_3304.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/zoowatch/.Pictures/104712_IMG_3325.jpg


Nearly to completion :)

Bangcock???

hm... I wonder if he is just being cruel or he is just stupid..

i think he got it from american pie2.................

Is the word "backup" self-explanatory? :)

If there is a disaster/event happened that makes the original tower not accessible, the backup tower can be used so that the airport can still operate as usual.
also, i know they do new staff training over there.

More pic of World Tallest Airport Control Tower....from Zoowatch

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Zoowatch/ControlTower.jpg
...not very creative...just a very large pole... :sleepy:

:doh:
http://homepage.mac.com/zoowatch/.Pictures/104712_IMG_3325.jpg
well..it does look better now...:)

Henri Giraud Altiport, french alps:
At 2100m, this control tower seems to be a little higher than Bangkok New Inter'l Airport ;)

http://www.aeroclub-montpellier.com/Photoslieu/alpes/DSC00029.JPG


and there's one in Nepal that MAY be taller than this one... :naughty:

What's the point of having a very high control tower?

Actually, Downtown Vancouver's Harbour Center ( http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=113277 ) houses the control tower for the sea airport and heliport that is on the Burrard Inlet (ie seaplanes that take off from the water, and helicopters at a nearby pad)

at 146 meters it's higher than that tower. So suck it Bangcock, we already got the record...in a way :D

Actually, its the granville square not the harbour center.

You can see the control center ontop.
http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=354060

Pic of KLIA tower..and the view from it..

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/payrol/DSC05607.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/payrol/DSC05613.jpg

What's the point of having a very high control tower?
The point is that they can overlook a whole area of the airport clearly. :)

Indianapolis' new tower is one of the tallest in the world at 104 meters.

http://www.newindairport.com/galleries/tower_gallery/021705_tower_full.jpg

http://www.newindairport.com/galleries/atct_rendering_full.jpg

What's teh advantage of having the tallest control tower in the world? Or is this airport just extremely huge and it requires a towel that tall?

^^ And the same answer would get repeated! :D Can't you guys just spend 5 mins and read the past two pages ?

^^ And the same answer would get repeated! :D Can't you guys just spend 5 mins and read the past two pages ?

Well, some of has something else to do in life than spend lots of time in SSC and to scroll back to see a real old stupid messages....

^^ If you think this thread is stupid then why bother opening it at all. Besides having 'much to do in life', you are also too lazy to even see the posts above (post #54 to be precise).

I think this question is repeated at least 4-5 times in the past two pages and it is getting annoying for some :ohno:

^^ If you think this thread is stupid then why bother opening it at all. Besides having 'much to do in life', you are also too lazy to even see the posts above (post #54 to be precise).

I think this question is repeated at least 4-5 times in the past two pages and it is getting annoying for some :ohno:

Then if it's annoying to you, why the hell you bother to read the messages especially reading something from a NEW COMER how do you think a NEW COMER would know? Besides, do you understand english? I said, STUPID OLD MESSAGES, not the thread alone.

Then if it's annoying to you, why the hell you bother to read the messages especially reading something from a NEW COMER how do you think a NEW COMER would know? Besides, do you understand english? I said, STUPID OLD MESSAGES, not the thread alone.


Now why did you get so worked up over something that is so minor? :ohno:

Being a newcomer doesn't mean that he/she had the privilege of being ignorant. Isn't a thread made up of posts (or messages in your case)? And if you have problem with 'stupid old messages' then why bother opening this thread at all? All you would probably get is 'stupid answers' :D

Now why did you get so worked up over something that is so minor? :ohno:

Being a newcomer doesn't mean that he/she had the privilege of being ignorant. Isn't a thread made up of posts (or messages in your case)? And if you have problem with 'stupid old messages' then why bother opening this thread at all? All you would probably get is 'stupid answers' :D


who do you think who is all worked up with these, you are the one that says you are "annoyed" with repeated questions in the 1st place, I just popped in and started asking a question not knowing it has been asked before, you know somehow that there will be a new comer who MIGHT overlook some of the previous post simply because most of the past comments are so long and people to get more engrossed looking at pics, or just simply just being a new comer and doesn't know better, you being an old member should realized that. Open you little eyes....

^^ In my first post in this thread, I politely said that everyone should read the first two pages (which is not long in SSC standard).

Secondly in the previous page your little eyes missed post #54 which clearly answers your question.

Having the same question repeated is certainly annoying.

Thirdly, it was you whom take my comment on personally and replied sarcastically. It is fine that you might have overlooked the answers .....well...then just move on.

My initial post is to 'alert' others as so not to repeat the same question which so happen that yours is the last to be addressed to and I supposedly that hurt you ego? If that is the case then please do accept my apologies. Good day! :)

^^ In my first post in this thread, I politely said that everyone should read the first two pages (which is not long in SSC standard).

Secondly in the previous page your little eyes missed post #54 which clearly answers your question.

Having the same question repeated is certainly annoying.

Thirdly, it was you whom take my comment on personally and replied sarcastically. It is fine that you might have overlooked the answers .....well...then just move on.

My initial post is to 'alert' others as so not to repeat the same question which so happen that yours is the last to be addressed to and I supposedly that hurt you ego? If that is the case then please do accept my apologies. Good day! :)

it was a response to your smart ass response, you could of just say, it has been discussed before, why do you have to say you are annoyed as if everybody else other than you is stupid?

^^ You won't quit do you? It is indeed annoying esp when the answer is just a few posts up yours.

Being annoyed isn't stupid and you certainly do not understand plain and simple English. If you think my response is (or that I am) stupid then why even bother to answer me at all. That would makes you stupid as well right? :D

Put your ego to rest please.........

^^ You won't quit do you? It is indeed annoying esp when the answer is just a few posts up yours.

Being annoyed isn't stupid and you certainly do not understand plain and simple English. If you think my response is (or that I am) stupid then why even bother to answer me at all. That would makes you stupid as well right? :D

Put your ego to rest please.........


I can ask you the same question. Why do you keep on responding to my post? Why didn't you just ignore it the second time around? Being annoyed surely does not equate to stupidity but the manner you responded with a half smartass comment sounds stupid considering you are responding to a new comer.

BTW, I don't have little eyes atleast not genetically. I hope you already get off on all these yourself.

^^ Since you aggressively responding to mine and you kept insulting me on a personal level so I had to. Which is stupid? - the person whom kept denying that he had done nothing wrong by repeatedly asking the same question? Or the person whom advice him not to do so? :ohno:

That's the whole idea, I'm egging you, can't you tell? LOL

Oh thanks for giving me and yourself all the attention! :D

Are you enjoying these? I can sit here and answer you all day if I have to..LOL

^^ And you said you've got life! :hilarious:

oh, I will alot a few spare time for some little eyes like yourself ....

Okay, I will let you slide for now "little eyes" I do have things to do today.

:weirdo:

phew.....

you guys arent fighting right??? Szehoong and xDieseljockx??? :sleepy: :sleepy:

Someone there has got PMS. Hope it's not a guy. LOL

http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/1918/g3876721151pr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Actually, its the granville square not the harbour center.

You can see the control center ontop.
http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=354060

ah yes well my point still remains. 142 meters

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1664/untitledtruecolor167lv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://www.lfv.se/upload/Flygplatser/Arlanda/B2B/tower.jpg

arlanda tower

Atlanta's new tower is 121 meters. Supposedly the tallest in the states