Inside the Heathrow control tower
- Oluwatobi
- Jun 5, 2018
- 1 min read
Heathrow is the world’s busiest two-runway airport, operating at 98% capacity, with an incredible 78 million passengers passing through the terminals every year.
That’s in addition to the 1.7 million metric tonnes of cargo that travels. Sitting in the centre of it all is the air traffic control tower and the people inside, who handle around 1,350 aircraft every day.
In Series 4 of Heathrow: Britain’s Busiest Airport, you’ll get a chance to meet two members of the team — Jules and Tony — as they grapple with the daily challenge of helping the airport to run safely and smoothly.
No two days are ever quite the same, and you’ll see the team deal with the vagaries of weather and wind direction, the choreography that goes into a runway inspection, impromptu helicopter arrivals and simply the sheer scale of the daily operation.
