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Originally Posted by Brenden S
The old control tower does get used on occasions when the current one fails. Has happened in the past.
Apron is an area for parking aircraft and is not a taxyway or runway.
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I don’t believe the old tower can be used as a backup, it’s not setup for three runway operation staff wise nor does it have the new third runway frequencies on the console to my knowledge nor does it support Eurocat or Intas. Then there is the minor detail of not being able to get a visual on all surface movements, this was helped by the long decommissioned SMCA tower on the ITB and decommissioned surface movement radar.
I spent way too much time in that tower last century, some interesting things happened in the public car park at times……it was like the public didn’t think there were folk up high with binoculars!