ATC Tower

This is the Air Traffic Control Tower of Cochin International Airport which is situated nearly 1.5 km east of Airport Terminal.

The Air Traffic Control Tower clears aircraft for take off or landing and ensures the runway is clear for these aircraft. If the tower controller detects any unsafe condition, a landing aircraft may be told to "go-around" and be re-sequenced into the landing pattern by the approach or terminal area controller.

In Addition to this service in Cochin International Airport, ATCO also provide Approch Control And Gound Navigation.

Aproach controllers are responsible for providing all ATC services within their airspace. (Contigous Airspace with Coimbatore and Calicut Airports) Traffic flow is broadly divided into departures, arrivals, and overflights. As aircraft move in and out of the terminal airspace, they are handed off to the next appropriate control facility (trivandrum Area control). Approach control is responsible for ensuring that aircraft are at an appropriate altitude when they are handed off, and that aircraft arrive at a suitable rate for landing.

Cochin tower may a non-radar procedural approach service to arriving aircraft handed over from Trivandrum radar unit before they are visual to land. Cochin Airport has a combined Tower & approach unit (One man control)

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