Originally Posted by
c5marine
Hello. Stupid question, but I was thinking it would be a interesting "field trip" to bring some folks from work to visit the airport control tower to see the operations.
Has anyone ever done something like this? Like tried to contact the FAA and set something up?
Or is this just never going to happen....
An individual group will most likely be turned down by the FAA, you have to know someone that work there to bring your group in.
Another source is look for Airliners International, they organize airline collectibles show, every year being held in different cities, like this year just finished in LAX, it will have different tours like airport operations including the airport control tower, but these tours are paid tours though.
Originally Posted by
ROCAT
The availability of tours is up to the managers of the individual facilities, but as a rule tours are only given to users of the system and have a group backing them so airlines, flight schools, military units, etc. Most smaller facilitates do not have the personal to give tours; the bigger ones safety, security, and disruption concerns usually cause tours to be turned down.
You don't need to have a group backing the tour like airlines, flight schools, military units, it is about the people you know, and most likely those who work there (e.g. airport management executives) can bring you in, and it can be small or bigger facilities, like I had been to the ORD tower with a group of 10 frequent flyers by friend of a friend that work in ORD.