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Tenerife North airport will get a new control tower, more than 30 years after world’s biggest air disaster.

With an height of 41.3 metres the new tower will stand almost double the height of the current tower at TFN airport. Costing an estimated 7.3 million euros, construction is already underway. This is part of a 77 million euro plan to upgrade TFN airport before 2010. The planned completion date of the new control tower in Tenerife is at the end of 2008.

It appears that Tenerife North airport (TFN) will get a new control tower, more than 30 years after the world’s biggest air disaster took place there. While the existing control tower is only one of three to be fitted with sophisiticated surface or ground radar equipment in Spain, it’s the second oldest air traffic control tower in the country, apparantly dating back to 1965.

With an height of 41.3 metres the new tower will stand almost double the height of the current tower at TFN airport. Costing an estimated 7.3 million euros, construction is already underway. This is part of a 77 million euro plan to upgrade TFN airport before 2010. The planned completion date of the new control tower in Tenerife is at the end of 2008. The building proposal shown above is part of a project to upgrade the air traffic control tower, dating back to 2002. It certainly looks to be taking the same shape.

Tenerife aiport (TFN) is well known among aircraft enthusiasts as the site for the world’s biggest air disaster. This occurred on March 27, 1977. A total of 583 passengers & crew were killed; only 56 people aboard the Pan Am jet survived the tradgedy.

The 30th anniversary of the Tenerife disaster occurred on March the 27th, 2007, best reported here. Pamela has written an excellent summary of the Tenerife disaster, also the most visited page of www.secret-tenerife.com. One of the best detailed accounts of the series of events that led up to this catastrophe is Air Disaster, Volume 1, which I read and reviewed. Here’s a few links to further information about TFN airport as well as Tenerife arrival & departure information.

One Response to “Tenerife North airport will get a new control tower, more than 30 years after world’s biggest air disaster.”

  1. Por favor, avisame desde cuando Tenerife Norte tiene installado radar de superficie.
    Yo siempre pensaba que se installaron en 1978, pero ahora alguién me ha dicho que no tienen en 1980 cuando estrello el avion de DanAir. ¿Es ese verdad?

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