The world’s first air traffic control tower was commissioned at Croydon Airport in the U.K. on Feb. 25, 1920, revolutionizing what would become the airline industry.

The world's first air traffic control tower was commissioned by the UK Government 100 years ago. It was built at the now-closed Croydon Airport, south London, and stimulated the development of air ...

Old airports don’t just vanish. Some become parks, landmarks and quiet corners of history. Step onto former runways that ...

The first air traffic control tower was established inside a wooden hut at Croydon Airport in south London. It became the world's busiest airport at the time, with a dozen flights to Paris and ...

London was once home to an incredible airport that introduced some of the world's most important aviation innovations - yet today, most people have never even heard of it.Croydon Airport, located just ...

Croydon Airport, near London, broke records as it opened up commercial air travel to and from Europe. ... Here was the first purpose-built air traffic control tower, ...

Croydon was the UK capital’s primary airport at the time of the air ministry’s commissioning for the ‘aerodrome control tower’ – designed to be 15ft in height with windows on its four ...