New Air Traffic Control Tower & WAM-VHF Equipment Installation

The brief summary of the project:

The project mainly consisted of design and construction of a new Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) to replace the existing ATCT at Manas Internation Air Port (IAP). The tower has 8 floors plus a cab floor at the top.

Project Details

Project Type Design – Build
Project Location Manas, KYRGYZSTAN
Owner Raytheon, Air Force
Project Start 06 October 2012
Project End 14 September 2013

Additonal scope also included the following;

A Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) surveillance system which will provide nation-wide en route coverage on 26 different sites,

A WAM surveillance system to provide Terminal Maneuver Area (TMA) coverage for the ATCT at MIAP,

Adaptation of the New Information Technologies in Aviation (NITA) ALPHA Air Traffic Management (ATM) system within the Bishkek Area Control Center (BACC) to display a single integrated surveillance picture from the WAM systems and the existing Secondary Surveillance Radar data,

Very High Frequency (VHF) radios and communication equipment that will complete nation-wide radio capability for aircraft under surveillance by the BACC,

Relocation of existing ATCT systems and equipment from the existing Manas IAP tower to the new ATCT

Key Project Quantities:

  • Construction of 8 floors plus a cab floor at the top
  • A Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) surveillance system providing nation-wide enroute coverage on 26 different sites
  • Very High Frequency (VHF) radios and communication equipment
  • A WAM surveillance system to provide Terminal Maneuver Area (TMA) coverage for the ATCT at MIAP
  • 500,000 Safe man-hours with no Lost Time Incidents