COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
STATS OF THE WEEK
McCarran International Airport's air traffic control towers - a comparison:
Old tower:
Opened: 1983
Height: 185 feet
Controller cab: 525 square feet
Base office building: 13,740 square feet
Traffic in 1983: 140,000 annual flights
New tower:
Opened: 2016
Height: 352 feet
Controller cab: 850 square feet
Base office building: 52,800 square feet
Traffic in 2016: 535,740 annual flights
PRESS CLIPS OF THE WEEK
NATCA had a nother very successful week in the media, with two press events – at Fort
Wayne (FWA) and Washington Center (ZDC ) – to promote the great saves performed by
Eric Vanstrom (FWA), Rick Wallace (ZDC), and Jaymi Steinberg ( ZDC) that won them
the Archie League Medal of Safety Award at Communicating For Safety in March . Below
are links to view the individual press clippings resulting from the interviews:
WOWO RADIO – FORT WAYNE, Ind.
Fort Wayne air traffic controller receives national award
WANE - TV FORT WAYNE
FW air traffic controller honored with top award for helping pilot make safe landing
THE JOURNAL - GAZETTE (FORT WAYNE)
Fort Wayne a ir traffic controller gets national award
FORT WAYNE ' S NBC (FORT WAYNE)
Salute to Service Spotlight - Fort Wayne Air traffic Controller Eric Vanstrom
WTOP RADIO (WASHINGTON, D.C.)
Air controllers honored for cool handling of engine failure before Va. crash landing
AUDIO: The above story, how it sounded in the radio report
WRC - TV NBC (WASHINGTON, D.C.)
' Ma yday!' Virginia air traffic controllers tell how they saved pilot
AUDIO REPLAY OF ZDC SAVE AMONG THE MOST VIEWED POSTS EVER ON
NATCA FACEBOOK
The audio replay of the highlights of Rick Wallace and Jaymi Steinberg's ZDC Archie
League Medal of Safety Award - winning save has become a very popular item on the
NATCA Facebook page since it was posted on April 16. The post has been viewed over
