![]() ![]() Stantec’s design for this 35,000-square-foot building will include a metal panel rainscreen exterior façade and a low wall and roof-to-floor area ratio to improve energy efficiency. The two-story building, adjacent to the ATCT, serves as a base for radar-approach operations, environmental, and administrative functions. ![]() Terminal radar approach control base building The design addresses overcrowding, incorporating additional space for supervisory and support staff, as well as National Air Traffic Controllers Association representatives. ![]() Clad with a durable metal panel rainscreen and glazing, the 12-sided cab will improve technology and viewing to control aircraft movements. When complete, the ATCT will be a feat of structural engineering and the tallest structure in Alaska at more than 300 feet tall, nearly twice as tall as the existing tower. The ATCT serves as the heart of airport operations at ANC, which is among the top 5 global airports for cargo throughput and home to the world’s busiest floatplane base. ![]() The substantial increase in aircraft movements created a need for more air traffic controllers, leading to tower overcrowding. Since then, the airport added new runways, expanded its terminals, and increased the capacity of its cargo operations at ANC, which is the busiest cargo airport in the US and among the busiest in the world. The current tower was constructed in 1977 and designed to accommodate only four air traffic controller positions. The airport, including the future ATCT and TRACON, sits on the traditional land of the Dena’ina people. ANC is the gateway to Alaska and the US with approximately 5.7 million passengers and more than 3 million tons of cargo passing through the airport each year. The facility will provide air traffic control for Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC), which also includes the Lake Hood Seaplane Base, the world’s largest seaplane base. Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, was recently selected by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide architecture and engineering design services for the new airport traffic control tower (ATCT) and terminal radar approach control base building (TRACON) in Anchorage, Alaska. ![]()
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