The air traffic control pillar is the most crucial part of any airport , yet it ’s also the most unacknowledged . Fliers rarely stop to look up to their ethereal beauty and futuristic silhouette . We ’re missing out : These towers are bewitching architectural specimens .
The Suvarnabhumi International Airport (aka New Bangkok International Airport of Thailand) has the world’s tallest air traffic control tower, at 132.2 meters.
Photo : Ed Wray / AP
The world’s 2nd tallest ATC tower can be found at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang, Malaysia.
Photo : Vincent Thian / AP
Hartsfield-Jackson airport, Atlanta – the world’s third tallest ATC tower
exposure : David Goldman / AP
John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York
pic : Attila Nagy / Gizmodo
Manchester Airport, Manchester, England
exposure : Christopher Furlong / Getty Images
McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada
exposure : Ethan Miller / Getty Images
The new tower at the McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Los Angles International Airport (LAX), California.
photograph : David McNew / Getty Images
Opa-locka Executive Airport, Florida.
photograph : Joe Raedle / Getty Images
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Photo : Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images
Charles-de-Gaulle airport, Roissy, Paris, France.
Photo : Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images
Gatwick Airport, London, England.
Photo : Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
Berlin Tegel Airport, Berlin, Germany.
Photo : Sean Gallup / Getty Images
O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois.
Photo : Tim Boyle / Getty Images
Willy Brandt Berlin Brandenburg International Airport, Berlin, Germany.
Airport Madrid-Barajas, Madrid, Spain.
Photo : Fernando Camino / Cover / Getty Images
Brussels National Airport, Steenokkerzeel, Brussels, Belgium.
pic : Mark Renders / Getty Images
Lester B. Pearson Airport, Toronto, Canada.
pic : Bruce Bennett / Getty Images
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Dallas, Texas.
Photo : Fox Photos / Getty Images
Liszt Ferenc Airport, Budapest, Hungary.
Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Shanghai, China
Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark, N.J.
Photo : Mel Evans / AP
Mascot Airport, Sydney, Australia.
photograph : John Donegan / AP
World Central-Al Maktoum International Airport, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Photo : Kamran Jebreili / AP
Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Photo : Peter Dejong / AP
Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan.
Photo : Koji Sasahara / AP
Dulles International Airport, Washington, in 1976.
exposure : AP
Edinburgh Airport, Scotland.
picture : Herry Lawford
Farnborough Airport, England.
Photo : Steve Parker
Arlanda Airport, Sweden.
Photo : Carles Tomás Martí
Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates.
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