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control tower

Summary

control tower ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • control tower is a type of tower[2].
  • control tower is a type of airport infrastructure[3].
  • control tower is a type of air traffic control facility[4].
  • control tower is used for air traffic control[5].
  • control tower's Commons category is recorded as Control towers[6].
  • control tower's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as service=aircraft_control[7].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include tower[2], airport infrastructure[3], and air traffic control facility[4].

Use and Application

control tower is used for air traffic control[5].

Why It Matters

control tower ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → tower, airport infrastructure, air traffic control facility
    Has use → air traffic control
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007292910905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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