The KL International Airport 2 (klia2) air traffic control tower has been recognised as the tallest in the world by Guinness World Records.
Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) director-general Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said the 141.3 -metre-high tower was higher than the control tower at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Thailand (132.2 metres).
“Built on May 1, 2012, the tower was completed in 10 months, on March 1, 2013 and was first used on April 4, one month earlier, to enable air traffic controllers to familiarise themselves with the operations at klia2.”
He said this at the handing over of the control tower from Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) to the DCA by Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein at the main control room on Level 33 of the tower here today.
Hishammuddin also received a certificate of recognition from a representative of Guinness World Records and the Malaysia Book of Records and also witnessed the first touchdown at klia2 by Malaysia Airlines Flight MH604 and Flight MH402.
Azharuddin said the training of air traffic controllers at klia2 started in January, including theory and simulator training and 120 controllers were ready to operate at klia2 and KLIA.
“The 24-hour operations involves eight air traffic controllers on duty at any one time in the main control room.
“A total of 58 new posts have also been created to accommodate the additional work in the control tower.”