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An Air traffic obstacle is a tall structure which can endanger air traffic. Air traffic obstacles have to be marked in most cases with red and white colored markings and with aircraft warning lights at night. On larger structures blinking lights are required. An example of an air traffic obstacle is the
List of air-traffic obstacles in Germany (also a useful tool for finding out the height of tall structures in Germany)
List of air-traffic obstacles in Denmark (also a useful tool for finding out the height of tall structures in Denmark)
List of air-traffic obstacles in Sweden (also a useful tool for finding out the height of tall structures in Sweden)
{{TBSW Air traffic control
An Air traffic obstacle is a tall structure which can endanger air traffic. Air traffic obstacles have to be marked in most cases with red and white colored markings and with aircraft warning lights at night. On larger structures blinking lights are required. An example of an air traffic obstacle is the air traffic control
Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and through a given section of controlled airspace, and can provide advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled airsp ...
tower.
In the past lamps similar to those used on lighthouses were sometimes used. There are still such lamps on Fernsehturm Stuttgart
Fernsehturm Stuttgart ( en, Stuttgart TV Tower) is a telecommunications tower in Stuttgart, Germany. It was the first telecommunications tower in the world constructed from reinforced concrete, and it is the prototype for many such towers worldw ...
in Stuttgart, Germany. A fainter rotating light is on Blosenbergturm, Beromünster
Beromünster is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2004 the former municipality of Schwarzenbach merged into the municipality of Beromünster.Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster
The Deutschlandsender III was a 500 kilowatt longwave transmitter, erected in 1938/39 near Herzberg, Brandenburg in Germany. Used for the ''Deutschlandsender'' radio broadcasts, the guyed mast reaching a height of was the tallest construction in ...
in 1939. On small poles near the mast multiple rotating skybeamers were mounted which illuminated the lens-like structure on the top. Because of this no electrical installation was required on this mast.
See also
*Air navigation
The basic principles of air navigation are identical to general navigation, which includes the process of planning, recording, and controlling the movement of a craft from one place to another.
Successful air navigation involves piloting an air ...
* Digital obstacle file
External links
List of air-traffic obstacles in Germany (also a useful tool for finding out the height of tall structures in Germany)
List of air-traffic obstacles in Denmark (also a useful tool for finding out the height of tall structures in Denmark)
List of air-traffic obstacles in Sweden (also a useful tool for finding out the height of tall structures in Sweden)
{{TBSW Air traffic control