Anyone have an in with LAS ATC?
- Thread starter Kristie
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Kristie said:
Would you need a passport or would our pilots certificate be good enough? With people coming in throughout the day Thursday and people starting to leave Saturday, I'm thinking Friday may be the best day. If that day won't work then some may jjust have to miss out then. Great Idea though.
adreamer said:Passport is required. Otherwise, I would be touring a lot of ATC facility already
adreamer
I would think there must be some other method, i.e. birth certificate, military i.d., etc....There are plenty of citizens that don't travel with the need for a passport.
BoilerPilot2007
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Everyone should get a passport. You never know when you'll need it.
kellwolf
Piece of Trash
And if you want to fly for an airline, it's darn near a requirement.
I know at DFW, they just wanted DLs and proof of US citizenship. A passport would do for both. Shouldn't be that hard to set up. All the ATC facilities I've talked to have been excited that people were actually interested in seeing what they do.
I know at DFW, they just wanted DLs and proof of US citizenship. A passport would do for both. Shouldn't be that hard to set up. All the ATC facilities I've talked to have been excited that people were actually interested in seeing what they do.
CaptainMatt
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I got into LAX tower with only my Drivers License and my Pilot Certificate.
TFaudree_ERAU
Mashin' dem buttons
Not trying to hijack the thread, but I've gotten into 2 towers and 1 TRACON. I won't say the names of the airports, but I took a student to one tower and got in simply by pressing the buzz box and telling a controller who I was and why I was there. Following a quick scanning with their remote camera, I was in. The other was simply a phone call, which consisted of the guy telling me the parking lot gate access code and also mentioning that the security gate around the tower as well as the main entrance door to the facility was left open because he had an umbrella with him when it was pouring down rain and didn't want to put it down to close the gate.
The TRACON was a different story. When we pulled up, the guards did a complete search of my car and asked for my and my passenger's ID. They took it into their shack, after which I presume they did a background check (my passenger was a black guy from Jamaica...we were writing a report for our ATC class on the new STARS System, which this facility was equipped with).
I was kinda shocked about how easy it was to get into the 2 towers.
The TRACON was a different story. When we pulled up, the guards did a complete search of my car and asked for my and my passenger's ID. They took it into their shack, after which I presume they did a background check (my passenger was a black guy from Jamaica...we were writing a report for our ATC class on the new STARS System, which this facility was equipped with).
I was kinda shocked about how easy it was to get into the 2 towers.
CaptainMatt
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mpenguin1 said:
I got into the Long Beach Tower with my school ID and Pilots License.
ComplexHiAv8r
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I saw in a thread this was a go. Do we know what day it will be? I want to make sure its on my schedule.
Maximilian_Jenius
Super User
Kristie. I simply called the KPHX admin. office they hooked me up with the guy who does the tours of the airport, Who in turn told me that the FAA handles all tower/TRACON tours and gave me the number to the FAA reps I needed to speak to.
Then we settled that I was a pilot and an american citizen he told me that tours are Mon-Thurs and told me what to bring and we scheduled a date and presto. It was that easy. Thanks again Pengy for the advice.
Anyone and everyone going is going to have to be a pilot. Spouses of pilots may be accepted not sure like has been said every facility is different. I was informed that post 9/11 they no longer give tower/TRACON tours to "normal civilians".
Pengy and SeanD have said that they PM'd you contact numbers so it will be exciting to see if we can get a tour established.
One question...what process does one need to get a passport? Nope I don't have one. But I know that they do them at FedEx Kinko's. Or at least they take your picture there!
Then we settled that I was a pilot and an american citizen he told me that tours are Mon-Thurs and told me what to bring and we scheduled a date and presto. It was that easy. Thanks again Pengy for the advice.
Anyone and everyone going is going to have to be a pilot. Spouses of pilots may be accepted not sure like has been said every facility is different. I was informed that post 9/11 they no longer give tower/TRACON tours to "normal civilians".
Pengy and SeanD have said that they PM'd you contact numbers so it will be exciting to see if we can get a tour established.
One question...what process does one need to get a passport? Nope I don't have one. But I know that they do them at FedEx Kinko's. Or at least they take your picture there!