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Originally Posted by NavyNJ
Wavy - I thought the new tower at Hopkins wasn't going into full ops til sometime next year, at the earliest, but was structurally going to be done this fall. Last story I heard/read was that all the electronics would take 12+ mos. to install before it would start handling traffic, and the old tower shut down. You a Cleveland area native, by any chance? Cheers!
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Navy, I'm not a Cle native but have lived here 30+ years. Next door neighbor is a controller. I believe he said the new tower was going live Sept. 18ish. We were in the Tracon Room and all the workstations were up and operational and emulating live traffic. it looked to be 95%+ done. They have room for expansion and I believe they make take over operations for KCAK at some point in the future. The tower was 95% done as well. I think I counted 45 monitors up there for a normal working crew of 4! If you want to hear more about this or TV feel free to PM me. Safe travels!