We asked an expert from inside NATS to get out the popcorn and give us an accuracy rating for that quintessential ATC movie, Pushing Tin

The growth of wind energy in the UK has created an increasing challenge for aviation and air traffic control in particular.

During periods of bad weather such as fog, control has to switch to radar and ‘low visibility procedures’ to ensure airport operations can continue safely.

An airport is an airport, right? Wrong! Every airport has its own idiosyncrasies, foibles and operational challenges. As such, we’ve compiled a top list of what we hope are interesting titbits and trivia on the airports that NATS operates from in the UK and Gibraltar.