This is an ATC service provided for the airport and surrounding airspace. The controllers will look out of the tower windows, as well as at the ATC equipment, to give aircraft clearance to taxi, take-off and land.
Engineering
An engineering team, based at the airport, are responsible for maintaining air traffic control services, such as radar and the Instrument Landing System (ILS). As well as monitoring things the engineering team are responsible for carrying out preventative and corrective maintenance on a daily basis.
The Operation: 2019
The tower was opened in 1995. NATS has been providing an ATC service at Luton since 2000.