How Air Traffic Control Works

Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code NWYT at checkout. Download the Saily app or go to https://saily.com/NWYT Chapters: 0:00 What 90% of Air Traffic Controller’s Job Looks Like 01:35 Why Large Amounts of Green Space Make Airports Dangerous 02:18 What Control Tower Controllers Exactly Do 05:48 Why the Toronto Airport Needs an Eagle 07:27 What do Area Controllers Exactly Do 10:23 How to Stay Connected Almost Anywhere in the World 11:35 How Overflight Traffic is Managed 12:33 Who and Why Decides Runway Configurations at the Airport 13:47 Why Airport Launches Hawks from a Moving Car 15:26 Why Heavy Airliners like A380 Usually Land on the Departing Runway 17:42 How is the Air Traffic Managed Globally? 20:33 Why Toronto Airport Employs the Fastest Bird on the Planet 21:53 Toronto Airport's Full Size 360 Degree Control Tower Simulator 22:59 The Emergency Red Phone from the 1980’s & Augmented Reality 24:11 How Air Traffic Controllers Communicate the Same Way around the World 25:45 Why Short Haul Flights are more Likely to be Delayed than Long Haul Flights 27:49 Why Sunny Days Frequently Demand More Air Traffic Controllers 28:11 How Satellites Revolutionized Air Traffic Control during the Past Decade 30:09 What’s it Takes to be an Air Traffic Controller 31:48 Why the Number of Flights Never Recovered after the COVID Pandemic 32:16 The Best Kept Secret at the Toronto Airport Control Tower Music: 1AM OMW - Ballpoint 5 Finger Discount - Mo Stacks Observations - From Now On Fraudulent Business - Marten Moses Daily Coverage - Marten Moses Daily Coverage - Marten Moses Alpha Code - Tellsonic Blacklight - John B. Lund Grenadine - West & Zander Happy Tree - Joseph Alesci Hope Won't Fail Me - Blackout Memories Floods - Frank Jonsson Fatal Attraction (Instrumental Version) - Vicki Vox Where the Air Is Thin - Jay Varton Danger Sun - Max Anson Concealed Room - Marten Moses Concealed Room - Marten Moses Amalthea - Van Sandano Shangri-La - Basixx Miles - Enzofar Daily Passenger - Ethan Sloan Silver Flicker - Colors of Illusion Nobis Ipsis - Craft Case Silver Flicker - Colors of Illusion Montage of a Map - Eden Avery Fun While It Lasted - Emil Axelsson Thriller - Ethan Sloan Keep an Eye - Frank Jonsson We visited the Toronto airport control tower, the Toronto Area Control Center, and the wildlife management team that keep birds from flying into airplanes. Buckle up, because this is #NotWhatYouThink #NWYT Footage: Select images/videos from Getty Images Shutterstock NAV Canada FlightRadar24 Mateusz Czwakiel (Creative Commons License) Dave “daviation” Isenor (Creative Commons License)