NATS locations

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NATS has over 40 manned sites across the UK. These include radar and radio stations, control towers at airports, area control centres, our corporate and technical centre, and the College of Air Traffic Control.

  • Aberdeen
    Airport control tower.
    Approach function.
  • Aberporth
    Range Control.
    Approach function.
  • Belfast
    Airport control tower.
    Approach function.
  • Bristol
    Airport control tower.
    Approach function.
  • Birmingham
    Airport control tower.
    Approach function.
  • Cardiff
    Airport control tower.
    Approach function.
  • Edinburgh
    Airport control tower.
    Approach function.
  • Farnborough
    Airport control tower.
    Approach function.
  • Gatwick
    Airport control tower.
  • Gibraltar
    Airport control tower.
    Approach function.
  • Glasgow
    Airport control tower.
    Approach function.
  • Heathrow
    Airport control tower.
    Heathrow House: NATS Services Limited (NSL) headquarters.
  • London City
    Airport control tower.
  • Luton
    Airport control tower.
  • Manchester
    Airport control tower.
    Approach function.
  • Pailton
    Test and Measuring Centre.
  • Prestwick
    Scottish and Oceanic Area Control Centre (SCOACC), responsible for handling Scottish higher level traffic and flights coming in off the Atlantic and heading to UK airports or further afield in Europe and Manchester Area Control.
  • Southampton
    Airport control tower.
    Approach function.
  • Stansted
    Airport control tower.
  • Swanwick
    Home to the London Area Control Centre (LACC) and London Terminal Control Centre (LTCC) responsible for handling higher level traffic travelling in UK airspace. Approach function for Heathrow, Gatwick, London City, Luton and Stansted.
  • Whiteley
    Corporate and Technical Centre: headquarters for our support staff, the centre of excellence for our engineering community and the new Training facility for Air Traffic Control.