Wake Atoll Air Traffic Control Towers
Creators: name: Cecil, Carrie
Publisher: name: (:unav)
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Wake Island
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/80382/wake-island
subject: Wake Atoll
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/80381/wake-atoll
subject: Wilkes Island
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/80386/wilkes-island
subject: World War II
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/3992/world-war-ii
subject: Building 1601
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/95406/building-1601
subject: Building 1730
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/117940/building-1730
subject: Building 1808
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/96023/building-1808
subject: Radio Receiver and Transmitter Facilities
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165583/radio-receiver-and-transmitter-facilities
subject: 611th
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/164656/611th
subject: Long Range Direction Finder (DF) Navigation System
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165584/long-range-direction-finder-df-navigation-system
subject: Historic Context
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/42191/historic-context
subject: Japanese Air Tower
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165581/japanese-air-tower
subject: Radio Transmitter Building
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165582/radio-transmitter-building
subject: Air Tower Control Center
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165587/air-tower-control-center
subject: VORTAC 2
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165588/vortac-2
subject: Pacific Air Forces
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/164657/pacific-air-forces
subject: Air Tower Iteration
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165585/air-tower-iteration
subject: 611th Air Support Group
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/164658/611th-air-support-group
subject: HHW Tower and Equipment Building
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165586/hhw-tower-and-equipment-building
subject: VORTAC 1
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165589/vortac-1
subject: Air Traffic Control Towers
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165590/air-traffic-control-towers
subject: United States Air Force
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/163642/united-states-air-force
subject: 11th Air Force
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/164651/11th-air-force
subject: Army Radio Station
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165579/army-radio-station
subject: 611th Civil Engineer Squadron
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/164652/611th-civil-engineer-squadron
subject: CAA Air Tower
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165580/caa-air-tower
subject: Towers
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/149706/towers
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Historic Background Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/18/historic-background-research
subject: Architectural Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/2/architectural-survey
subject: Remote Sensing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/22/remote-sensing
subject: Records Search / Inventory Checking
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/8/records-search-inventory-checking

description: The purpose of this report is to establish the historic context for air traffic control tower and air traffic control support facility development on Wake Atoll. A critical component of any airfield, the air traffic control towers, and support facilities on Wake contributed to the safe and organized passage of aircraft through and over the atoll. Air traffic control facilities were an important aspect of Wake’s operation as a major aviation hub from 1935 to 1972. This report outlines the history of Wake Atoll’s use as an aviation refueling stop and air traffic control center from 1935 to the present with a particular emphasis on the construction and operation of those facilities and structures supporting the atoll’s function as an airfield. The examination of these airfield features is predicated on an introductory summary of the history and development of air traffic control systems and aviation technology in the United States throughout the 20th century. In addition to providing insight into the mechanics and technological developments of Wake’s various aviation facilities, such information also helps to relate the changing landscape of this remote atoll to broader patterns of American aviation history.