管制塔(かんせいとう)

かんせいとう
noun
control tower
1. control tower (at an airport)
The tall tower at an airport from which air traffic controllers direct the movement of aircraft on the ground and in the air.
管制塔(かんせいとう)から指示(しじ)が出(で)た。
Instructions came from the control tower.
パイロットは管制塔(かんせいとう)と交信(こうしん)している。
The pilot is communicating with the control tower.
新(あたら)しい管制塔(かんせいとう)が完成(かんせい)し、空港(くうこう)の安全性(あんぜんせい)が向上(こうじょう)した。
The new control tower was completed, improving the airport's safety.

管制塔(かんせいとう) is the tower at an airport where air traffic controllers direct aircraft movements.

WORD FORMATION:
管制(かんせい) (control, regulation) + 塔(とう) (tower). 航空(こうくう)管制(かんせい) (air traffic control) uses the same 管制(かんせい).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 管制塔(かんせいとう)からの指示(しじ): instructions from the control tower
  • 管制塔(かんせいとう)と交信(こうしん)する: to communicate with the control tower
  • 管制塔(かんせいとう)に連絡(れんらく)する: to contact the control tower

RELATED VOCABULARY:

  • 管制官(かんせいかん): air traffic controller
  • 航空(こうくう)管制(かんせい): air traffic control
  • 滑走路(かっそうろ): runway
  • 離着陸(りちゃくりく): takeoff and landing

Also used figuratively to mean a central command point or headquarters directing operations.

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Added 2026.3.8 21:24 · Revised 2026.3.27 8:41
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