Airservices is a government-owned corporation providing safe, secure, efficient and environmentally responsible services to the aviation industry. We manage air traffic operations for around 75 million passengers on more than three million flights every year.

Types of controllers

En route controllers

En route controllers are responsible for the safe management of air traffic over the majority of the Australian mainland and on oceanic routes. En route control services are delivered from our two major centres in Brisbane and Melbourne.

Terminal area controllers

Terminal area controllers use radar to manage the orderly flow of aircraft arriving and departing from major city airports. Terminal area control services are provided from the Brisbane and Melbourne Centres and Terminal Control Units in Cairns, Sydney, Adelaide or Perth.

Tower controllers

Tower controllers work in the control tower at an aerodrome where they are responsible for all aircraft and vehicle movements on the taxi ways, runways and in the immediate vicinity of the aerodrome. Airservices operates 28 control towers around Australia.

Profiles