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Card 197 of 10002026-08-24 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-08-24

Dark Towers Tracks the Hours When Airports Go Quiet

dark-towers.org Observed source
Editorial interest 84/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

An aviation-safety project records airline flights and reported close approaches at airports operating without an air-traffic controller on duty.

Landing page captured for the 2026-08-24 issue.

Field notes

Dark Towers organizes a rolling record of flights taking place while airport control towers are closed or absent, with separate counts for passenger-airline operations and close approaches. The homepage identifies 502 flights over the last 30 days, including 200 flown by passenger airlines, and reports 27 approaches below its stated separation standard. A Method section is linked, but the available extract does not show the underlying data source or detection procedure.

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PrettyNotable craft visible
ProPolished or operationally mature
NicheUnusually specific use

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Landing page observed 2026-08-24. The live site may have changed.