N-COUNT (飞机场的)指挥塔台，控制塔，指挥调度员 A control tower is a building at an airport from which instructions are given to aircraft when they are taking off or landing. You can also refer to the people who work in a control tower as the control tower . (飞机场的)指挥塔台，控制塔，指挥调度员
The pilot told the control tower that he'd run into technical trouble.