Clark's Historic Air Traffic Control Tower: GRAND TOUR (Clark International Airport, Philippines)

[@adiakiyes6354]

I felt goosebumps and stumbled upon this tower. Americans used this tower for 88 years. Now Clark airbase became (CRK)Clark International Airport. Thank you Nate for showing us CRK tower. Keep going....

[@renzybenzy]

I'm an air traffic controller currently based at Manila Air Traffic Management Center (I currently control Davao Radar Approach/Departure). Fun fact, seated on my right is Clark Approach/Departure control. Lovely people for both tower and approach. And yes, I've been to their tower cab back in 2017 when I had my radar training there. It was fun! Thanks for creating this highly technical video, Nate! Much appreciated!

[@toms3906]

Thanks for the video! I was an Air Traffic Controller there at Clark 1980-1983 in the RAPCON (i.e., Clark Approach/Clark departure). I heard you say that Clark Approach/Clark departure is now run from a facility down in Manila. I guess they've adopted the FAA practice of consolidating ATC radar facilities like Los Angeles (SoCal TRACON), San Francisco (NorCal TRACON) and the DC area (Potomac TRACON). We worked just about every aircraft in the Air Force inventory at that time (No B-52 aircraft though; the single runway we had when I was there wasn't wide enough).

[@oxoelfoxo]

just three years? did you move elsewhere? how long is the career of an ATC, usually? since it's such a high-stress job

[@toms3906]

@@oxoelfoxo In the USAF, overseas tours, when your family accompanies you, are usually 36 or 48 months, and you can request extensions that may or may not be approved. I went to Vance AFB Oklahoma following Clark and worked in the RAPCON and Tower for 5 years before I moved again. In the civilian ATC world, the FAA requires controllers to retire at age 56. I retired from the FAA at age 68, but I had transitioned into Flight Standards (desk job) after I retired from the USAF.

[@tommy2126]

Hi Nate. Love all of your videos. I was stationed at Clark AB from 1978-1982 and worked on F-4E/Gs in the shadow of that tower daily and on the ramp below it. I had never been in that tower so I found it interesting to do so via your tour 40 plus years later. I then frequented Clark AB often for Cope Thunders exercises between 1985-1990 from my assignment on Kadena AB, Okinawa. On my most recent visit to Clark in July 2023, ( yes, flew into Clark AB as always ) I noticed the old 3TFW Alert Hangar is still used today. It is where we kept fighters on alert, loaded with live missiles and manned 24/7. Of course it is no longer an " Alert Facility" but you may find some history or memorabilia located in that building if you can gain access to it. If not sure which building it is, let me know, I will send you a screen shot. Thanks for your top notch videos, we enjoy them all.

[@Johnny-ql2vd]

Was a Crew Chief on the F4 E/G ‘s (Wild Weasels) George ,AFB in the late 70’s .

[@watercolorboy]

I would say you're a pro narrator! Kudos!

[@kenfoster1508]

I painted that tower in 1985 ! I was NCOIC of the Paint shop ! I remember standing on the upper catwalk looking down and seeing people walk around looking like ants

[@AndrewR10001]

Thank you Sir!

[@edanthonysomera1491]

Hi Nate, I have been what they call "air traffic" so many times when I flew in and out of Clark airspace as a pilot but I never really had a chance to get to see the inside of this facility. Thank you so much for letting me see how these professionals work to control airplanes so we can be safe when operating. Please have more of these. Love your vlogs.

[@davidhankins5708]

Hello Nate! I was stationed there 86 to 91. I was Security Police. We actually had a post at the top of the tower where we had an infrared camera that Elwell used to spot theft on the airline. It was pretty cool! Plus, we had an AAFES cafeteria in the terminal below! Take care!

[@pk4check]

My father was an aircraft mechanic at Clark Field, as it was known then.

[@sylviahenson2432]

I really missed my home town, Angeles City... And I grew up, in Clark Air Base. They call it before.. I went to the school WAGNER HIGH.

[@kapamilyatalks5420]

ganyan pala talaga ang makikita mo sa taas ng air tower control.kitang kita lahat ng galaw ng eroplano. ganda pala ng Clark Airport runways is awesome at ang lapad..Salamat Nate! More power..watching from Cebu!

[@natehovee]

Thanks so much, and I hope you'll share the video with family and friends! 😊

[@mohamedalkaboom]

Great video. It’s interesting, the tower controllers were probably the first to see mount Pinatubo start blowing back in the 90’s

[@daisyjane_1013]

Wow, for aviation enthusiasts, this video is totally satisfying..🥰

[@k4tilp]

Pls dont skip the ad so that Nate willl make more money, Like & share too. Lets support him on his endeavour in promoting Clark Pampanga. Kudos!

[@natehovee]

I'm tremendously grateful for your amazing support! Thank you! 😀

[@Pcarp123]

Excellent job again, Nate. Thanks for showing the human side of these ATC folks working hard in the tower to keep everyone safe:)

[@jessiesantiago7994]

Nate you did it again. The video is professionally done is professionally done and narrated. Absent, i've seen videos and pictures of Is air traffic? control tower, but never one that has so much history. I really enjoyed it. Great job.

[@josepharanzanso3325]

I made it! I was able to catch the premiere of your latest video. 😃

[@mariadimayuga4296]

Thank you for sharing .So proud of my nephew Dennis ❤️❤️🥰

[@jnottinghamborn5949]

Well done again Nate, another professionally presented, informative and very interesting video. For me of course, I look out for your videos and I love the Pampanga region, but this video has even more interest to me as one of my sons is an Approach Air Traffic Controller based in Melbourne Australia. Unfortunately he doesn't get to sit in a tower with these views, his only view is on screen. He has been an Approach Controller now for almost a year after 6 years as an Enroute Controller serving the Sydney to Melbourne airspace, which was, prior to the pandemic, the busiest in the world. Thank you Nate great work!

[@marivicremulla5540]

Love your vlog about this clark airport nate very informative i wish Manila airport is as Beautiful as clark

[@mariaethelytaylor2736]

As expected, another amazing video. Very well done Mr. Hovee. You are truly knowledgeable of what you do. Thank you for show casing my beloved Clark Air Base. That place has a special part in my heart since, I met the love of my life there 36 years ago. As a native Kapampangan , we take pride on our place of birth. Give your self a path in the back for another informative segment. Thanks again.👏🏽👍🏽👏🏽

[@arkhamar7121]

Thanks Nate for this informative and visual tour! Much appreciation to the air traffic controllers who keep our skies safe for variety of aircraft which use Clark International Airport!

[@jmquinquilleria8953]

Very comprehensive documentary Congrats Nate

[@sergiocruz-ig7lr]

Amazing. That air traffic control tower is very recognizable on any news print about Clark. The new tower looks modern but the old tower has the Clark soul in it. Still looking forward for early completion of the new tower.

[@benburns5995]

Hi Nate, thanks for this informative video about your tour of Clark International Airport Control tower. It is amazing how everyone involved work together to make sure that planes land and takeoff many times each day. It is good that the crew rotate responsibilities to avoid fatigue and keep the employees sharp about each segment. The story about the big light that they can use to communicate with planes in case of lost communications was very interesting. It is wonderful that they can still utilize the tower and keep it functioning for so many years.

[@winxaprodavlog8059]

Wow good job Nate! 💪💪💪

[@rmelin13231]

As always, thank you Nate for an informative and quality log. I always look forward to your new releases, and they never fail to impress me. Thank you again!

[@princessdeliabautista7498]

Thank you very much 🙏🙏🇵🇭🇵🇭🇱🇷🇱🇷❤️🙏🙏🇵🇭🇵🇭🌏🌏

[@o-blockvs63rdstlwar80]

what a production! bravo

[@michael_0ceanic]

Nice new vid!

[@durfsesh]

Yes!

[@larziekircher6692]

Bless you and Dennis for sharing your informative vlog, we are enjoying this moment, thank you and Dennis for everything

[@natehovee]

Thanks so much!!

[@xander0617]

yaaahoooo another video post from the pro!

[@piacash5216]

Awesome Videos Nate Thanks For Sharing And Showing US Again The Clark Airport 👍👍👍👍✌️👌💕🙏

[@jmomandia]

Impressive, as always. Thank you very much!

[@piacash5216]

Good Job Nate Very Informative Videos 👍👍👍👍👌✌️🙏💕

[@andrewmendoza721]

Very interesting Nate ❤. First time to watch Air Traffic Control video. I learned so much. Great cover at Clark's airport. Great job! ❤❤❤

[@cristitabelleza512]

God bless you Nate and thanks for sharing this spc to us FILIPINOS ABROAD.

[@natanielbonotan5344]

great blogging❤❤

[@natehovee]

Thank you!

[@coolfeet77]

Another fascinating video about CRK! Thank you so much, Nate!

[@GTX311]

Wow, really nice and informative video. Thanks.

[@mauricio-bp4tr]

Nice Vlog … Very Informative🇵🇭

[@cesarb6780]

Thank you for sharing.. ❤🇵🇭

[@robertlalor8090]

Loved it. Thanks for sharing

[@timijasminallen3069]

We’ll done ❤

[@junsantos9629]

Fantastic tour! Great job, Nate!

[@LeiZdays]

Wooow I really love this ❤🙌

[@natehovee]

Thanks so much, Lei! I hope Mark and his family enjoyed it as well. 😊

[@balongride3169]

Nice content bro 👏👌🇵🇭💕

[@Korbkorn]

Wow! a grandfather control tower, I'm speechless

[@joseenricovillacorte7670]

As Filipino and a flight simmer that enjoys flying virtually around our local airports, thank you for giving us this insight. Love this

[@joelfilamor]

Nate, thanks for this video. Very informative. And entertaining too! 😊

[@beverly80]

Nate, I love all your vlogs

[@TomSrc]

Awesome video! Would you ever do a video on the nearby ex-stations? Subic Naval Air and San Miguel Naval station also have a lot of history.

[@jeffyON3]

Interesting content. Very informative Very educational ❤

[@TheShipNaturalist]

Great stuff Nate!

[@natehovee]

Thanks so much, Rob! I'll (finally) be releasing my video about the cruise in the coming days. It ended up being much longer than I expected. 😁

[@aracelimunoz8769]

Hi Nate, thank you for this video. I really enjoyed watching it. Very informative and relevant. Excellent video. Obviously, you put a lot of work to make it interesting. All your videos are very informative and interesting. I wish you good health and happiness. ❤🙏

[@don0219]

thanks for sharing, been wondering how it looks like inside clark's tower. grew up just outside clark and growing up watching US fighters going in and out of clark. Worked at SIA too as an Aircraft Inspector. Now in Europe as Aircraft Technician. I miss home so much.

[@princessdeliabautista7498]

Nice your video high oh my goodness ok good news guys good luck

[@wolfgangthiesen1036]

Tanks for the Video I Love it😊

[@jonreedau81]

I was talking to my neighbor about a video I had seen last night showing Clark in the late 60'a or early 70's as he served there from 66 to 68 I believe. This video popped up in my feed today and I plan to take it and show it to him tomorrow to see if he recognizes the tower from his time as he was an air traffic controller who was stationed in the tower there. My wife and her family is from the area too- Bamban, Tarlac.

[@SuperDancer74]

My dad was an ATC at Clark some time between 67-69.

[@kuyachrischannel4953]

Thank you!

[@bellacolumbres5951]

thanks Nate for this very informative & as usual a comprehensive tour of the control tower as well as how the staff work all the equipments they use. as complicated as it may seem esp for viewers like me who have very little knowledge regarding control towers' operations you made it possible for me to have an idea of how they operate

[@sergeitokmakovesq.9153]

Awesome

[@kcdg017]

Awesome Nate! I work Manila Approach. I hope you get get the chance to visit the consolidated facility of Manila Enroute (ACC) and the Approach units (Manila, Clark, Mactan, Davao, Bacolod and Kalibo) here in the Manila Air Traffic Management Center (ATMC).

[@soytitv4114]

Hey Nate, Look, there is Hawaiian Air parking at Ramp🤔 Did they have a flight from Hawaii to Clark now..Thanks 👍

[@toms3906]

I'm going to guess that it was a military charter for a military exercise that was going on. That C-17 you see taxing had "HH" on the tail which indicates it's based out of Hickam in Hawaii. I don't know when Nate filmed all this, but in July, the Hawaii Air National Guard with their F-22 aircraft participated in Cope Thunder 23-2 in the PI, so just guessing here...

[@patrickjamesdeleon4395]

It's nice to see more aircrafts are parked in the airfield, bay, tarmac. And it has an Hawaiian A321neo, A319ceo by Royal Air, A320's of AirAsia & Cebu Pacific, A330's and De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 of PAL, etc.

[@eeskaatt]

10:12 oi MARK! hahaha

[@leokatigbak6102]

Is this Clark Airport tower diffferent from that of the new Clark International Airport Tower in Capas?

[@coral116]

❤

[@harveyh3696]

23:30 It would be nice if they kept the tower intact as a historical site such as the renovated control tower on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor. That old tower will not obstruct views to the operation on the airfield.

[@LeiZdays]

@markaguilar this is awesome 👏

[@Ryu1478]

I really hope I could go to Clark to do some plane spotting! I haven't catched cargo airliners like UPS, DHL, FedEx and others, so if I went there, I could catch atleast one of them. And since Orbis Flying Eye Hospital is here, I'm more excited to catch these planes!

[@oxoelfoxo]

the tower in the Baguio airport kinda looks like this one. i remember being able to climb it in the 90s but not go inside

[@Nobi36]

Can you please try and get a tour in RPLL next?

[@Youneedsomething..]

5:59 That Hawaiian A321 Neo departed from Guam. Not sure what was it doing all the way in the Philippines

[@fortunatowenceslao5340]

This job is not for everyone and only for a select few with nerve made of steel❤

[@LeiZdays]

Dennis is good 👍

[@dogeee9426]

Hi Nate ! just out of curiousity, what is your job here in PH and you are able to visit and have an exclusive visit on some facilities in Clark! Great Video as always keep it up!

[@dummyaccount5857]

you make excellent professional quality vlogs but post only once every "blue moon". hoping you would post more often.

[@natehovee]

I agree, and I'd like to post more often. As these projects take months to write, produce, shoot, and edit, it takes a while for these videos to go online. I may end up doing shorter presentations to have more regular uploads. Thanks for your support!

[@DenDen-ph]

Mt. Pinatubo is so near

[@CSltz]

This goes aways back. Does anyone remember that old Plymouth that used to run around this area. That I assume was painted to look like what I assume was his F-4. He had it all too jet intake stickers. Tail markings on the tail fins. And SEA camouflage. I never got to see it up close. But I had heard that he had 3 &1/3 “ Jeepney” kills on the drivers side door. If anyone has any information on this for sure or pictures. I sure would love to see it. And talk with you. 68-70. Told you it was a ways back!!

[@kenechipalabrica9602]

been in 2 months OJT on an ATC it was such an experience

[@robertkolleck1508]

After a long flight and a heavy cargo offload, our first San Miguel beer came from the base ops cafeteria close by.

[@Avgeek0926]

I wish I took all of my ratings there in the Philippines #missinghome

[@Nobi36]

Ground radar is pretty weak at Clark due to the radar of FR24 being far so it only tracks aircraft above 900 feet so I dont really get to know the ground things about Clark and the satellite imagery is pretty old as the new terminal is still in construction so as a AvGeek I'm so happy as a Filipino as well

[@andredeliver7478]

Kuya Nate can you update us how much cost living in the Philippines again for 2023 expent

[@Rod.Machado]

8:13 you can spot the retired Q3 fleet of PALEx

[@bossidoltv1787]

i live here in Clark

[@natehovee]

Hello there! Please do share my video with your family and friends. I'd be most grateful, and thanks for all your support, BossIdolTV! 😊😊

[@bossidoltv1787]

@@natehovee yes i will my friend...

[@ScarlettHarleyMadison]

Are those F35’s🤔🤔🤔

[@Ryan-he2qz]

Where is the new clark airtiwer

[@rickblaster-xu5ie]

closing flight plan

[@RRacel]

You always need to be alert all the time being air traffic controller

[@mohamedalkaboom]

By the way, can’t get how you can pull off day time jeans in that country.🥵 When I go back it’s only shorts, the commando way

[@Navet63]

If those walls and steps could talk, I'm sure they would have endless stories.

[@KyudoKun]

When I was a kid I used to think that all airports were all as big as JFK. I didn't know that there are actually 2 types of Airports: International, a main gateway for intercontinental flights. And the local/domestic Airports that accomodate smaller planes.

[@asi146]

F-35's in Clark. NICE...

[@LightningKingLord]

ee

[@DannyArangale]

Must be a demanding job. How much is their salary?

[@vbyssey100]

Is that guy not going to retire -

[@nicoj3660]

Good stuff man