Sort of tram line in part of airport (8)
I believe the answer is:
terminal
'part of airport' is the definition.
(I know that terminal is part of control room)
'sort of tram line' is the wordplay.
'sort of' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tram'+'line'='tramline'
'tramline' with letters rearranged gives 'TERMINAL'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for terminal that I've seen before include "Occurring at the end" , "Electricity connection point" , "Deadly" , "End point of circuit" , "Passenger building" .)