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It's official...FAA to Close 149 U.S. Airport Towers After Budget Cuts
The U.S. will close 149 air-traffic control towers run by contractors at small- and mid-sized airports on April 7 as a result of automatic budget cuts at government agencies, a trade group said. The Federal Aviation Administration spared 24 towers on its original list of 173 subject to closing, the Contract Tower Association, which represents companies running the facilities, said today in an e-mail. All towers being shut down are run by private companies, not the government as at larger… (www.bloomberg.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Easy targets as they are all contracted (Translation: Non-union). $500 Million in Consulting Fees and $200 Million in travel spared. Actual budget increase $150-250 Million dollars. They will now begin the shakedown to have the airport owners pay for this service. We should do this with the TSA if it can be done with the FAA.
Strange. FSM was on the original list to be cut. They were not on the FA list here as one to be saved, yet you look on the official closure list that Jeff posted above and they aren't there either. Tickles me to death.LIT was on reduced hours list. Texarkana folks won't be happy. All NW AR traffic has shifted over to KXNA so it won't kill Drake field.
They may have to come up with a new airspace designation at some of these. Hard to keep up communication without a radio.
Word is they kept KFSM because of the ANG wing. Those operations weren't counted in the original. LIT was initially restricted on the back shift. It no longer shows as LIT Airport talked about after hours expansion by some carriers.As I said Texarkana folks won't be happy and all commericial traffic at Drake has shifted to KXNA. It's biggest thing is a home game at the UofA during football season and some corporate stuff based there, but even that is going away.
KBCT is a busy little corporate airport, just south of KPBI. The controllers only worked during the day.
Late night it's already an uncontrolled field. Are they crazy allowing Gulfstreams and Cessna 150's together without adult supervision?
Late night it's already an uncontrolled field. Are they crazy allowing Gulfstreams and Cessna 150's together without adult supervision?
The official list of 149 is on the FAA site here: http://www.faa.gov/news/media/fct_closed.pdf