FAA to close 149 air traffic towers under cuts

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press A Cessna aircraft is parked near the air traffic control tower Friday at the Collin County Regional Airport in McKinney, Texas. Thirteen small Texas airports will lose federal money for staffing air traffic control facilities as the Federal Aviation Administration works to trim hun...

CHICAGO—Under orders to trim hundreds of millions of dollars from its budget, the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday released a final list of 149 air traffic control towers that it will close at small airports around the country starting early next month.

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Published: 03/23/2013