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A Local Effect of Sequester

March 11th, 2013

If you’ve followed the news you know about the financial sequester that our elected officials have burdened us with, and it’s hitting aviation at a very local level.  The FAA has proposed to close 189 of the 251 contract towers across the nation (that’s 75%), while the rest of the FAA’s budget faces a 5% reduction.  This closure proposal is a disproportional cut compared to other FAA programs.

To put it simply, every civilian control tower in Kansas, with the exception of Wichita Mid-Continent is on the closure list.  This includes the New Century and Johnson County Executive towers.

This closure will have an effect on IAC15 playdays and access to the waivered airspace over the New Century AirCenter airport due to the way the waiver is structured.

Airports have until March 13 to make the case that the closure of their tower will have national implications.  FAA also made clear that they will contemplate keeping non-federal towers open at local airport expense.

If you have concerns about this proposal, you must contact your state representatives demanding more sensible action.

http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

If this proposal is enacted, the control towers will close down effective April 7th.

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