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List: Connecticut Air Control Tower Closures Due to Sequester

by Neena Satija March 28, 2013 @ 12:00 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 9:23 pm

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List: Connecticut Air Control Tower Closures Due to Sequester

by Neena Satija, CT Mirror
March 28, 2013

<h1>List: Connecticut Air Control Tower Closures Due to Sequester</h1>
<p class="byline">by Neena Satija, CT Mirror <br />March 28, 2013</p>

<p><em>By: Georgia Lobb</em></p>
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<p><em><a href="http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Danbury-five-other-Ct-airport-towers-to-close-4378222.php#photo-4366012">Danbury Airport: Photo Courtesy of CT Post</a></em></p>
<p>Last week, the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) released a final list of the 149 Airports that will lose air control towers due to the recent sequester.</p>
<p><a href="http://blogs.ctmirror.org/rant-and-rail/2013/03/08/the-cost-of-sequestration-faa-says-173-air-control-towers-will-close-starting-april-7th/">(See related: The Cost of Sequestration)</a></p>
<p>In Connecticut, the following six air control towers will be shut down (starting April 7<sup>th</sup>):</p>
<p>–&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Brainard Airport in Hartford (HFD)</p>
<p>–&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Danbury Municipal Airport in Danbury (DXR)</p>
<p>–&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Groton-New London Airport in Groton (GON)</p>
<p>–&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford (BDR)</p>
<p>–&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tweed New Haven Airport in New Haven (HVN)</p>
<p>–&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Waterbury-Oxford in Oxford (OXC)</p>
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By: Georgia Lobb

Danbury Airport: Photo Courtesy of CT Post

Last week, the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) released a final list of the 149 Airports that will lose air control towers due to the recent sequester.

In Connecticut, the following six air control towers will be shut down (starting April 7^th):

– Brainard Airport in Hartford (HFD)

– Danbury Municipal Airport in Danbury (DXR)

– Groton-New London Airport in Groton (GON)

– Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford (BDR)

– Tweed New Haven Airport in New Haven (HVN)

– Waterbury-Oxford in Oxford (OXC)

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