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.
(See related: The Cost of Sequestration)
In Connecticut, the following six air control towers will be shut down (starting April 7th):
– 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)