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FAA: Sacramento Executive Airport tower to be closed

5:03 PM, Mar 8, 2013   |    comments
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SACRAMENTO, CA - The air traffic control tower at Sacramento Executive Airport is set to close on April 7, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

The closure is a result of federal government spending cuts which started taking effect March 1.

The tower is staffed by contracted air traffic controllers, not FAA employees, according to a CNN report.

The Stockton Airport tower was on the original FAA list of 173 towers to be closed; but, the airport director said the FAA reduced the number of towers on the list and Stockton was not on the revised list.

MORE: FAA list of 173 air traffic control towers to be closed

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