Contract Tower News Today

from as msnbc world headquarters, welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news as we await a news conference from police in mississippi where a pilot is now in custody after threatening to crash his plane into a walmart. he circled the skies for hours and instead landed in a field in north mississippi. the faa says only the pilot was on board, no word yet confirming his identity. it started early today after the pilot took off from to pull a regional airport. the police go...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Transportation Aeronautics Division presented Murfreesboro Municipal Airport with the 2022 Federal Aviation Administration Southern Region General Aviation Airport Safety Award, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, during a special award ceremony at the airport attended by the City Council, City administrators and Airport staff. The FAA formally recognized the Murfreesboro Municipal Airport Oct. 17, 2023, during the FAA Southern Region meeting in A...

The FAA is being asked to reconsider its decision to close the remote air traffic control tower at Virginia’s Leesburg Executive Airport (JYO) on June 14, 2023.

Not. the argument these cuts had to come, a number of these towers were slated to close anyway. some were taken off the list and new ones added. bottom line, how is it going to affect us? >> well, its not going to affect the passengers on a commercial flight. nat going to affect the regular fare paying passenger. there are 513 control towers in the country and 250 contract towers. the reason theyre contract tower is because theyre very low activity towers towers and a contractor could run. the c...