Local Tower Not Affected by FAA Closures

On Friday afternoon, the Federal Aviation Administration announced they will close 149 regional airport control towers starting in April is on that list. 

Here are the North Carolina towers that will be affected:

149 regional airport control towers to close starting next month:

COASTAL CAROLINA REGIONAL, NEW BERN

HICKORY RGNL,  HICKORY 

SMITH REYNOLDS, WINSTON SALEM

KINSTON RGNL JETPORT AT STALLINGS FLD, KINSTON

CONCORD RGNL CONCORD NC

The closures are a result of budget cuts. The FAA was forced to cut nearly $600 million dollars from their $48 billion budget according to CNN.com.

The FAA plans to begin shutting down control towers nationwide on April 7th. It should take four weeks close all of the towers.