Federal Aviation Administration: Do not close the Control Tower at Sacramento Executive Airport

The Issue

Sacramento Executive Airport is the premier business airport of Sacramento and is set to have it’s Control Tower closed by the Federal Aviation Administration on April 7, 2013. When the FAA closes the Control Tower, Sacramento Executive Airport will be an uncontrolled airport, and with it’s approximately 92,000 flight operations a year, an already busy airport will become an unsafe busy airport situated in a highly populated urban area. These aircraft, which can include many large Business Jets, which can weigh up to 25 tons, will be on their own during the most critical phases of flight, take-off and landing, the FAA is inadvertently creating an environment that is not only unsafe for the pilots and passengers of these aircraft, but also unsafe for the residents that live in the vicinity of the airport and the entire city of Sacramento, CA.

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The Issue

Sacramento Executive Airport is the premier business airport of Sacramento and is set to have it’s Control Tower closed by the Federal Aviation Administration on April 7, 2013. When the FAA closes the Control Tower, Sacramento Executive Airport will be an uncontrolled airport, and with it’s approximately 92,000 flight operations a year, an already busy airport will become an unsafe busy airport situated in a highly populated urban area. These aircraft, which can include many large Business Jets, which can weigh up to 25 tons, will be on their own during the most critical phases of flight, take-off and landing, the FAA is inadvertently creating an environment that is not only unsafe for the pilots and passengers of these aircraft, but also unsafe for the residents that live in the vicinity of the airport and the entire city of Sacramento, CA.

The Decision Makers

Former U.S. House of Representatives
7 Members
Loretta Sanchez
Former US House of Representatives - California-46
Duncan Hunter
Former US House of Representatives - California-50
Mike Thompson
Former US House of Representatives - California-5
Former U.S. Senate
2 Members
Barbara Boxer
Former US Senate - California
Dianne Feinstein
Former US Senate - California
Michael Huerta
Michael Huerta
Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration

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