Airport gets funding for tra c control tower

$4M grant

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BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $4 million to Centennial Airport to design a new airport tra c control tower, the administration announced. e Centennial Airport, located at 7565 S. Peoria St., is a general aviation airport. According to the FAA, it is one of the 25 busiest airports in the U.S. and averages 1,000 takeo s and landings per day. e tower is the building that the air tra c controllers sit in to direct tra c in, out and around the airport’s airspace, said Chris ompson, Centennial Airport’s manager of communications, via email. It is controlled by the FAA but the airport assists in general maintenance and upkeep, he said.

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