In response to the news, Ohio State University released a statement saying that its prepared totemporarily fund tower operations at its Don Scott Field if necessary to avoid service disruptionto flight-education students who use the field, as well as corporate and private operators who usethe ai
Both Don Scott and Bolton Field, southwest of Columbus, are on a list of 149 airports slated bythe FAA to lose their air-traffic-control towers under sequestration Washington-speak for thefederal budget cuts that went into effect March 1. J. Spencer Dickerson, executive director of theU.S. Con
Representatives of Don Scott Field, which supported 70,000 takeoffs and landings last year,argued it should be kept open because of the busy and diverse nature of its flights it handlesstudent pilots and business flights as well as the fact that it serves as a base of operationsfor the U.S. D
