WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON- FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford and Rep. Steve Womack (AR-3) today unveiled Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA)'s new fully staffed air traffic control tower, which improves safety and meets modern FAA standards. The new tower is nearly two-and-a-half times the height of the previous tower, which was meant to be temporary when it was installed in 1998.
"Aviation has changed dramatically over the past three decades, and the importance of air traffic control and the need for more modern technology has only grown since then," Bedford said. "This new, state-of-the-art facility represents a signi...