FAA to Close Donaldson Center Tower

The tower in Greenville is one of 149 regional control towers to close starting next month due to budget cuts.

Posted Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 4:47 pm ET|Updated Tue, May 7, 2013 at 12:32 pm ET

On Friday afternoon, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it will close 149 regional airport control towers starting in April.

Greenville's Donaldson Center is on that list.

The closures are a result of budget cuts. The FAA was forced to cut nearly $600 million dollars from its $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.

Control towers in Hilton Head and North Myrtle Beach are also slated to close. Click here for a complete list of closures.

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