Certification of remote tower at NoCo airport still years away 

FORT COLLINS — The Federal Aviation Administration is continuing to conduct the certification process for a first-of-its-kind remote air-traffic control tower at Northern Colorado Regional Airport, a process airport manager Jason Licon says could take as long as three years.

The FAA, through vendor Searidge Technologies, “began testing of the system in April and May,” Licon said. “Timing is going on actively. We had hoped to be way ahead of this by now, but the pandemic didn’t let the FAA travel out here, and that set us back quite a bit. We’re glad to be back on track now.”

Allegiant Air had…