Northern Colorado airport keeps options open for air traffic control tower

LOVELAND — The Northern Colorado Regional Airport will keep its options open with regard to installation of an air traffic control tower and will renew a contract with the Federal Aviation Administration to make that happen.
The airport commission voted 8-0 Thursday afternoon to recommend approval of a new FAA Contract Tower Operating Agreement. The new agreement, which would take effect Jan. 1, 2024, without a lapse from the contract that ends Dec. 31, 2023, enables the airport to pursue development of a remote tower — now called digital tower — while simultaneously planning for the construction of a brick-and-mortar traditional…
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