Georgetown Municipal Airport could see suspension of control tower operations

"Given what operations are there daily, we would certainly hate to think of it going back to that," Hutchinson said.

Activity is highest on Saturdays, he said, with more than 400 operations. Budget cuts would suspend that activity until an alternate source of funds could be found.

"We don't have any other dedicated revenue and neither does the state," Hutchinson said.

Four controllers staff the tower daily from 7 a.m.–10 p.m. If federal lawmakers cannot resolve the sequester, the air traffic control tower would close "no sooner than April 1," Hutchinson said.

"We hope that something can be resolved on a federal level so that we don't have to face that problem," he said. "We're consulting [with other airport managers] to see what other options may be out there—to see what other Plan B [or] Plan C we could put into place. Our No. 1 hope is that the funding crisis can be resolved."

Details on the FAA control tower closure list are available at www.faa.gov (PDF).