Cd’A Airport needs traffic control tower, director says
Patterson
Rachel Schwam, Bird Aviation Museum
COEUR d’ALENE — Traffic at the Coeur d’Alene Airport has increased so much that director Gaston Patterson said he plans to pursue adding an air traffic control tower at Pappy Boyington Field.
“Not only does that help sequence and improve traffic flows, but it also improves the community’s experience with the airport,” Patterson told Kootenai County commissioners during a special meeting Tuesday.
The airport has more than doubled the allowable traffic at which the Federal Aviation Administration may consider a tower study.
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