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Wednesday, May 08, 2013  FAA officials announced that they will not be closing the air traffic control towers that were supposed to close due to sequestration

Friday, April 05, 2013  The Obama administration is delaying the closing of 149 airport control towers until mid-June in order to deal with legal challenges

Thursday, March 28, 2013  Sawyer International Airport officials have announced the date for the closure of the air traffic control tower

Saturday, March 23, 2013  The FAA announced on Friday that the Sawyer International Airport air traffic control tower will be one of 143 towers to close due to budget cuts

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  Frequent fliers react to the possible tower closure at Sawyer International Airport as the FAA plans to make a decision on Monday

Saturday, March 02, 2013  Delta Airlines will add a third daily flight to Detroit from Sawyer International Airport

Friday, February 22, 2013  Sawyer International Airport's air traffic control tower is on the FAA's chopping block, but officials expect the airport to function normally even with closure

Thursday, November 22, 2012 

Friday, October 26, 2012  A lack of federal funding and flights that are nearly full are leading to expensive tickets

Friday, October 26, 2012  The number of flights departing and arriving the airport has dropped significantly

Friday, September 21, 2012  UPDATE: Three additional bomb threats are being investigated and two suspicious packages have been found

Friday, July 13, 2012  A massive Russian Antonov 124 cargo jet has landed at Sawyer International Airport to pick up cargo; it departs Saturday

Friday, May 04, 2012  The Russian-made IL-78 at Sawyer International is under repairs and for sale

Friday, January 20, 2012  Plans are being made to repair the jet

Friday, June 17, 2011  American Eagle is cutting two of its three flights to Chicago