Shea-Porter Tours Manchester Airport Control Tower

Press Release

Today, Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter toured the control tower at the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport with Andre Jean, National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) A90 Legislative Representative for Boston Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON); Jeffrey Carpenter, the Manchester ATCT Union President; Barrett Brown, the Air Traffic Manager at Manchester ATCT; and Mark Brewer, Airport Director. The airport services 2.45 million passengers each year and is New England's third largest cargo airport, processing more air cargo each year than all other regional airports in New England combined.

"I strongly support investing in our infrastructure and I am always proud to advocate for the Manchester Airport," Shea-Porter said. "I am grateful to the hard-working men and women that make air travel so safe."

Congresswoman Shea-Porter has long been a supporter of investment in infrastructure. In May, Shea-Porter announced that the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport received three separate grants from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) totaling over $1.8 million. In February, she and the rest of the state's Congressional delegation called on the FAA to keep the Manchester Air Traffic Control Tower open overnight. The Administration ultimately complied with the request and stated it would not close the tower overnight. In 2013, the Congresswoman and 19 House colleagues successfully pushed the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to maintain control of airport exit lanes, which will save the airport approximately $225,000 annually.

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