Carla Clark | For The Republic Mark Pillar, airport board president, from left, Brian Payne, airport director, Mayor Mary Ferdon, Marlon Blackwell, Marlon Blackwell Architects, Clayton Force, ...

Like an airplane that’s taxied to the runway and is ready to throttle up its engines, city officials have been authorized to ...

Photo provided An artist’s rendition of the Columbus Municipal Airport’s planned new tower, designed by Arkansas-based architect Marlon Blackwell. Funding for the new air traffic control tower at ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Tens of thousands of planes take off, land ...

The main entrance to FAA's Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center in Fort Worth is pictured, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. Tom Fox / Staff Photographer Scott Turner used to jump out of airplanes. A ...