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Gabreski faces loss of air traffic control

Main gate of National Air Guard 106 Rescue

Photo credit: Gordon M. Grant | Main gate of National Air Guard 106 Rescue Wing at Gabreski Airport.

WASHINGTON -- Air traffic control facilities for Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach would be closed if Congress doesn't act to avoid automatic across-the-board spending cuts by next Friday, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said yesterday.

Gabreski is on a list LaHood released of about 240 small airports whose control towers would be shut if the Federal Aviation Administration...

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