History
The airport's Air Traffic Control Tower opened in 2005. Previously, the airport was uncontrolled. When the control tower opened, the nearby airspace was converted to Class D airspace, encompassing a radius of 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) around the airport and up to 7,000 feet (2,100 m) MSL (2500 feet AGL), with a circular cutout in the southern portion surrounding nearby Spanish Fork-Springville Airport, which was not converted to Class D.
In anticipation of commercial passenger service, a new passenger terminal area was constructed in early 2011 to house Transportation Security Administration security equipment for passenger screening. As of August 2012, a millimeter wave full body scanner is in use.
Due to the 2013 U.S. federal budget sequestration, the FAA announced that 173 control towers around the nation would close, including the tower at Provo.
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